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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2008
 
C13.03 One drink is equivalent to a 12-ounce beer, a 5-ounce glass of wine, or a drink with one shot of liquor. During the past 30 days, on the days when you drank, about how many drinks did you drink on the average? (AVEDRNK2)
Denominator is respondents who have had at least one drink in the past 30 days.

Categories One Two 3-4 5+ Unk/Ref Total
% % % % % N
Age Group: 28.4 21.0 25.3 19.1 6.2 80
      18-24
      25-34 31.2 23.7 23.6 17.8 3.8 305
      35-44 35.4 33.6 22.4 7.6 1.0 413
      45-54 36.8 32.2 21.0 8.7 1.3 527
      55-64 49.6 30.3 12.4 5.6 2.0 413
      65-74 58.1 25.9 10.5 2.7 2.8 256
      75 + 71.8 18.7 3.5 2.0 3.9 179
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** *** *** 17
Sex: 29.9 28.5 24.4 15.0 2.2 1,018
      Male
      Female 52.3 26.8 13.0 4.5 3.4 1,172
Race/Ethnicity: 40.3 28.4 20.0 9.4 1.8 1,824
      White, Non-Hispanic
      Black, Non-Hispanic 32.1 33.9 14.5 14.2 5.3 234
      Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic       44.4 16.4 17.5 14.6 7.0 64
      Hispanic 24.7 15.8 21.0 24.8 13.6 57
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** *** *** 11
Income Group: 38.7 18.3 26.6 13.5 2.9 137
      < $15,000
      $15-$24,999 28.7 19.4 30.8 18.3 2.7 255
      $25-$49,999 40.2 25.5 18.3 14.4 1.6 578
      $50-$74,999 42.9 26.6 18.1 7.8 4.5 375
      >=$75,000 38.1 35.1 19.9 6.6 0.3 626
      Unk/Ref 45.5 23.1 10.2 10.7 10.4 219
Education Level: 29.8 12.4 15.5 33.0 9.3 129
      < H S Graduate
      H S Graduate/GED 35.0 27.4 22.1 13.7 1.7 664
      Some college/Tech school 37.5 28.2 20.0 9.9 4.4 603
      College graduate 45.8 30.4 18.1 4.6 1.2 793
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** *** *** 1
Marital Status: 44.2 29.7 18.0 6.3 1.9 1,282
      Married
      Unmarried 31.1 24.5 22.4 17.8 4.2 905
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** *** *** 3
Employment Status: 35.4 30.2 21.6 10.4 2.4 1,428
      Employed
      Not employed 38.3 23.6 14.0 21.6 2.6 116
      Student/Homemaker 44.6 20.3 20.8 13.1 1.2 175
      Retired/Unable to work 56.4 21.8 11.5 4.7 5.5 467
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** *** *** 4
Grand Totals 39.4 27.8 19.6 10.5 2.7 2,190

SOURCE: 2008 Indiana BRFSS Statewide Survey Data
 
NOTE:      Percents are based on weighted data; unless otherwise specified, totals are unweighted numbers.
                ***Asterisks indicate too few cases to calculate a reliable percent.

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