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Oregon Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS); 1997

Oregon Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 1997

Weighted Column Percents Unweighted Frequencies
A drink is one can or bottle of beer, 1 glass of wine, 1 can or bottle of wine cooler,
1 cocktail, or 1 shot of liquor. On the days when you drank, about how many drinks
did you drink on the average?
(Weighted Column Percents)

Total Age Groups
18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+
1 44.3 33.1 38.1 40.1 47.0 52.8 62.1
2 29.0 23.1 32.1 30.5 29.7 32.6 23.8
3 12.3 12.5 15.8 14.4 12.5 7.3 6.9
4 4.2 10.6 2.6 4.8 3.0 2.9 2.2
5 2.8 5.2 3.2 1.9 3.0 2.7 1.1
6 3.9 10.9 2.7 5.2 2.1 1.0 1.3
7 .7 1.8 .5 .7 .9

8 .6 .7 1.8

.7 .3
9 .1
.2 .1


10 .4 .7 .9 .3 .3

12 .4 .3
1.3 .2

14 .1
.3 .1


24 .2
.3 .4


Don't know/Not sure 1.0 1.1 1.6 .1 1.1
1.8
Refused .1

.1 .2
.5
Male 1 36.0 22.6 29.5 33.5 41.6 42.7 52.1
2 28.5 17.1 32.7 30.0 27.9 37.1 25.0
3 14.8 10.6 20.0 15.8 16.6 10.6 8.9
4 5.4 15.4 1.7 5.9 3.5 4.1 4.0
5 4.1 8.5 4.6 2.5 4.0 3.0 2.2
6 6.1 18.4 3.4 7.7 3.2 1.2 2.6
7 1.1 3.2 .6 1.1 1.6

8 .9 1.2 2.7

1.3 .6
9 .1
.3 .2


10 .8 1.2 1.6 .6 .6

12 .7 .6
2.3 .4

14 .2
.6 .2


24 .1
.6



Don't know/Not sure 1.1 1.2 1.8
.7
3.6
Refused .2

.2

1.0
Female 1 54.5 46.0 49.2 48.4 54.1 64.6 72.1
2 29.6 30.6 31.3 31.1 32.2 27.3 22.5
3 9.4 15.0 10.3 12.6 7.1 3.5 4.9
4 2.8 4.7 3.9 3.3 2.3 1.5 .5
5 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.6 2.3
6 1.2 1.6 1.7 2.0 .7 .8
7 .1
.3 .2


8 .1
.7



24 .2

.8


Don't know/Not sure .8 1.1 1.3 .3 1.6

Refused .1


.4

Denominator is: All survey respondents who had at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage

A drink is one can or bottle of beer, 1 glass of wine, 1 can or bottle of wine cooler,
1 cocktail, or 1 shot of liquor. On the days when you drank, about how many drinks
did you drink on the average?
(Unweighted Frequencies)

Total Age Groups
18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+
Total 1864 192 402 451 357 196 266
1 819 63 148 178 166 101 163
2 570 45 131 147 115 64 68
3 236 31 70 63 40 15 17
4 77 17 14 21 12 8 5
5 46 13 11 9 7 4 2
6 59 13 11 19 9 3 4
7 9 3 2 3 1

8 8 2 4

1 1
9 2
1 1


10 7 2 3 1 1

12 7 1
5 1

14 2
1 1


24 2
1 1


Don't know/Not sure 17 2 5 1 4
5
Refused 3

1 1
1
Male Total 909 106 198 223 167 96 119
1 317 25 53 75 64 38 62
2 273 21 64 69 53 35 31
3 138 14 43 35 26 11 9
4 49 13 6 13 7 6 4
5 37 12 9 6 5 3 2
6 50 12 10 14 8 2 4
7 7 3 1 2 1

8 7 2 3

1 1
9 2
1 1


10 7 2 3 1 1

12 7 1
5 1

14 2
1 1


24 1
1



Don't know/Not sure 10 1 3
1
5
Refused 2

1

1
Female Total 955 86 204 228 190 100 147
1 502 38 95 103 102 63 101
2 297 24 67 78 62 29 37
3 98 17 27 28 14 4 8
4 28 4 8 8 5 2 1
5 9 1 2 3 2 1
6 9 1 1 5 1 1
7 2
1 1


8 1
1



24 1

1


Don't know/Not sure 7 1 2 1 3

Refused 1


1

Denominator is: All survey respondents who had at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage
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