1999 Adult Behavioral Risk Factor Data

Oregon Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 1999

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
		Total	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
1		44.5	30.0	33.8	35.7	48.3	58.4	70.7
2		30.3	24.0	31.0	36.8	33.1	30.0	20.7
3		13.3	20.5	16.5	15.9	9.8	8.1	6.7
4		4.6	6.1	7.0	5.6	4.2	2.2	1.1
5		2.3	6.8	3.2	2.2	1.5	.5
6		2.5	5.7	4.1	1.9	2.0	.6	.5
7		.5	1.0	1.4	.2	.1	.2
8		.6	1.1	.7	1.1	.1
9		.2	.9	.6
10		.6	2.2	.5	.5	.4
11		.0		.2
12		.1		.3		.1		.2
13		.0		.2
15		.2	.3	.5	.1	.4
20		.1	.4
30		.1	.7		.0
48		.0	.3
Male	1	35.5	23.8	24.9	27.3	34.6	51.7	64.7
	2	31.5	22.0	29.9	37.3	38.1	33.0	22.1
	3	16.2	22.1	17.9	20.4	12.7	10.9	10.0
	4	6.0	7.1	8.6	6.6	6.8	2.6	1.7
	5	3.2	7.7	4.5	3.2	2.4	.4
	6	3.7	7.3	7.0	1.9	3.4	1.1	1.0
	7	.9	1.7	2.6	.4	.2	.4
	8	.9	1.2	1.2	1.9	.2
	9	.3	.9	1.0
	10	.9	3.8	.5	.8	.7
	11	.0		.2
	12	.2		.5		.2		.3
	13	.1		.3
	15	.4	.6	.9	.2	.7
	30	.2	1.2		.1
	48	.1	.6
Female	1	54.9	38.4	44.2	44.9	65.1	66.3	76.7
	2	29.0	26.6	32.2	36.2	27.0	26.4	19.3
	3	9.8	18.1	14.9	10.9	6.3	4.8	3.4
	4	3.1	4.7	5.1	4.5	1.0	1.7	.6
	5	1.4	5.7	1.8	1.1	.3	.7
	6	1.0	3.5	.7	1.9	.2
	8	.2	1.0	.2	.3
	9	.1	1.0	.2
	10	.1		.5	.2
	11	.1		.3
	20	.1	1.0
Denominator is: All survey respondents who had at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage during the past month.

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
		Total	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Total		3,050	302	666	675	664	334	409
1		1,379	91	227	246	329	195	291
2		938	76	214	255	213	98	82
3		390	61	112	101	63	28	25
4		144	19	48	38	27	7	5
5		62	18	18	13	10	3
6		66	14	23	11	14	2	2
7		9	2	4	1	1	1
8		13	5	3	4	1
9		6	2	4
10		13	5	3	3	2
11		2		2
12		4		2		1		1
13		1		1
15		6	1	2	1	2
20		1	1
30		2	1		1
48		1	1
Don't know/not sure		13	5	3	1	1		3
Male	Total	1,463	159	318	318	330	162	176
	1	508	37	79	88	113	78	113
	2	478	37	101	122	123	57	38
	3	235	37	58	63	41	19	17
	4	90	11	27	22	23	4	3
	5	42	10	13	9	9	1
	6	54	10	21	6	13	2	2
	7	9	2	4	1	1	1
	8	9	3	2	3	1
	9	4	1	3
	10	11	5	2	2	2
	11	1		1
	12	4		2		1		1
	13	1		1
	15	6	1	2	1	2
	30	2	1		1
	48	1	1
	Don't know/not sure	8	3	2		1		2
Female	Total	1,587	143	348	357	334	172	233
	1	871	54	148	158	216	117	178
	2	460	39	113	133	90	41	44
	3	155	24	54	38	22	9	8
	4	54	8	21	16	4	3	2
	5	20	8	5	4	1	2
	6	12	4	2	5	1
	8	4	2	1	1
	9	2	1	1
	10	2		1	1
	11	1		1
	20	1	1
	Don't know/not sure	5	2	1	1			1
Denominator is: All survey respondents who had at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage during the past month.

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