2017 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Alcohol Consumption

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?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Only one Two Three Four Five or more
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,147 890 39.1 36.5-41.8 699 32.2 29.7-34.8 293 15.0 13.1-17.1 94 4.7 3.6- 6.0 171 9.1 7.6-10.9
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 354 153 38.9 31.6-46.7 122 31.3 24.7-38.8 46 17.0 11.6-24.3 *** *** *** 23 10.4 5.8-18.1
Region 3 & 5 428 203 45.2 39.6-50.8 129 30.6 25.6-36.1 53 12.7 9.5-16.8 16 3.3 1.8- 5.9 27 8.3 5.4-12.3
Region 4 351 148 39.4 33.7-45.4 110 31.2 25.9-37.1 52 15.8 11.8-20.9 17 5.6 3.3- 9.4 24 8.0 5.1-12.2
Region 6 & 7 451 165 36.0 30.6-41.6 160 35.7 30.4-41.4 64 15.7 11.5-20.9 26 5.6 3.5- 8.9 36 7.0 4.7-10.4
Region 8 249 90 32.4 25.9-39.5 76 29.6 23.4-36.7 34 15.5 10.8-21.7 18 7.7 4.4-13.0 31 14.8 10.1-21.2
Region 9 & 10 314 131 38.4 31.9-45.2 102 31.8 25.8-38.6 44 14.8 10.6-20.3 *** *** *** 30 12.4 7.8-19.0
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 761 282 33.1 28.9-37.5 253 31.9 27.8-36.4 113 18.0 14.2-22.6 33 4.5 2.9- 7.0 80 12.5 9.6-16.1
Piedmont 986 434 41.3 37.7-44.9 309 32.3 29.0-35.9 126 13.5 11.2-16.3 50 5.2 3.8- 7.0 67 7.7 5.8-10.0
Western NC 400 174 38.9 32.2-46.0 137 31.8 25.6-38.7 54 17.2 12.1-23.8 11 2.2 1.0- 4.7 24 10.0 5.7-16.8
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 319 131 38.4 31.1-46.2 113 33.5 26.4-41.5 44 17.5 12.2-24.5 *** *** *** 22 8.4 4.8-14.1
Northwest 250 116 42.3 34.7-50.3 88 33.4 26.4-41.2 28 14.3 8.9-22.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Charlotte 297 126 38.7 32.6-45.3 89 31.4 25.5-37.9 45 15.1 11.1-20.2 15 6.3 3.7-10.5 22 8.5 5.4-13.2
Greensboro 184 84 41.1 32.4-50.3 55 28.9 21.4-37.8 23 14.5 9.3-21.9 *** *** *** 14 10.7 5.8-18.8
Southern Regional 219 73 35.8 27.5-45.0 77 32.2 25.0-40.5 32 15.3 10.3-22.1 16 6.1 3.2-11.4 21 10.6 6.5-16.8
Southeast 137 50 35.2 26.9-44.6 45 29.6 22.0-38.6 17 14.7 9.0-23.3 *** *** *** 17 12.9 7.5-21.3
Wake 341 150 40.3 34.3-46.5 106 33.4 27.7-39.6 43 14.0 9.8-19.7 18 5.3 3.1- 8.9 24 7.0 4.3-11.1
Area L & Eastern 400 160 37.4 31.3-43.9 126 29.8 24.2-36.0 61 16.7 12.3-22.3 11 2.6 1.4- 5.0 42 13.5 9.3-19.1

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported drinking at least one drink in the last month.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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