2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 Demographics

Alcohol Consumption

Binge Drinking*
(CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^		 No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,512 3,930 84.5 83.1-85.9 582 15.5 14.1-16.9
Region 1 & 2 753 670 85.3 80.7-89.0 83 14.7 11.0-19.3
GENDER
Male 325 271 78.2 69.9-84.8 54 21.8 15.2-30.1
Female 428 399 91.5 87.0-94.5 29 8.5 5.5-13.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 675 604 85.4 80.4-89.3 71 14.6 10.7-19.6
Non-Hispanic Black 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 186 133 72.5 63.5-80.0 53 27.5 20.0-36.5
45-64 258 234 89.5 79.9-94.8 24 10.5 5.2-20.1
65+ 302 296 97.8 93.9-99.2 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 257 221 82.1 73.0-88.6 36 17.9 11.4-27.0
Some College + 495 448 87.9 83.4-91.3 47 12.1 8.7-16.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 358 309 86.7 81.5-90.6 49 13.3 9.4-18.5
$50,000+ 268 242 80.0 69.5-87.6 26 20.0 12.4-30.5

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*Binge drinkers--MALES having five or more drinks on one occasion and FEMALES having four or more drinks on one occasion.

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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