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

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, how many days per week or per month did you have at least one drink of any
alcoholic beverage such as beer, wine, a malt beverage or liquor?

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  Total
Respond.^		 No drinks 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-29 days Everyday
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,546 2,351 49.6 47.6-51.5 571 13.1 11.8-14.4 655 15.5 14.1-16.9 739 17.4 16.0-18.9 230 4.5 3.8- 5.3
Region 1 & 2 755 397 52.6 47.4-57.8 96 14.4 10.9-18.9 75 8.9 6.5-12.0 132 17.9 14.0-22.5 55 6.2 4.3- 8.9
GENDER
Male 326 124 38.6 31.3-46.5 41 14.8 9.5-22.4 41 10.8 7.1-16.0 84 27.7 20.7-36.0 36 8.0 5.1-12.5
Female 429 273 64.9 58.2-71.1 55 14.1 9.8-19.8 34 7.2 4.5-11.3 48 9.3 6.5-13.1 19 4.6 2.5- 8.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 676 355 52.8 47.2-58.2 83 13.0 9.6-17.4 67 9.1 6.5-12.4 121 18.9 14.7-23.9 50 6.4 4.3- 9.2
Non-Hispanic Black 27 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 52 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 187 72 39.1 30.3-48.7 31 18.9 11.9-28.8 29 13.2 8.4-20.3 48 25.4 18.0-34.4 *** *** ***
45-64 259 131 55.0 45.7-63.9 37 14.5 9.2-22.1 25 6.2 3.6-10.5 44 17.3 11.0-26.2 22 7.0 4.0-12.1
65+ 302 187 67.1 59.8-73.7 28 8.5 5.3-13.3 21 6.3 3.7-10.6 40 8.6 5.8-12.6 26 9.5 5.6-15.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 258 161 57.2 48.1-65.8 32 15.1 9.6-22.7 25 8.9 5.3-14.4 29 15.3 9.1-24.5 11 3.6 1.6- 7.9
Some College + 496 235 48.6 42.4-54.9 64 14.0 9.7-19.8 50 8.9 6.1-12.8 103 20.2 15.9-25.2 44 8.4 5.6-12.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 358 205 58.1 50.5-65.4 40 14.1 8.9-21.5 33 8.4 5.4-12.8 56 13.5 9.4-19.1 24 5.9 3.3-10.2
$50,000+ 268 104 37.7 29.7-46.4 45 16.9 11.0-25.2 31 10.6 6.5-16.9 63 27.6 19.7-37.2 25 7.2 4.3-11.7

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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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