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

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
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
GENDER
Male 199 64 26.9 18.5-37.2 80 35.8 26.5-46.2 33 22.2 14.1-33.1 *** *** *** 16 13.5 6.6-25.4
Female 155 *** *** *** 42 24.5 16.3-35.0 13 9.2 4.5-17.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 318 141 40.1 32.4-48.4 109 31.6 24.5-39.5 42 16.1 11.0-23.1 *** *** *** 18 9.9 5.1-18.5
Non-Hispanic Black 12 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 24 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 114 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 12.6 6.8-22.4
45-64 125 *** *** *** 43 27.3 18.5-38.3 13 7.9 4.0-14.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 115 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 96 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some College + 258 122 45.5 37.0-54.3 93 36.2 28.5-44.8 29 12.1 7.8-18.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 151 *** *** *** 57 30.6 21.4-41.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 8.3 4.3-15.3
$50,000+ 163 *** *** *** *** *** *** 19 10.5 6.1-17.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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