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

Alcohol Consumption

Considering all types of alcoholic beverages, how many times during the past 30 days did you have
[5 or more drinks for men or 4 or more drinks for women] on an occasion?*

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  Total
Respond.^
None Once Twice 3-7 times 8-30 times
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,160 1,579 69.1 66.5-71.6 220 11.7 10.0-13.6 133 7.3 6.0- 8.9 162 8.7 7.2-10.4 66 3.2 2.4- 4.3
Region 1 & 2 356 273 68.9 60.8-76.0 32 15.8 10.0-24.3 14 5.0 2.6- 9.5 24 5.9 3.6- 9.7 13 4.3 2.1- 8.4
GENDER
Male 201 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 18 7.4 4.0-13.0 *** *** ***
Female 155 126 75.7 64.9-84.0 15 12.1 6.8-20.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 320 249 69.0 60.3-76.5 25 15.2 9.0-24.5 14 5.6 2.9-10.5 21 5.6 3.2- 9.6 11 4.6 2.3- 9.2
Non-Hispanic Black 12 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 24 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 114 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 13 7.6 3.8-14.8 *** *** ***
45-64 127 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 6.8 3.3-13.2 *** *** ***
65+ 115 109 93.2 82.6-97.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 96 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some College + 260 213 76.4 68.5-82.8 15 9.3 5.3-16.0 *** *** *** 18 6.7 3.9-11.3 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 153 104 68.2 57.3-77.4 14 9.6 5.0-17.6 11 9.3 4.4-18.6 17 8.9 5.1-15.1 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 164 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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