2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 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 4 628 520 81.8 78.1-85.0 108 18.2 15.0-21.9
GENDER
Male 303 240 78.1 72.3-83.0 63 21.9 17.0-27.7
Female 325 280 85.1 80.0-89.1 45 14.9 10.9-20.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 431 355 80.9 76.3-84.8 76 19.1 15.2-23.7
Non-Hispanic Black 102 88 84.6 75.4-90.8 14 15.4 9.2-24.6
Other 95 77 81.3 71.0-88.6 18 18.7 11.4-29.0
AGE
18-44 254 185 74.5 68.2-79.8 69 25.5 20.2-31.8
45-64 212 184 86.0 79.6-90.6 28 14.0 9.4-20.4
65+ 149 138 91.1 84.2-95.1 11 8.9 4.9-15.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 188 167 88.1 81.9-92.4 21 11.9 7.6-18.1
Some College + 439 352 78.0 73.1-82.2 87 22.0 17.8-26.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 253 212 82.4 76.3-87.2 41 17.6 12.8-23.7
$50,000+ 276 215 77.4 71.3-82.6 61 22.6 17.4-28.7

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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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