2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 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 4 632 273 45.6 41.1-50.1 88 13.6 10.8-16.9 116 17.5 14.3-21.2 119 18.0 14.8-21.6 36 5.4 3.7- 7.7
GENDER
Male 305 123 44.0 37.6-50.6 36 11.1 7.8-15.6 62 18.4 14.1-23.6 64 20.1 15.5-25.7 20 6.4 3.9-10.2
Female 327 150 47.0 40.8-53.3 52 15.8 11.7-21.0 54 16.6 12.3-22.1 55 16.1 12.1-21.1 16 4.5 2.6- 7.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 434 181 44.8 39.5-50.3 52 11.6 8.6-15.4 87 18.9 15.0-23.6 90 20.0 16.0-24.6 24 4.7 3.0- 7.3
Non-Hispanic Black 102 *** *** *** 17 15.5 9.1-25.1 18 16.2 10.0-25.0 12 12.5 6.7-22.0 *** *** ***
Other 96 *** *** *** 19 21.0 12.9-32.4 11 12.1 6.3-22.1 17 17.4 10.6-27.3 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 255 85 37.8 31.2-44.9 38 14.1 10.1-19.4 54 20.5 15.4-26.7 67 23.1 17.9-29.4 11 4.4 2.3- 8.3
45-64 213 98 47.5 39.9-55.2 33 15.4 10.5-22.1 44 18.9 13.7-25.5 29 13.8 9.4-19.8 *** *** ***
65+ 151 82 60.7 51.5-69.1 15 9.2 5.1-15.9 17 8.4 5.1-13.8 22 12.5 7.9-19.3 15 9.2 5.3-15.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 190 118 61.8 53.7-69.3 15 7.0 4.0-12.0 26 13.4 8.7-19.9 21 11.9 7.5-18.3 *** *** ***
Some College + 441 154 35.8 30.8-41.2 73 17.5 13.6-22.1 90 20.0 16.0-24.6 98 21.7 17.6-26.4 26 5.1 3.3- 7.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 255 141 55.5 48.3-62.4 34 12.3 8.4-17.6 32 13.4 9.1-19.3 40 15.0 10.7-20.6 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 277 77 31.1 25.0-37.9 44 16.6 12.1-22.5 69 22.7 17.7-28.8 68 24.0 18.7-30.2 19 5.6 3.3- 9.2

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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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