2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 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 4 351 148 39.4 33.7-45.4 110 31.2 25.9-37.1 52 15.8 11.8-20.9 17 5.6 3.3- 9.4 24 8.0 5.1-12.2
GENDER
Male 176 55 27.1 20.6-34.7 58 33.3 25.8-41.8 30 17.1 11.7-24.4 14 10.7 6.2-17.9 19 11.7 7.2-18.5
Female 175 93 50.9 42.2-59.5 52 29.3 22.0-37.7 22 14.5 9.2-22.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 249 108 38.1 31.6-45.0 82 33.0 26.6-40.1 35 15.7 11.0-22.0 *** *** *** 16 9.0 5.4-14.9
Non-Hispanic Black 51 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 51 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 165 48 29.8 22.6-38.3 58 32.8 25.3-41.3 33 19.5 13.4-27.5 11 7.3 3.8-13.5 15 10.6 6.1-17.8
45-64 112 *** *** *** 31 29.3 20.4-40.2 11 11.0 5.8-19.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 69 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 68 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some College + 283 127 41.9 35.5-48.7 87 30.9 25.0-37.5 41 14.9 10.8-20.3 12 5.4 2.9- 9.8 16 6.8 3.9-11.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 110 43 35.9 26.4-46.7 30 25.2 17.1-35.3 19 19.0 11.5-29.8 *** *** *** 11 13.7 7.6-23.4
$50,000+ 198 83 39.2 31.7-47.2 68 35.8 28.3-44.0 27 14.1 9.5-20.5 *** *** *** 12 5.9 3.0-11.3

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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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