2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 663 578 83.4 79.4-86.7 85 16.6 13.3-20.6
GENDER
Male 286 232 77.1 70.5-82.6 54 22.9 17.4-29.5
Female 377 346 89.5 84.8-92.8 31 10.5 7.2-15.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 383 322 80.9 75.8-85.2 61 19.1 14.8-24.2
Non-Hispanic Black 134 124 89.1 79.9-94.4 *** *** ***
Other 146 132 88.2 79.0-93.7 14 11.8 6.3-21.0
AGE
18-44 206 151 72.6 65.1-79.0 55 27.4 21.0-34.9
45-64 237 212 90.6 85.6-94.0 25 9.4 6.0-14.4
65+ 217 212 95.2 88.9-98.0 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 279 247 84.2 77.8-89.0 32 15.8 11.0-22.2
Some College + 383 330 82.7 77.4-87.0 53 17.3 13.0-22.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 347 301 81.9 76.0-86.7 46 18.1 13.3-24.0
$50,000+ 196 164 81.7 74.2-87.3 32 18.3 12.7-25.8

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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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