2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 671 414 58.2 53.4-62.8 62 10.6 7.9-14.0 84 14.3 11.3-17.9 78 12.2 9.6-15.5 33 4.8 3.2- 7.0
GENDER
Male 293 158 52.9 46.0-59.7 26 10.1 6.7-15.0 47 16.8 12.2-22.8 41 13.6 9.5-18.9 21 6.6 4.1-10.4
Female 378 256 63.4 56.9-69.4 36 11.0 7.3-16.3 37 11.7 8.3-16.4 37 10.9 7.6-15.4 12 2.9 1.5- 5.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 387 209 54.1 48.1-59.9 36 10.3 7.2-14.4 55 15.0 11.3-19.7 61 14.9 11.3-19.3 26 5.8 3.8- 8.8
Non-Hispanic Black 136 102 69.6 58.8-78.6 11 8.3 4.3-15.3 *** *** *** 11 9.2 4.5-18.0 *** *** ***
Other 148 *** *** *** *** *** *** 19 14.5 8.5-23.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 210 100 49.9 42.1-57.8 31 13.7 9.1-20.1 33 15.2 10.6-21.5 39 17.8 12.8-24.2 *** *** ***
45-64 240 155 64.5 57.0-71.4 18 8.7 5.1-14.3 29 13.6 9.1-19.9 26 8.6 5.6-13.2 12 4.6 2.5- 8.2
65+ 218 156 65.9 57.3-73.7 13 6.8 3.6-12.5 22 13.3 8.2-21.0 13 5.8 3.2-10.5 14 8.1 4.5-14.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 283 206 66.9 59.4-73.6 18 7.5 4.2-13.0 29 13.4 8.9-19.7 17 7.7 4.5-12.8 13 4.5 2.4- 8.2
Some College + 387 207 50.8 44.6-57.0 44 13.1 9.4-18.0 55 15.0 11.3-19.6 61 16.1 12.2-20.9 20 5.0 3.1- 8.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 353 232 60.8 53.9-67.2 30 8.9 5.6-13.6 43 15.3 10.9-21.0 30 9.4 6.2-13.9 18 5.7 3.4- 9.4
$50,000+ 197 88 45.0 36.9-53.5 24 13.2 8.3-20.3 31 15.3 10.4-21.8 41 20.9 15.1-28.1 13 5.7 3.2-10.0

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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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