2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 Demographics

Alcohol Consumption

Considering all types of alcoholic beverages, how many times during the past 30 days did you have
[5 or more drinks for men or 4 or more drinks for women] on an occasion?*

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  Total
Respond.^
None Once Twice 3-7 times 8-30 times
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,160 1,579 69.1 66.5-71.6 220 11.7 10.0-13.6 133 7.3 6.0- 8.9 162 8.7 7.2-10.4 66 3.2 2.4- 4.3
Region 9 & 10 315 244 75.3 68.6-81.0 24 8.1 4.9-12.9 18 6.5 3.7-11.2 21 7.6 4.4-12.8 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 145 106 73.5 63.9-81.4 13 10.1 5.2-18.6 *** *** *** 13 9.1 4.9-16.5 *** *** ***
Female 170 138 77.2 67.3-84.8 11 5.8 2.9-11.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 231 177 73.1 64.9-80.1 21 10.1 5.9-16.6 14 7.8 4.2-14.2 14 6.8 3.3-13.5 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 61 52 86.7 74.5-93.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 23 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 106 *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 10.9 5.6-20.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-64 124 102 81.7 72.5-88.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 81 67 88.1 79.4-93.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 98 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some College + 216 170 78.5 71.3-84.2 18 7.7 4.6-12.9 13 5.7 3.1-10.2 12 6.1 3.2-11.4 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 126 86 67.1 56.3-76.3 11 10.9 5.4-20.8 *** *** *** 12 9.1 4.6-17.2 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 143 119 80.2 69.8-87.7 12 7.5 3.7-14.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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