2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

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 4,419 2,336 52.0 50.2-53.9 532 13.0 11.8-14.3 606 13.8 12.6-15.1 712 16.2 14.9-17.6 233 5.0 4.3- 5.9
Medicaid Region 1 725 398 54.9 49.8-59.8 74 11.6 8.6-15.5 93 13.9 10.5-18.1 113 14.3 11.4-17.7 47 5.4 3.7- 7.8
GENDER
Male 338 156 47.3 39.8-54.9 38 12.8 8.3-19.3 52 16.9 11.5-24.2 62 16.4 12.1-21.9 30 6.5 4.1-10.2
Female 387 242 62.3 55.7-68.5 36 10.4 6.9-15.4 41 10.9 7.5-15.5 51 12.1 8.6-16.8 17 4.2 2.1- 8.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 633 341 54.5 49.1-59.8 63 11.3 8.1-15.6 82 13.6 10.2-18.0 104 14.8 11.7-18.5 43 5.7 3.9- 8.4
Non-Hispanic Black 28 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 64 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 182 86 46.5 37.4-55.9 27 15.0 9.2-23.6 32 20.7 13.6-30.1 30 15.4 10.2-22.6 *** *** ***
45-64 248 131 55.5 46.9-63.7 29 14.1 9.0-21.3 34 11.5 7.4-17.4 42 15.4 10.9-21.4 12 3.5 1.6- 7.6
65+ 281 171 63.2 55.2-70.6 18 5.0 2.8- 8.8 24 7.8 4.8-12.3 41 12.3 8.1-18.3 27 11.6 7.1-18.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 249 173 69.3 61.1-76.5 26 12.2 7.3-19.7 20 8.0 4.5-13.9 24 8.2 4.9-13.3 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 219 125 53.4 44.0-62.5 22 10.7 6.3-17.6 30 16.6 10.1-26.1 28 12.7 7.9-20.0 14 6.5 3.2-12.8
College Graduate 257 100 32.4 25.7-39.9 26 11.9 7.2-19.1 43 20.0 14.1-27.7 61 26.6 20.4-34.0 27 9.0 5.7-13.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 321 192 61.2 53.7-68.1 31 8.8 5.5-13.9 30 10.4 6.5-16.1 44 13.5 9.3-19.3 24 6.2 3.8- 9.9
$50,000+ 254 102 37.1 29.4-45.6 28 12.8 8.3-19.4 46 22.0 15.0-31.1 58 20.7 15.3-27.4 20 7.3 3.9-13.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 150 *** *** *** *** *** *** 17 8.1 4.4-14.5 11 5.5 2.5-11.5 *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 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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