2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 2

Alcohol Consumption

Moderate Drinking Guidelines*

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  Total
Respond.^
No Drinks Meets Guidelines Exceeded Guidelines
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,365 2,336 52.6 50.7-54.4 731 15.8 14.5-17.1 1,298 31.7 30.0-33.4
Medicaid Region 2 613 335 52.5 47.9-57.0 105 16.3 13.2-19.8 173 31.3 27.1-35.7
GENDER
Male 280 126 43.2 36.6-50.0 62 20.6 15.7-26.5 92 36.3 29.9-43.2
Female 333 209 61.0 54.9-66.9 43 12.3 9.0-16.6 81 26.6 21.4-32.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 454 244 52.3 46.9-57.5 82 16.8 13.3-20.9 128 31.0 26.2-36.2
Non-Hispanic Black 104 *** *** *** 16 14.8 8.7-24.1 *** *** ***
Other 55 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 198 72 38.3 30.9-46.3 29 13.3 9.0-19.2 97 48.4 40.6-56.3
45-64 217 124 57.4 50.0-64.4 43 19.9 14.7-26.3 50 22.8 17.2-29.4
65+ 188 130 68.2 59.6-75.8 33 17.4 11.8-25.0 25 14.3 9.0-22.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 218 156 67.2 59.4-74.2 26 12.4 8.3-18.1 36 20.4 14.4-28.1
Some Post-H.S. 179 99 51.0 42.9-59.1 21 10.8 6.7-17.0 59 38.2 30.5-46.6
College Graduate 213 78 31.9 25.4-39.1 57 28.8 22.3-36.3 78 39.3 32.2-47.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 249 152 59.5 52.1-66.4 32 10.9 7.6-15.5 65 29.6 23.2-37.0
$50,000+ 239 94 38.7 31.9-45.9 56 22.5 17.1-29.1 89 38.8 32.0-46.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 125 89 66.6 55.9-75.8 17 14.3 8.4-23.4 19 19.1 11.9-29.3

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*Moderate drinking guideline--MALES having a maximum of two drinks on one or more occasions within the past 30 days or FEMALES having a maximum of one drink on one or more occasions within the past 30 days.

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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