2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 2

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 2 620 335 52.1 47.5-56.6 76 13.6 10.6-17.2 83 13.8 10.9-17.3 92 15.8 12.8-19.4 34 4.7 3.1- 7.2
GENDER
Male 284 126 42.7 36.2-49.5 35 13.9 9.7-19.4 45 16.8 12.2-22.7 51 18.8 14.1-24.6 27 7.8 4.8-12.3
Female 336 209 60.7 54.5-66.5 41 13.3 9.5-18.3 38 11.0 7.8-15.3 41 13.1 9.4-17.8 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 459 244 51.8 46.5-57.0 55 12.9 9.7-16.8 61 13.0 9.9-17.0 73 17.3 13.6-21.7 26 5.0 3.0- 8.2
Non-Hispanic Black 105 *** *** *** 14 14.5 7.9-24.9 15 16.1 9.3-26.4 15 14.9 8.8-24.3 *** *** ***
Other 56 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 198 72 38.3 30.9-46.3 28 14.5 9.6-21.2 38 19.5 14.0-26.6 47 21.4 15.9-28.2 13 6.3 3.3-11.7
45-64 220 124 56.7 49.3-63.7 34 17.0 12.0-23.5 26 10.8 7.1-15.9 30 13.9 9.7-19.5 *** *** ***
65+ 192 130 67.2 58.6-74.7 14 7.5 4.3-12.9 19 9.0 5.5-14.5 14 9.2 4.8-17.0 15 7.1 3.6-13.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 222 156 66.6 58.8-73.5 20 10.1 6.2-16.1 18 9.2 5.6-15.0 17 8.6 5.1-14.1 11 5.5 2.6-11.2
Some Post-H.S. 181 99 50.5 42.4-58.5 22 14.4 9.2-21.7 28 16.7 11.3-23.9 24 14.4 9.5-21.3 *** *** ***
College Graduate 214 78 31.8 25.4-39.1 33 17.4 12.2-24.1 37 17.3 12.4-23.6 51 28.9 22.3-36.5 15 4.6 2.6- 8.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 252 152 59.0 51.7-65.9 23 10.6 6.6-16.6 28 12.6 8.3-18.5 36 13.2 9.1-18.7 13 4.7 2.5- 8.6
$50,000+ 242 94 38.3 31.5-45.5 43 19.0 14.0-25.3 45 17.2 12.6-23.2 47 21.3 16.1-27.8 13 4.1 1.9- 8.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 126 89 66.3 55.7-75.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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