2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 3

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 3 665 331 49.7 45.3-54.1 98 14.0 11.3-17.1 236 36.3 32.2-40.7
GENDER
Male 305 120 39.5 33.3-46.0 54 16.6 12.5-21.6 131 44.0 37.7-50.5
Female 360 211 58.9 52.9-64.6 44 11.7 8.5-15.8 105 29.5 24.3-35.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 450 209 46.9 41.6-52.3 70 14.2 11.1-18.0 171 38.9 33.8-44.3
Non-Hispanic Black 121 71 55.6 45.5-65.3 18 15.3 9.4-24.0 32 29.0 20.7-39.1
Other 94 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 263 108 43.7 37.2-50.4 29 10.4 7.0-15.1 126 46.0 39.4-52.7
45-64 216 101 46.6 39.2-54.2 38 17.8 12.9-23.9 77 35.6 28.8-43.1
65+ 170 114 70.9 62.3-78.3 29 15.9 10.7-22.9 27 13.2 8.6-19.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 215 136 61.4 53.7-68.5 26 11.6 7.7-17.2 53 27.0 20.7-34.4
Some Post-H.S. 209 109 49.6 42.0-57.2 29 12.9 8.9-18.4 71 37.5 30.4-45.3
College Graduate 237 83 32.3 26.1-39.2 43 19.2 14.0-25.6 111 48.5 41.5-55.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 258 156 60.8 53.8-67.3 29 12.6 8.7-18.0 73 26.6 21.0-33.0
$50,000+ 282 90 32.3 26.4-38.8 58 17.9 13.7-23.2 134 49.8 43.2-56.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 125 85 69.0 58.7-77.6 11 7.3 3.5-14.4 29 23.8 16.2-33.5

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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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