2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 3

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 3 670 331 49.3 44.9-53.6 80 12.4 9.8-15.6 104 14.9 12.1-18.2 111 17.0 14.0-20.5 44 6.4 4.6- 8.8
GENDER
Male 308 120 39.1 33.0-45.6 33 10.1 7.0-14.3 57 18.2 13.9-23.5 69 23.5 18.4-29.5 29 9.1 6.1-13.3
Female 362 211 58.4 52.4-64.1 47 14.5 10.7-19.4 47 12.0 8.6-16.4 42 11.2 8.1-15.2 15 4.0 2.2- 7.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 453 209 46.5 41.2-51.9 58 13.6 10.3-17.6 65 13.8 10.6-17.8 88 19.4 15.6-24.0 33 6.7 4.6- 9.7
Non-Hispanic Black 123 71 55.0 45.0-64.6 13 9.5 5.2-16.6 19 16.9 10.5-26.0 14 12.9 7.5-21.4 *** *** ***
Other 94 *** *** *** *** *** *** 20 17.6 10.8-27.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 265 108 43.3 36.8-50.0 26 10.5 7.0-15.3 66 21.5 16.6-27.4 51 19.8 14.9-25.7 14 5.0 2.8- 8.6
45-64 219 101 46.1 38.8-53.6 35 16.6 11.7-23.0 24 9.8 6.4-14.7 36 17.1 12.2-23.5 23 10.4 6.7-15.7
65+ 170 114 70.9 62.3-78.3 18 9.5 5.7-15.4 *** *** *** 22 11.2 7.1-17.3 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 218 136 60.3 52.8-67.5 24 10.8 7.0-16.3 21 9.9 6.2-15.5 23 12.3 8.0-18.6 14 6.6 3.8-11.4
Some Post-H.S. 209 109 49.6 42.0-57.2 31 15.8 11.1-22.1 32 15.1 10.4-21.3 27 14.6 9.9-21.1 *** *** ***
College Graduate 239 83 32.0 25.9-38.9 25 10.2 6.8-15.0 50 21.9 16.5-28.5 61 27.6 21.7-34.3 20 8.3 5.1-13.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 261 156 59.8 52.9-66.3 29 12.4 8.5-17.6 39 13.0 9.3-18.0 18 6.8 4.1-11.1 19 8.0 4.9-12.9
$50,000+ 284 90 32.1 26.2-38.6 45 15.7 11.5-21.2 51 18.5 13.9-24.3 75 26.3 20.9-32.6 23 7.3 4.7-11.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 125 85 69.0 58.7-77.6 *** *** *** 14 10.1 5.5-18.0 18 15.5 9.6-24.3 *** *** ***

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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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