2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 5

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 5 759 418 55.6 51.3-59.8 120 15.8 13.0-19.1 221 28.6 24.9-32.6
GENDER
Male 349 155 44.9 38.5-51.4 71 20.6 16.1-26.1 123 34.5 28.7-40.8
Female 410 263 65.3 59.6-70.6 49 11.5 8.3-15.7 98 23.2 18.7-28.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 473 246 53.6 48.3-58.8 80 16.4 12.9-20.5 147 30.1 25.5-35.1
Non-Hispanic Black 153 94 58.7 48.7-68.1 23 17.2 11.0-25.7 36 24.1 16.5-33.8
Other 133 *** *** *** 17 10.9 6.4-18.0 38 29.7 21.1-40.1
AGE
18-44 269 122 45.4 38.7-52.3 41 16.3 11.9-22.1 106 38.2 31.8-45.1
45-64 240 135 59.0 51.2-66.4 38 16.1 11.3-22.3 67 24.9 19.1-31.8
65+ 233 149 69.8 62.9-75.9 38 14.2 10.0-19.8 46 16.0 11.6-21.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 280 189 66.3 59.3-72.7 27 12.1 8.0-17.9 64 21.6 16.5-27.7
Some Post-H.S. 235 123 51.5 43.8-59.1 46 18.0 13.1-24.3 66 30.5 23.7-38.2
College Graduate 243 105 42.9 36.1-50.1 47 19.1 14.2-25.1 91 38.0 31.4-45.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 385 239 62.4 56.5-67.9 51 14.3 10.5-19.1 95 23.3 18.8-28.5
$50,000+ 240 94 40.3 33.1-48.1 46 18.7 13.6-25.2 100 41.0 33.8-48.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 134 *** *** *** 23 14.8 9.3-22.8 26 20.9 12.9-32.0

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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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