2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 6

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 6 807 460 55.9 51.5-60.3 122 13.6 10.9-16.9 225 30.4 26.5-34.7
GENDER
Male 365 174 49.4 42.7-56.1 74 16.9 12.6-22.2 117 33.8 27.7-40.4
Female 442 286 62.3 56.3-67.9 48 10.5 7.3-14.7 108 27.3 22.2-33.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 517 268 50.8 45.4-56.2 91 15.6 12.2-19.8 158 33.6 28.6-38.9
Non-Hispanic Black 215 146 65.3 56.3-73.4 25 11.9 7.1-19.2 44 22.8 16.2-31.2
Other 75 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 254 114 44.7 37.4-52.2 38 13.8 9.7-19.2 102 41.5 34.4-49.0
45-64 287 171 63.8 56.3-70.6 37 12.2 7.5-19.2 79 24.0 18.7-30.3
65+ 257 169 69.0 61.7-75.4 45 14.0 10.1-19.2 43 17.0 11.8-23.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 327 216 64.2 57.4-70.5 34 9.6 6.5-14.0 77 26.2 20.4-32.8
Some Post-H.S. 241 136 52.7 44.8-60.5 36 15.0 10.0-22.0 69 32.2 25.5-39.8
College Graduate 239 108 43.1 35.8-50.7 52 20.1 14.8-26.7 79 36.8 29.6-44.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 400 250 59.0 52.6-65.1 48 11.6 7.9-16.6 102 29.4 23.9-35.6
$50,000+ 263 107 41.3 33.7-49.3 58 19.1 14.0-25.5 98 39.6 32.4-47.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 144 103 76.0 66.8-83.3 16 8.5 4.7-14.9 25 15.4 9.6-23.8

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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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