2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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
-Eastern NC 1,601 884 54.8 51.7-57.8 203 13.5 11.5-15.8 203 12.1 10.3-14.1 236 15.0 12.9-17.3 75 4.7 3.4- 6.3
GENDER
Male 733 333 45.3 40.8-49.9 84 13.1 10.1-16.8 112 13.5 10.9-16.6 150 20.2 16.8-24.0 54 7.9 5.5-11.1
Female 868 551 63.6 59.5-67.6 119 13.9 11.2-17.0 91 10.8 8.5-13.6 86 10.0 7.8-12.8 21 1.7 1.0- 2.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,004 512 50.9 47.1-54.6 127 13.6 11.2-16.5 130 12.7 10.4-15.3 178 17.7 15.0-20.8 57 5.1 3.7- 7.1
Non-Hispanic Black 384 248 61.9 55.4-68.1 47 13.8 9.6-19.3 42 10.5 7.5-14.6 36 10.5 7.1-15.2 *** *** ***
Other 215 125 59.0 50.0-67.5 29 11.9 7.8-17.8 31 12.5 8.2-18.5 23 11.2 6.9-17.7 *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 324 140 45.4 39.1-51.8 54 16.8 12.5-22.1 57 14.6 11.0-19.1 59 17.4 13.3-22.5 *** *** ***
35-44 210 93 39.7 32.3-47.6 36 17.7 12.3-24.7 32 16.2 11.2-22.9 40 22.7 16.5-30.3 *** *** ***
45-54 260 134 53.9 46.0-61.6 35 15.0 9.9-22.0 37 12.2 8.4-17.5 44 15.4 10.6-21.9 *** *** ***
55-64 289 178 63.5 56.2-70.1 29 9.6 6.2-14.5 33 10.6 7.1-15.5 42 13.3 9.2-18.7 *** *** ***
65-74 304 199 69.9 63.5-75.6 30 9.3 6.3-13.6 31 9.0 5.9-13.4 24 6.7 4.1-10.7 20 5.1 3.1- 8.5
75+ 190 123 73.5 65.4-80.2 18 6.9 3.9-12.1 *** *** *** 25 9.4 6.0-14.4 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 180 127 68.7 59.6-76.5 *** *** *** 16 9.5 5.6-15.9 16 8.5 4.7-15.0 *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 449 288 61.5 55.6-67.0 56 13.0 9.6-17.3 39 7.9 5.5-11.4 47 12.8 9.3-17.4 19 4.7 2.6- 8.4
Some Post-H.S. 477 257 52.5 46.9-58.1 64 15.2 11.5-19.9 59 12.1 9.0-16.0 76 15.8 12.2-20.2 *** *** ***
College Graduate 496 212 40.9 35.7-46.4 67 14.2 10.6-18.7 89 19.2 15.3-23.7 98 20.5 16.6-25.2 30 5.2 3.4- 7.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 154 105 68.0 58.2-76.5 *** *** *** 17 13.7 8.1-22.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 264 167 61.2 53.7-68.2 31 10.3 6.8-15.3 24 9.3 5.9-14.3 25 11.6 7.5-17.6 17 7.7 4.3-13.3
$25,000- 34,999 162 98 56.3 46.6-65.5 16 10.3 6.0-17.0 22 14.2 8.7-22.2 18 12.9 7.3-21.8 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 205 110 54.6 46.1-62.8 29 14.9 9.8-22.1 30 14.7 9.7-21.7 33 13.6 9.1-19.8 *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 215 106 49.6 41.2-58.1 36 16.5 11.3-23.5 28 13.3 8.8-19.7 36 18.4 12.6-26.1 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 304 98 31.7 25.6-38.4 52 18.9 13.8-25.3 46 13.2 9.4-18.3 83 27.7 22.0-34.3 25 8.5 4.8-14.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 560 383 67.9 62.6-72.8 50 7.5 5.4-10.5 51 8.8 6.3-12.2 54 11.0 8.0-15.0 *** *** ***
No 1,040 500 48.4 44.6-52.2 152 16.3 13.6-19.5 152 13.7 11.4-16.3 183 17.0 14.4-19.9 53 4.7 3.3- 6.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 333 158 46.4 39.9-53.1 47 11.8 8.4-16.3 52 14.0 10.3-18.7 58 19.6 14.8-25.4 18 8.2 4.7-14.1
Non-Veteran 1,269 726 57.0 53.5-60.4 156 13.9 11.6-16.7 151 11.6 9.6-13.8 179 13.8 11.6-16.4 57 3.7 2.6- 5.3
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 94 29 30.2 21.0-41.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** 24 23.2 15.3-33.7 *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 375 190 49.8 43.8-55.7 45 11.5 8.3-15.8 56 13.3 10.1-17.4 67 19.4 15.1-24.6 *** *** ***
Rural 1,134 666 58.8 55.1-62.5 148 14.4 11.9-17.4 124 10.4 8.4-12.8 146 12.5 10.3-15.2 50 3.8 2.6- 5.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 783 341 43.5 39.2-47.9 122 17.3 14.2-21.0 133 14.9 12.3-18.0 147 18.6 15.5-22.1 40 5.7 3.8- 8.4
Unemployed 62 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 468 298 68.5 63.3-73.3 50 10.1 7.3-13.8 37 7.0 4.7-10.4 53 9.0 6.6-12.1 30 5.4 3.5- 8.4
Unable to Work 187 147 80.3 72.4-86.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** 17 9.8 5.5-17.1 *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 91 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 58 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 131 86 67.2 57.1-75.9 *** *** *** 14 11.1 6.3-18.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 240 155 60.6 52.7-67.9 26 11.0 7.1-16.5 23 11.6 7.3-17.9 25 12.4 8.0-18.7 *** *** ***
151% to 200% 138 80 51.3 41.2-61.4 17 14.1 8.1-23.3 14 12.2 6.7-21.2 18 15.0 8.9-24.3 *** *** ***
More than 200% 734 323 43.6 39.1-48.2 111 16.1 13.0-19.8 107 13.7 11.0-16.9 151 20.9 17.4-24.9 42 5.7 3.7- 8.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 512 354 70.1 64.4-75.3 51 11.2 7.9-15.7 45 7.3 5.0-10.6 48 9.2 6.2-13.4 *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 791 413 52.4 48.1-56.7 105 13.2 10.5-16.4 102 11.9 9.5-14.7 130 17.3 14.3-20.8 41 5.3 3.5- 8.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 300 118 40.9 34.3-47.8 47 17.2 12.6-23.2 56 18.8 14.1-24.5 59 16.8 12.7-21.9 20 6.3 3.6-10.8

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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.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2018 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2018 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2018 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2018 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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