2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 4

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 4 812 396 50.0 46.0-54.0 143 17.0 14.3-20.1 273 33.0 29.3-36.9
GENDER
Male 386 160 41.5 36.0-47.2 81 20.4 16.2-25.4 145 38.1 32.7-43.8
Female 426 236 57.6 51.9-63.1 62 13.9 10.7-18.0 128 28.5 23.7-33.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 504 221 46.2 41.2-51.3 93 17.1 13.8-21.0 190 36.7 32.1-41.6
Non-Hispanic Black 185 104 54.8 46.1-63.3 34 18.1 12.5-25.4 47 27.1 19.9-35.6
Other 123 71 59.0 48.7-68.6 16 14.5 8.6-23.4 36 26.5 18.6-36.3
AGE
18-44 329 132 42.2 36.2-48.5 50 16.0 12.0-21.0 147 41.8 35.9-47.9
45-64 266 130 50.3 43.5-57.0 55 20.3 15.6-26.1 81 29.4 23.5-36.0
65+ 205 126 67.8 59.9-74.8 36 13.5 9.3-19.1 43 18.7 13.3-25.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 245 161 64.4 57.2-71.0 25 10.0 6.5-15.1 59 25.6 19.8-32.4
Some Post-H.S. 175 94 53.2 44.5-61.7 26 15.1 10.2-21.9 55 31.7 24.1-40.4
College Graduate 391 141 35.1 29.9-40.5 92 24.6 20.0-29.8 158 40.4 35.1-45.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 286 172 59.5 52.7-66.0 32 10.1 6.9-14.6 82 30.4 24.4-37.0
$50,000+ 371 126 35.9 30.3-41.9 86 23.1 18.7-28.3 159 41.0 35.4-46.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 155 98 66.1 56.9-74.2 25 14.4 9.3-21.7 32 19.5 13.1-28.0

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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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