2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Alcohol Consumption

Considering all types of alcoholic beverages, how many times during the past 30 days did you have
[5 or more drinks for men or 4 or more drinks for women] on an occasion?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 None Once Twice 3-7 times 8-30 times
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,031 1,463 68.8 66.2-71.3 193 11.0 9.4-12.9 119 5.7 4.6- 6.9 174 9.5 7.9-11.3 82 5.0 3.9- 6.5
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 312 245 78.5 72.1-83.8 24 8.5 5.3-13.2 *** *** *** 22 7.0 4.0-11.9 12 4.1 2.1- 7.6
Region 3 160 132 81.3 72.5-87.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 6.1 3.2-11.2 *** *** ***
Region 4 330 220 65.8 59.7-71.4 36 10.7 7.5-15.1 20 5.6 3.5- 8.8 33 11.1 7.6-15.9 21 6.9 4.3-10.9
Region 5 261 187 68.4 61.6-74.5 29 12.9 8.8-18.5 13 4.3 2.4- 7.5 22 9.6 6.3-14.5 *** *** ***
Region 6 180 124 65.5 56.6-73.4 19 12.7 7.3-21.2 14 5.9 3.4-10.2 13 8.4 4.7-14.8 *** *** ***
Region 7 283 197 68.0 61.4-73.9 27 10.2 6.6-15.5 24 8.5 5.6-12.8 26 9.2 6.0-13.9 *** *** ***
Region 8 215 156 71.4 63.0-78.5 23 11.2 6.9-17.7 15 6.2 3.5-10.5 19 10.1 5.5-17.9 *** *** ***
Region 9 & 10 293 205 61.0 53.3-68.3 27 15.7 10.4-22.9 20 7.7 4.4-13.2 28 10.4 6.5-16.1 13 5.2 2.6-10.0
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 699 488 64.8 60.0-69.3 74 13.7 10.5-17.7 48 6.8 4.9- 9.3 65 10.4 7.7-14.1 24 4.3 2.7- 6.9
Piedmont 969 691 68.7 65.2-72.1 92 10.4 8.3-12.9 61 5.9 4.5- 7.7 82 9.5 7.5-12.0 43 5.5 3.9- 7.7
Western NC 366 287 77.9 71.9-82.9 27 8.4 5.4-12.9 *** *** *** 27 7.3 4.5-11.5 15 4.1 2.3- 7.4
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 284 223 78.6 71.9-84.1 24 10.2 6.5-15.8 *** *** *** 18 5.5 2.9-10.1 11 4.1 2.1- 8.0
Northwest 260 190 67.5 60.0-74.2 21 10.5 6.5-16.4 11 4.3 2.1- 8.5 25 10.3 6.5-16.0 13 7.5 4.0-13.7
Charlotte 261 186 71.5 65.0-77.1 23 8.1 5.2-12.5 14 5.2 3.0- 8.8 23 10.0 6.4-15.3 15 5.3 3.1- 8.9
Greensboro 205 145 66.8 59.1-73.7 25 14.7 9.8-21.4 *** *** *** 18 10.0 6.2-15.6 *** *** ***
Southern Regional 203 138 65.0 56.6-72.6 23 13.3 8.0-21.3 15 6.1 3.6-10.2 18 9.7 5.7-15.9 *** *** ***
Southeast 133 105 79.2 69.7-86.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Wake 326 234 70.2 64.2-75.6 26 9.3 6.0-14.0 27 7.5 5.0-11.1 28 8.8 5.9-12.9 11 4.2 2.2- 8.1
Area L & Eastern 362 245 60.2 53.1-66.9 43 15.8 11.3-21.6 25 7.8 4.8-12.5 35 11.7 7.4-17.9 14 4.5 2.2- 8.8
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 312 245 78.5 72.1-83.8 24 8.5 5.3-13.2 *** *** *** 22 7.0 4.0-11.9 12 4.1 2.1- 7.6
Region 2 281 218 74.5 67.9-80.1 25 11.5 7.6-17.0 *** *** *** 23 8.5 5.5-12.8 *** *** ***
Region 3 333 222 65.3 59.3-70.9 36 10.6 7.4-14.9 20 5.6 3.5- 8.9 33 11.1 7.6-16.0 22 7.3 4.6-11.4
Region 4 416 294 67.9 62.5-72.9 37 9.9 6.9-14.0 31 7.2 5.0-10.4 36 9.1 6.4-12.8 18 5.9 3.5- 9.6
Region 5 342 247 70.6 64.3-76.2 32 10.7 6.9-16.2 25 6.0 4.0- 9.1 27 8.2 5.3-12.5 11 4.4 2.3- 8.3
Region 6 350 240 60.6 53.4-67.4 39 16.1 11.4-22.1 25 8.3 5.1-13.2 33 11.3 7.1-17.5 13 3.7 1.8- 7.3

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported drinking at least one drink in the last month.

See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.

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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