2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 3 Demographics

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
Region 3 371 208 55.3 49.2-61.2 43 13.6 9.7-18.8 44 10.9 7.8-15.0 51 14.2 10.6-18.7 25 6.1 3.5-10.3
GENDER
Male 179 81 44.0 35.3-53.0 22 16.4 10.0-25.6 28 14.3 9.3-21.3 29 16.2 10.8-23.6 19 9.1 4.9-16.5
Female 192 127 66.2 58.4-73.1 21 11.0 7.0-16.8 16 7.6 4.5-12.5 22 12.1 7.9-18.2 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 303 167 55.1 48.4-61.6 31 10.3 7.0-14.8 41 12.9 9.2-17.7 44 16.0 11.7-21.5 20 5.8 3.1-10.7
Non-Hispanic Black 38 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 30 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 113 *** *** *** 18 18.2 10.7-29.2 15 11.1 6.3-18.8 28 21.6 14.5-30.8 *** *** ***
45-64 131 77 61.2 51.6-70.0 16 12.5 7.3-20.6 17 12.4 7.4-20.2 16 11.2 6.7-18.1 *** *** ***
65+ 122 82 67.3 56.4-76.6 *** *** *** 12 8.7 4.7-15.7 *** *** *** 12 9.4 4.1-19.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 135 89 60.0 49.6-69.6 14 11.7 6.5-20.3 *** *** *** 14 11.3 6.4-19.1 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 105 *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 12.1 6.9-20.6 13 11.4 6.4-19.5 *** *** ***
College Graduate 130 52 37.9 28.7-48.1 19 18.0 11.0-28.0 21 14.8 9.5-22.3 24 22.1 14.7-31.9 14 7.2 4.0-12.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 150 91 59.4 49.8-68.4 17 14.2 8.1-23.8 14 9.3 5.2-16.3 21 12.2 7.6-19.2 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 146 64 43.2 34.2-52.7 22 17.8 11.2-27.0 23 13.6 8.6-20.9 26 19.6 13.2-28.1 11 5.8 2.3-13.9
Don't know/Not Sure 75 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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.

^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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