2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 523 258 48.0 43.1-52.9 63 13.4 10.2-17.4 81 15.8 12.6-19.7 99 18.6 15.1-22.7 22 4.2 2.7- 6.5
GENDER
Male 224 93 39.7 32.8-47.1 24 11.8 7.8-17.4 36 18.8 13.5-25.6 55 23.2 17.6-30.0 16 6.5 3.8-10.8
Female 299 165 55.3 48.6-61.8 39 14.8 10.3-20.9 45 13.2 9.6-17.7 44 14.6 10.7-19.6 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 326 150 46.9 40.9-53.0 39 12.7 9.2-17.4 51 15.7 11.7-20.7 70 19.8 15.5-25.0 16 4.8 2.9- 7.9
Non-Hispanic Black 134 73 50.5 40.7-60.2 16 12.5 6.7-22.3 21 16.5 10.4-25.4 22 18.4 11.9-27.4 *** *** ***
Other 63 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 196 79 39.9 32.7-47.5 21 12.1 7.7-18.5 44 22.4 16.6-29.6 44 21.5 15.9-28.3 *** *** ***
45-64 170 82 47.4 39.0-55.9 30 19.5 13.2-27.9 23 12.6 8.1-19.0 30 17.1 11.8-24.1 *** *** ***
65+ 149 93 64.5 54.7-73.2 11 7.3 3.8-13.4 12 6.7 3.6-12.0 24 15.9 9.6-25.0 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 168 113 65.0 56.3-72.8 18 10.9 6.5-17.7 17 11.1 6.6-18.2 17 12.0 7.2-19.4 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 144 72 42.6 34.0-51.6 19 17.1 10.8-26.0 21 16.7 10.8-24.8 21 15.4 9.8-23.4 11 8.2 4.5-14.6
College Graduate 209 72 32.9 26.3-40.3 25 12.2 8.0-18.2 43 20.7 15.3-27.4 61 30.0 23.6-37.3 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 215 124 57.0 49.1-64.6 15 7.6 4.1-13.7 28 13.4 8.9-19.7 39 17.4 12.3-24.1 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 213 71 33.5 26.7-41.1 36 18.5 13.1-25.5 45 20.0 14.7-26.6 49 22.9 17.3-29.6 12 5.0 2.8- 8.9
Don't know/Not Sure 95 *** *** *** 12 14.3 7.8-24.6 *** *** *** 11 11.7 5.8-22.1 *** *** ***

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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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