2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 579 291 51.6 46.9-56.4 81 14.8 11.7-18.5 79 13.5 10.6-16.9 108 16.5 13.4-20.2 20 3.6 2.2- 5.9
GENDER
Male 285 124 43.6 37.1-50.3 31 12.2 8.3-17.5 47 16.7 12.3-22.2 69 22.0 17.1-27.8 14 5.6 3.0-10.1
Female 294 167 58.8 52.1-65.3 50 17.1 12.7-22.6 32 10.6 7.2-15.3 39 11.6 8.1-16.4 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 351 158 46.7 40.8-52.7 44 12.5 9.1-16.8 46 13.9 10.2-18.6 87 22.1 17.7-27.3 16 4.8 2.7- 8.4
Non-Hispanic Black 136 80 58.5 48.3-67.9 22 18.7 12.0-28.0 20 13.1 8.1-20.5 13 8.7 4.7-15.7 *** *** ***
Other 92 *** *** *** 15 17.2 9.9-28.1 13 12.2 6.5-21.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 229 84 39.7 32.3-47.6 39 17.9 12.8-24.4 48 18.8 13.8-25.0 50 19.3 14.2-25.6 *** *** ***
45-64 204 109 54.8 47.1-62.2 30 14.8 10.2-21.0 23 11.8 7.7-17.6 37 16.8 11.9-23.2 *** *** ***
65+ 136 90 73.2 64.2-80.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** 21 10.3 6.3-16.4 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 184 128 68.2 59.9-75.5 23 12.0 7.5-18.7 20 11.1 6.9-17.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 116 *** *** *** 14 13.3 7.7-22.2 13 11.0 5.9-19.3 25 18.7 11.8-28.2 *** *** ***
College Graduate 278 103 35.1 29.1-41.5 44 18.3 13.6-24.1 46 17.2 12.8-22.8 73 25.8 20.5-32.0 12 3.6 2.0- 6.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 193 121 62.1 53.9-69.8 19 11.3 6.8-18.1 23 12.4 8.0-18.6 26 12.1 7.8-18.2 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 265 92 37.5 30.8-44.8 46 17.6 13.0-23.4 44 16.4 12.0-22.0 70 23.0 18.0-28.9 13 5.5 3.0- 9.9
Don't know/Not Sure 121 78 65.3 54.3-74.9 16 14.0 8.1-23.0 12 9.1 4.5-17.7 12 9.7 4.6-19.2 *** *** ***

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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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