2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 490 266 54.4 49.1-59.6 51 10.4 7.5-14.2 68 13.5 10.3-17.5 77 15.5 12.1-19.7 28 6.2 3.8- 9.9
GENDER
Male 229 103 44.7 36.7-53.0 23 11.5 7.2-17.9 39 15.1 10.6-21.1 44 18.9 13.5-25.8 20 9.7 5.4-16.8
Female 261 163 63.2 56.1-69.7 28 9.4 6.1-14.2 29 12.0 8.0-17.8 33 12.4 8.5-17.8 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 336 172 52.1 46.1-58.1 37 11.5 7.9-16.4 47 13.4 9.8-18.0 58 16.8 12.7-21.8 22 6.2 3.8-10.1
Non-Hispanic Black 68 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 86 *** *** *** *** *** *** 12 13.9 7.1-25.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 164 77 49.1 40.0-58.3 23 12.8 8.1-19.6 30 15.9 10.6-23.1 27 16.7 11.2-24.1 *** *** ***
45-64 151 85 54.4 45.3-63.2 12 9.1 4.6-17.3 18 11.9 7.4-18.7 28 17.4 11.6-25.3 *** *** ***
65+ 166 99 64.7 56.0-72.6 16 8.1 4.8-13.2 18 10.0 5.8-16.7 20 10.4 6.2-16.9 13 6.8 3.6-12.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 184 124 63.3 54.5-71.3 17 11.4 6.7-18.7 16 8.1 4.6-13.7 20 12.7 7.9-19.8 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 156 77 50.4 40.6-60.1 19 11.0 6.6-17.9 22 15.0 9.3-23.1 29 16.4 10.8-24.1 *** *** ***
College Graduate 149 64 43.2 34.0-52.8 15 7.5 4.3-12.8 30 21.7 15.0-30.4 28 19.8 13.3-28.4 12 7.8 4.0-14.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 250 151 59.6 52.1-66.7 24 9.7 6.2-14.8 33 14.0 9.5-20.2 28 11.2 7.3-16.9 14 5.5 3.0- 9.8
$50,000+ 153 *** *** *** 21 14.0 8.3-22.7 23 13.1 8.2-20.2 39 24.7 17.3-33.9 12 7.9 3.3-17.8
Don't know/Not Sure 87 *** *** *** *** *** *** 12 12.8 6.9-22.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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