2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Excessive Drinking*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,924 611 15.6 14.3-16.9 3,313 84.4 83.1-85.7
Medicaid Region 1 489 58 12.3 9.3-16.0 431 87.7 84.0-90.7
GENDER
Male 244 36 13.3 9.3-18.7 208 86.7 81.3-90.7
Female 245 22 11.3 7.3-17.2 223 88.7 82.8-92.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 396 44 11.9 8.7-16.0 352 88.1 84.0-91.3
Non-Hispanic Black 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 151 34 20.7 14.6-28.5 117 79.3 71.5-85.4
45-64 168 18 9.0 5.2-15.0 150 91.0 85.0-94.8
65+ 165 *** *** *** 159 95.2 87.8-98.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 156 16 9.8 5.6-16.6 140 90.2 83.4-94.4
Some Post-H.S. 143 17 12.6 7.6-20.3 126 87.4 79.7-92.4
College Graduate 190 25 15.4 10.3-22.3 165 84.6 77.7-89.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 213 23 9.3 5.9-14.3 190 90.7 85.7-94.1
$50,000+ 169 25 17.2 11.2-25.4 144 82.8 74.6-88.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 107 *** *** *** 97 89.0 79.6-94.3

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Yes refers to respondents who said they had drank in the past 30 days and had at least one binge drinking episode (5 or more drinks on one occasion for men 4 or more drinks for women)
or were heavy drinkers (2 or more drinks per day for men, more than 1 drink per day for women).
No refers to respondents who said they did not drink in the past 30 days or who were not heavy drinkers and had no binge drinking episodes.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2019 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2019 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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