2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 3

Alcohol Consumption

Moderate Drinking Guidelines*

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  Total
Respond.^		 No Drinks Meets Guidelines Exceeded Guidelines
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,970 2,066 52.8 50.9-54.6 664 15.7 14.5-17.0 1,240 31.6 29.9-33.3
Medicaid Region 3 557 275 50.1 45.4-54.8 90 15.2 12.2-18.8 192 34.7 30.4-39.3
GENDER
Male 268 113 43.0 36.5-49.8 61 21.7 16.8-27.7 94 35.3 29.1-42.0
Female 289 162 56.2 49.6-62.6 29 9.6 6.4-14.0 98 34.3 28.3-40.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 334 151 47.2 41.2-53.2 59 15.2 11.6-19.7 124 37.6 32.0-43.6
Non-Hispanic Black 115 64 53.5 43.3-63.4 20 19.0 12.0-28.6 31 27.5 19.5-37.4
Other 108 *** *** *** 11 9.4 5.1-16.8 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 214 94 46.6 39.4-53.9 23 10.4 6.8-15.5 97 43.0 36.0-50.4
45-64 192 90 47.5 39.7-55.4 39 21.2 15.4-28.5 63 31.3 24.5-39.0
65+ 145 86 60.6 51.3-69.2 28 18.6 12.5-26.9 31 20.8 14.3-29.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 167 117 68.9 60.4-76.3 19 12.1 7.5-18.9 31 19.0 13.2-26.6
Some Post-H.S. 157 74 44.4 36.0-53.1 32 18.7 13.0-26.0 51 36.9 28.8-45.9
College Graduate 233 84 35.9 29.4-43.1 39 15.2 11.0-20.6 110 48.9 41.8-56.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 199 117 56.9 48.9-64.6 33 18.1 12.6-25.4 49 24.9 18.7-32.5
$50,000+ 245 82 35.7 29.2-42.8 43 15.0 11.0-20.1 120 49.3 42.4-56.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 113 76 71.9 62.1-79.9 14 10.8 6.1-18.4 23 17.3 11.2-25.8

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*Moderate drinking guideline--MALES having a maximum of two drinks on one or more occasions within the past 30 days or FEMALES having a maximum of one drink on one or more occasions within the past 30 days.

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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