2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 3

Alcohol Consumption

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 3 554 93 16.6 13.4-20.4 461 83.4 79.6-86.6
GENDER
Male 264 47 17.8 13.1-23.6 217 82.2 76.4-86.9
Female 290 46 15.6 11.4-21.0 244 84.4 79.0-88.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 333 57 18.4 14.1-23.7 276 81.6 76.3-85.9
Non-Hispanic Black 113 16 13.6 8.2-21.5 97 86.4 78.5-91.8
Other 108 20 12.8 7.9-19.9 88 87.2 80.1-92.1
AGE
18-44 214 54 23.2 17.7-29.9 160 76.8 70.1-82.3
45-64 191 28 12.9 8.5-19.1 163 87.1 80.9-91.5
65+ 144 11 6.9 3.5-13.2 133 93.1 86.8-96.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 167 15 9.1 5.3-15.4 152 90.9 84.6-94.7
Some Post-H.S. 156 28 20.0 13.7-28.2 128 80.0 71.8-86.3
College Graduate 231 50 21.3 15.9-27.8 181 78.7 72.2-84.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 201 28 13.7 9.1-20.1 173 86.3 79.9-90.9
$50,000+ 240 53 22.1 16.7-28.6 187 77.9 71.4-83.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 113 12 9.1 4.8-16.5 101 90.9 83.5-95.2

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*Data in this table were derived from the alcohol consumption questions. This question was asked of all respondents.

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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