2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 3

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 4,017 2,066 52.1 50.3-53.9 528 13.3 12.1-14.5 585 15.0 13.7-16.3 616 14.7 13.5-16.0 222 5.0 4.3- 5.8
Medicaid Region 3 566 275 49.0 44.3-53.7 72 12.7 10.0-16.1 85 16.0 12.9-19.8 98 16.3 13.2-20.0 36 5.9 4.1- 8.5
GENDER
Male 273 113 41.8 35.3-48.5 39 14.6 10.6-19.9 44 16.9 12.4-22.7 55 18.0 13.6-23.5 22 8.6 5.4-13.4
Female 293 162 55.3 48.8-61.7 33 11.0 7.6-15.8 41 15.2 11.1-20.6 43 14.7 10.6-20.1 14 3.6 2.0- 6.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 339 151 46.2 40.3-52.2 39 11.0 7.9-15.1 56 17.5 13.4-22.5 71 20.1 15.8-25.2 22 5.3 3.2- 8.4
Non-Hispanic Black 118 64 51.7 41.7-61.5 16 14.9 8.9-23.9 14 12.5 7.1-21.1 15 11.1 6.3-18.7 *** *** ***
Other 109 *** *** *** 17 17.7 10.6-28.2 15 14.8 8.4-24.8 12 6.5 3.5-11.8 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 218 94 45.9 38.8-53.2 31 13.3 9.2-18.8 41 18.9 13.8-25.2 42 17.5 12.7-23.6 *** *** ***
45-64 194 90 46.3 38.5-54.2 26 13.4 8.8-19.7 36 19.6 14.0-26.6 29 13.9 9.3-20.2 13 6.9 3.7-12.6
65+ 146 86 60.2 51.0-68.8 15 11.3 6.5-19.0 *** *** *** 26 17.7 11.8-25.7 11 6.1 3.1-11.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 170 117 67.0 58.5-74.5 21 13.8 8.8-20.9 14 9.4 5.4-15.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 161 74 43.3 35.1-51.9 24 13.3 8.7-19.7 28 18.9 12.8-26.9 24 16.8 11.0-24.6 11 7.8 4.3-13.6
College Graduate 235 84 35.5 29.0-42.6 27 11.0 7.4-16.1 43 20.3 15.1-26.8 64 27.4 21.5-34.2 17 5.7 3.3- 9.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 203 117 55.4 47.5-63.1 32 16.8 11.6-23.7 23 11.2 7.1-17.2 21 11.0 6.9-17.3 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 247 82 35.3 28.8-42.3 31 12.2 8.4-17.2 49 22.0 16.6-28.4 66 24.5 19.1-31.0 19 6.1 3.7- 9.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 116 76 69.6 59.8-77.9 *** *** *** 13 10.6 5.9-18.3 11 6.2 3.3-11.6 *** *** ***

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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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