2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Alcohol Screening & Brief Intervention (ASBI)

You told me earlier that your last routine checkup was [within the past year/within the past 2 years].
At that checkup, were you asked in person or on a form if you drink alcohol?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,739 2,199 80.5 78.7-82.2 540 19.5 17.8-21.3
-Eastern NC 935 718 76.9 73.4-80.0 217 23.1 20.0-26.6
GENDER
Male 392 300 74.2 68.3-79.2 92 25.8 20.8-31.7
Female 543 418 79.2 74.9-82.8 125 20.8 17.2-25.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 524 415 79.6 75.4-83.3 109 20.4 16.7-24.6
Non-Hispanic Black 272 196 73.3 66.5-79.2 76 26.7 20.8-33.5
Other 139 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 144 123 83.3 74.5-89.5 21 16.7 10.5-25.5
35-44 111 93 82.9 73.2-89.6 18 17.1 10.4-26.8
45-54 157 130 82.7 75.0-88.4 27 17.3 11.6-25.0
55-64 190 143 75.0 67.3-81.4 47 25.0 18.6-32.7
65-74 196 145 72.0 63.9-78.8 51 28.0 21.2-36.1
75+ 125 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 259 184 71.5 64.4-77.7 75 28.5 22.3-35.6
Some Post-H.S. 321 250 78.7 73.2-83.3 71 21.3 16.7-26.8
College Graduate 266 223 85.4 80.2-89.4 43 14.6 10.6-19.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 379 288 76.7 71.2-81.5 91 23.3 18.5-28.8
No 550 426 77.0 72.4-81.1 124 23.0 18.9-27.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 146 119 82.5 74.4-88.5 27 17.5 11.5-25.6
Non-Veteran 789 599 76.0 72.1-79.4 190 24.0 20.6-27.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 421 349 82.0 77.3-85.9 72 18.0 14.1-22.7
Unemployed 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 285 191 65.5 58.2-72.1 94 34.5 27.9-41.8
Unable to Work 129 100 77.8 68.3-85.1 29 22.2 14.9-31.7
Other not in Labor Force 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 131 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 115 98 86.6 78.5-92.0 17 13.4 8.0-21.5
$50,000- 74,999 109 86 82.2 73.3-88.6 23 17.8 11.4-26.7
$75,000+ 214 187 88.1 82.5-92.1 27 11.9 7.9-17.5
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 76 62 83.7 71.8-91.2 14 16.3 8.8-28.2
More than 200% 424 353 85.0 80.9-88.3 71 15.0 11.7-19.1
HOUSING
Own 630 484 75.8 71.5-79.7 146 24.2 20.3-28.5
Rent 230 180 79.7 73.0-85.1 50 20.3 14.9-27.0
Other arrangement 67 48 80.2 68.2-88.5 19 19.8 11.5-31.8
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 291 222 76.1 69.5-81.7 69 23.9 18.3-30.5
Rural 575 437 75.8 71.3-79.8 138 24.2 20.2-28.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 539 398 72.6 67.7-77.0 141 27.4 23.0-32.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 211 165 79.9 73.4-85.1 46 20.1 14.9-26.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 185 155 83.7 75.5-89.6 30 16.3 10.4-24.5

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*Asked of respondents that had a checkup within the past 2 years.

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.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2019 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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