2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Alcohol Screening & Brief Intervention (ASBI)

Healthcare providers may also advise patients to drink less for various reasons.
At your last routine checkup, were you advised to reduce or quit your drinking?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,246 207 9.4 8.0-10.9 2,039 90.6 89.1-92.0
-Eastern NC 733 74 10.4 8.0-13.3 659 89.6 86.7-92.0
GENDER
Male 314 37 11.7 8.3-16.3 277 88.3 83.7-91.7
Female 419 37 9.3 6.3-13.5 382 90.7 86.5-93.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 424 33 7.7 5.3-10.9 391 92.3 89.1-94.7
Non-Hispanic Black 201 27 15.2 9.9-22.6 174 84.8 77.4-90.1
Other 108 14 11.9 6.7-20.3 94 88.1 79.7-93.3
AGE
18-34 125 17 10.9 6.2-18.4 108 89.1 81.6-93.8
35-44 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 131 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 143 15 10.2 6.0-17.0 128 89.8 83.0-94.0
65-74 152 13 9.8 5.6-16.5 139 90.2 83.5-94.4
75+ 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 191 26 12.6 8.0-19.1 165 87.4 80.9-92.0
Some Post-H.S. 251 24 8.9 5.8-13.4 227 91.1 86.6-94.2
College Graduate 226 14 6.6 3.8-11.5 212 93.4 88.5-96.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 299 32 10.6 7.1-15.6 267 89.4 84.4-92.9
No 430 42 10.4 7.4-14.3 388 89.6 85.7-92.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 119 18 15.7 9.9-24.1 101 84.3 75.9-90.1
Non-Veteran 614 56 9.4 7.0-12.7 558 90.6 87.3-93.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 356 40 11.1 7.8-15.5 316 88.9 84.5-92.2
Unemployed 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 194 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 104 15 13.8 7.7-23.5 89 86.2 76.5-92.3
Other not in Labor Force 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 102 15 16.9 9.5-28.3 87 83.1 71.7-90.5
$25,000- 34,999 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 100 15 13.8 8.1-22.7 85 86.2 77.3-91.9
$50,000- 74,999 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 190 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 353 33 9.5 6.5-13.7 320 90.5 86.3-93.5
HOUSING
Own 495 46 9.7 7.1-13.3 449 90.3 86.7-92.9
Rent 183 22 13.5 8.2-21.3 161 86.5 78.7-91.8
Other arrangement 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 229 24 11.7 7.4-18.1 205 88.3 81.9-92.6
Rural 446 48 10.7 7.8-14.4 398 89.3 85.6-92.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 408 52 13.7 10.1-18.3 356 86.3 81.7-89.9
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 169 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 156 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*Asked of respondents that had a checkup within the past 2 years and answered yes to Question 1, 2 or 3 of this module.

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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