2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

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
-Eastern NC 1,292 196 15.0 12.8-17.4 1,096 85.0 82.6-87.2
GENDER
Male 568 122 19.5 16.1-23.5 446 80.5 76.5-83.9
Female 724 74 10.9 8.4-14.0 650 89.1 86.0-91.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 780 146 18.1 15.2-21.5 634 81.9 78.5-84.8
Non-Hispanic Black 311 25 8.7 5.5-13.6 286 91.3 86.4-94.5
Other 201 25 12.3 7.9-18.5 176 87.7 81.5-92.1
AGE
18-34 262 61 21.1 16.2-27.1 201 78.9 72.9-83.8
35-44 177 26 17.6 11.7-25.6 151 82.4 74.4-88.3
45-54 204 42 18.4 13.4-24.7 162 81.6 75.3-86.6
55-64 242 23 7.2 4.7-11.0 219 92.8 89.0-95.3
65-74 240 34 12.3 8.6-17.3 206 87.7 82.7-91.4
75+ 154 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 116 15 13.3 7.4-22.7 101 86.7 77.3-92.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 368 53 13.7 10.1-18.1 315 86.3 81.9-89.9
Some Post-H.S. 429 63 16.0 12.3-20.5 366 84.0 79.5-87.7
College Graduate 374 65 16.9 13.1-21.5 309 83.1 78.5-86.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 499 68 13.7 10.4-17.8 431 86.3 82.2-89.6
No 783 126 15.6 12.9-18.8 657 84.4 81.2-87.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 234 50 21.1 15.7-27.9 184 78.9 72.1-84.3
Non-Veteran 1,058 146 13.6 11.4-16.3 912 86.4 83.7-88.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 634 129 19.0 15.8-22.7 505 81.0 77.3-84.2
Unemployed 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 358 35 7.7 5.4-10.8 323 92.3 89.2-94.6
Unable to Work 156 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 111 13 12.8 7.1-22.0 98 87.2 78.0-92.9
$15,000- 24,999 181 27 13.1 8.5-19.7 154 86.9 80.3-91.5
$25,000- 34,999 112 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 166 35 21.3 14.9-29.4 131 78.7 70.6-85.1
$50,000- 74,999 152 29 19.4 12.9-28.3 123 80.6 71.7-87.1
$75,000+ 301 55 17.2 12.9-22.6 246 82.8 77.4-87.1
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 129 17 13.4 7.7-22.2 112 86.6 77.8-92.3
101% to 150% 137 16 10.5 6.1-17.3 121 89.5 82.7-93.9
151% to 200% 114 25 23.8 15.6-34.5 89 76.2 65.5-84.4
More than 200% 590 106 17.8 14.5-21.8 484 82.2 78.2-85.5
HOUSING
Own 819 105 12.4 10.0-15.3 714 87.6 84.7-90.0
Rent 370 73 20.7 16.2-26.0 297 79.3 74.0-83.8
Other arrangement 91 16 18.6 10.6-30.6 75 81.4 69.4-89.4
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 94 19 20.3 12.2-31.8 75 79.7 68.2-87.8
Regional City or Suburban County 413 70 16.0 12.4-20.4 343 84.0 79.6-87.6
Rural 785 107 13.7 11.1-16.8 678 86.3 83.2-88.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 706 89 12.4 9.9-15.6 617 87.6 84.4-90.1
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 322 61 19.0 14.5-24.4 261 81.0 75.6-85.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 264 46 15.7 11.2-21.6 218 84.3 78.4-88.8

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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.

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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