2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 4

Alcohol Consumption

Moderate Drinking Guidelines*

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  Total
Respond.^
No Drinks Meets Guidelines Exceeded Guidelines
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,970 2,066 52.8 50.9-54.6 664 15.7 14.5-17.0 1,240 31.6 29.9-33.3
Medicaid Region 4 538 265 47.6 42.8-52.5 97 17.1 13.9-20.9 176 35.3 30.7-40.1
GENDER
Male 240 93 39.3 32.4-46.7 55 20.8 15.8-27.0 92 39.9 32.8-47.4
Female 298 172 54.9 48.4-61.3 42 13.8 10.0-18.7 84 31.3 25.5-37.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 324 139 41.6 35.6-47.8 68 20.6 16.1-25.9 117 37.8 31.9-44.1
Non-Hispanic Black 129 76 56.9 47.2-66.1 21 13.1 8.2-20.2 32 30.0 21.7-40.0
Other 85 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 221 83 36.7 29.9-44.0 42 17.8 13.1-23.8 96 45.5 38.4-52.8
45-64 171 87 51.2 42.5-59.8 28 16.4 11.1-23.6 56 32.4 24.6-41.2
65+ 139 91 68.4 59.0-76.5 26 16.4 10.9-24.0 22 15.2 9.5-23.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 151 99 62.4 52.9-71.1 13 10.1 5.7-17.3 39 27.5 19.7-36.8
Some Post-H.S. 142 70 47.0 38.2-56.0 21 13.9 8.9-21.1 51 39.1 30.6-48.2
College Graduate 243 96 33.5 27.5-40.0 62 27.0 21.3-33.6 85 39.5 33.0-46.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 182 109 59.2 50.9-67.0 22 11.5 7.3-17.9 51 29.2 22.3-37.2
$50,000+ 235 78 31.1 24.9-38.0 61 24.6 19.0-31.2 96 44.3 37.2-51.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 121 78 64.3 53.9-73.6 14 9.9 5.7-16.8 29 25.8 17.6-36.0

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*Moderate drinking guideline--MALES having a maximum of two drinks on one or more occasions within the past 30 days or FEMALES having a maximum of one drink on one or more occasions within the past 30 days.

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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