2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 4

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
Medicaid Region 4 530 74 16.5 12.9-20.8 456 83.5 79.2-87.1
GENDER
Male 234 47 21.9 16.1-29.2 187 78.1 70.8-83.9
Female 296 27 11.8 7.9-17.2 269 88.2 82.8-92.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 322 46 16.7 12.1-22.6 276 83.3 77.4-87.9
Non-Hispanic Black 127 14 14.5 8.6-23.3 113 85.5 76.7-91.4
Other 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 220 46 23.6 17.8-30.6 174 76.4 69.4-82.2
45-64 165 19 12.9 7.3-21.8 146 87.1 78.2-92.7
65+ 140 *** *** *** 131 94.7 89.4-97.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 149 20 16.6 10.1-26.1 129 83.4 73.9-89.9
Some Post-H.S. 140 21 16.4 10.6-24.6 119 83.6 75.4-89.4
College Graduate 239 33 16.6 11.8-22.9 206 83.4 77.1-88.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 179 27 15.7 10.5-22.7 152 84.3 77.3-89.5
$50,000+ 232 36 20.5 14.5-28.2 196 79.5 71.8-85.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 119 11 9.2 4.7-17.2 108 90.8 82.8-95.3

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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.

^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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