2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 6

Alcohol Consumption

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 6 456 91 19.2 15.4-23.6 365 80.8 76.4-84.6
GENDER
Male 208 45 21.1 15.3-28.3 163 78.9 71.7-84.7
Female 248 46 17.4 12.9-23.0 202 82.6 77.0-87.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 285 60 20.1 15.5-25.6 225 79.9 74.4-84.5
Non-Hispanic Black 92 18 18.0 10.9-28.2 74 82.0 71.8-89.1
Other 79 13 16.5 9.0-28.5 66 83.5 71.5-91.0
AGE
18-44 204 52 23.8 17.7-31.1 152 76.2 68.9-82.3
45-64 159 29 19.6 13.2-28.2 130 80.4 71.8-86.8
65+ 88 *** *** *** 78 90.1 82.4-94.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 92 15 17.2 9.8-28.4 77 82.8 71.6-90.2
Some Post-H.S. 117 25 19.7 13.1-28.5 92 80.3 71.5-86.9
College Graduate 246 51 20.0 15.3-25.8 195 80.0 74.2-84.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 129 24 18.7 12.1-27.8 105 81.3 72.2-87.9
$50,000+ 257 56 20.9 15.9-27.1 201 79.1 72.9-84.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 70 11 13.8 7.3-24.5 59 86.2 75.5-92.7

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*Data in this table were derived from the alcohol consumption questions. This question was asked of all respondents.

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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