2019 BRFSS Survey Results: 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
-Non-Hispanic Black 512 52 11.0 8.1-14.6 460 89.0 85.4-91.9
GENDER
Male 193 24 12.7 8.1-19.3 169 87.3 80.7-91.9
Female 319 28 9.8 6.5-14.4 291 90.2 85.6-93.5
AGE
18-34 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 110 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 137 20 13.7 8.5-21.5 117 86.3 78.5-91.5
Some Post-H.S. 177 17 7.4 4.4-12.4 160 92.6 87.6-95.6
College Graduate 153 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 181 23 16.3 10.5-24.4 158 83.7 75.6-89.5
No 326 28 8.3 5.5-12.4 298 91.7 87.6-94.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 440 42 11.2 8.1-15.4 398 88.8 84.6-91.9
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 217 15 7.5 4.3-12.8 202 92.5 87.2-95.7
Regional City or Suburban County 118 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 177 24 13.8 9.0-20.6 153 86.2 79.4-91.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 272 22 8.6 5.4-13.4 250 91.4 86.6-94.6
Unemployed 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 128 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 74 12 16.4 9.0-28.0 62 83.6 72.0-91.0
151% to 200% 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 211 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 264 20 8.2 5.0-13.1 244 91.8 86.9-95.0
Rent 203 25 15.3 10.0-22.7 178 84.7 77.3-90.0
Other arrangement 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 169 22 15.7 9.9-24.0 147 84.3 76.0-90.1
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 155 18 10.6 6.4-17.1 137 89.4 82.9-93.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 188 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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