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
-FEMALES 1,249 90 7.1 5.6- 8.9 1,159 92.9 91.1-94.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 733 34 4.5 3.1- 6.6 699 95.5 93.4-96.9
Non-Hispanic Black 319 28 9.8 6.5-14.4 291 90.2 85.6-93.5
Other 183 28 14.1 9.4-20.7 155 85.9 79.3-90.6
AGE
18-34 205 23 10.9 7.0-16.5 182 89.1 83.5-93.0
35-44 190 17 8.2 4.7-13.7 173 91.8 86.3-95.3
45-54 219 13 4.7 2.6- 8.6 206 95.3 91.4-97.4
55-64 274 23 7.1 4.5-11.0 251 92.9 89.0-95.5
65-74 227 11 5.8 3.0-10.7 216 94.2 89.3-97.0
75+ 116 *** *** *** 114 99.0 95.8-99.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 110 21 15.2 9.5-23.5 89 84.8 76.5-90.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 237 27 10.5 6.8-15.8 210 89.5 84.2-93.2
Some Post-H.S. 402 26 5.7 3.6- 8.8 376 94.3 91.2-96.4
College Graduate 499 16 2.9 1.7- 4.9 483 97.1 95.1-98.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 100 *** *** *** 90 92.8 86.1-96.4
$15,000- 24,999 169 25 16.7 11.0-24.6 144 83.3 75.4-89.0
$25,000- 34,999 103 *** *** *** 96 95.0 88.6-97.9
$35,000- 49,999 142 *** *** *** 133 95.5 90.0-98.0
$50,000- 74,999 145 *** *** *** 140 97.1 92.0-99.0
$75,000+ 331 11 3.4 1.8- 6.4 320 96.6 93.6-98.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 437 34 7.5 5.1-10.8 403 92.5 89.2-94.9
No 810 56 6.9 5.1- 9.2 754 93.1 90.8-94.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,214 85 7.0 5.5- 8.8 1,129 93.0 91.2-94.5
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 408 24 5.3 3.4- 8.0 384 94.7 92.0-96.6
Regional City or Suburban County 332 26 8.3 5.3-12.6 306 91.7 87.4-94.7
Rural 509 40 7.9 5.5-11.1 469 92.1 88.9-94.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 625 45 6.4 4.6- 8.8 580 93.6 91.2-95.4
Unemployed 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 319 12 4.0 2.1- 7.4 307 96.0 92.6-97.9
Unable to Work 145 16 10.9 6.3-18.3 129 89.1 81.7-93.7
Other not in Labor Force 111 11 8.9 4.5-16.6 100 91.1 83.4-95.5
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 130 21 14.5 9.0-22.5 109 85.5 77.5-91.0
101% to 150% 132 13 10.4 5.7-18.0 119 89.6 82.0-94.3
151% to 200% 81 *** *** *** 77 95.5 86.6-98.6
More than 200% 605 24 3.3 2.1- 5.2 581 96.7 94.8-97.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER4
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 309 31 10.2 6.7-15.2 278 89.8 84.8-93.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 421 28 6.5 4.3- 9.7 393 93.5 90.3-95.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 519 31 6.1 4.2- 8.9 488 93.9 91.1-95.8

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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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