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
-MALES 997 117 12.1 10.0-14.8 880 87.9 85.2-90.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 663 60 9.7 7.3-12.6 603 90.3 87.4-92.7
Non-Hispanic Black 193 24 12.7 8.1-19.3 169 87.3 80.7-91.9
Other 127 32 27.6 18.9-38.3 95 72.4 61.7-81.1
AGE
18-34 171 24 12.8 8.3-19.3 147 87.2 80.7-91.7
35-44 115 16 16.5 10.0-26.1 99 83.5 73.9-90.0
45-54 181 22 11.9 7.4-18.6 159 88.1 81.4-92.6
55-64 187 21 10.2 6.4-15.7 166 89.8 84.3-93.6
65-74 205 25 13.6 8.7-20.5 180 86.4 79.5-91.3
75+ 123 *** *** *** 116 95.0 89.3-97.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 90 23 23.9 15.5-35.1 67 76.1 64.9-84.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 235 34 13.7 9.4-19.5 201 86.3 80.5-90.6
Some Post-H.S. 282 33 10.2 7.0-14.6 249 89.8 85.4-93.0
College Graduate 389 27 7.7 5.1-11.3 362 92.3 88.7-94.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 106 25 23.6 15.1-34.9 81 76.4 65.1-84.9
$25,000- 34,999 86 11 11.4 6.1-20.4 75 88.6 79.6-93.9
$35,000- 49,999 119 15 12.7 7.5-20.6 104 87.3 79.4-92.5
$50,000- 74,999 116 13 10.4 5.5-18.5 103 89.6 81.5-94.5
$75,000+ 352 29 9.8 6.6-14.3 323 90.2 85.7-93.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 324 51 17.5 12.9-23.3 273 82.5 76.7-87.1
No 666 65 9.8 7.5-12.7 601 90.2 87.3-92.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 295 39 13.4 9.6-18.4 256 86.6 81.6-90.4
Non-Veteran 701 78 11.7 9.2-14.9 623 88.3 85.1-90.8
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 337 41 13.5 9.7-18.4 296 86.5 81.6-90.3
Regional City or Suburban County 276 29 11.5 7.7-16.7 247 88.5 83.3-92.3
Rural 384 47 11.4 8.2-15.7 337 88.6 84.3-91.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 566 71 12.2 9.5-15.6 495 87.8 84.4-90.5
Unemployed 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 294 22 8.5 5.2-13.6 272 91.5 86.4-94.8
Unable to Work 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 18 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 89 16 17.4 9.7-29.4 73 82.6 70.6-90.3
151% to 200% 82 *** *** *** 77 94.7 86.7-98.0
More than 200% 562 57 11.1 8.4-14.5 505 88.9 85.5-91.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER4
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 221 31 15.4 10.4-22.4 190 84.6 77.6-89.6
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 347 33 10.2 7.0-14.5 314 89.8 85.5-93.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 429 53 12.4 9.2-16.4 376 87.6 83.6-90.8

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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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