2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Alcohol Screening & Brief Intervention (ASBI)

You told me earlier that your last routine checkup was [within the past year/within the past 2 years].
At that checkup, were you asked in person or on a form if you drink alcohol?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,739 2,199 80.5 78.7-82.2 540 19.5 17.8-21.3
-Piedmont NC 1,456 1,199 82.3 80.0-84.5 257 17.7 15.5-20.0
GENDER
Male 643 534 83.4 79.9-86.4 109 16.6 13.6-20.1
Female 813 665 81.5 78.1-84.4 148 18.5 15.6-21.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 888 746 83.2 80.1-85.9 142 16.8 14.1-19.9
Non-Hispanic Black 348 287 83.7 78.8-87.6 61 16.3 12.4-21.2
Other 220 166 75.1 68.0-81.1 54 24.9 18.9-32.0
AGE
18-34 240 196 81.3 75.2-86.1 44 18.7 13.9-24.8
35-44 196 169 87.6 81.4-91.9 27 12.4 8.1-18.6
45-54 260 220 84.0 78.3-88.5 40 16.0 11.5-21.7
55-64 302 263 86.9 81.5-90.9 39 13.1 9.1-18.5
65-74 252 217 85.8 80.2-90.0 35 14.2 10.0-19.8
75+ 182 114 61.3 52.1-69.8 68 38.7 30.2-47.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 136 104 78.1 69.3-84.9 32 21.9 15.1-30.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 305 216 73.0 67.0-78.2 89 27.0 21.8-33.0
Some Post-H.S. 413 343 83.9 79.5-87.5 70 16.1 12.5-20.5
College Graduate 600 534 89.4 86.4-91.9 66 10.6 8.1-13.6
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 451 352 77.2 72.3-81.5 99 22.8 18.5-27.7
No 998 842 84.5 81.7-86.9 156 15.5 13.1-18.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 194 164 84.7 78.0-89.6 30 15.3 10.4-22.0
Non-Veteran 1,261 1,034 82.0 79.4-84.4 227 18.0 15.6-20.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 786 683 86.0 83.0-88.6 103 14.0 11.4-17.0
Unemployed 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 408 311 76.6 71.4-81.1 97 23.4 18.9-28.6
Unable to Work 127 95 78.4 69.5-85.2 32 21.6 14.8-30.5
Other not in Labor Force 85 68 78.3 66.7-86.7 17 21.7 13.3-33.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 158 122 77.6 69.6-84.0 36 22.4 16.0-30.4
$25,000- 34,999 132 109 89.3 83.1-93.4 23 10.7 6.6-16.9
$35,000- 49,999 152 125 84.8 77.7-89.9 27 15.2 10.1-22.3
$50,000- 74,999 155 132 83.0 75.0-88.8 23 17.0 11.2-25.0
$75,000+ 464 417 88.8 84.8-91.8 47 11.2 8.2-15.2
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 129 105 82.2 73.7-88.5 24 17.8 11.5-26.3
101% to 150% 131 110 87.1 80.0-92.0 21 12.9 8.0-20.0
151% to 200% 91 66 77.9 67.8-85.4 25 22.1 14.6-32.2
More than 200% 760 665 87.0 83.9-89.6 95 13.0 10.4-16.1
HOUSING
Own 977 814 83.3 80.5-85.9 163 16.7 14.1-19.5
Rent 384 315 83.3 78.7-87.1 69 16.7 12.9-21.3
Other arrangement 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 791 676 84.8 81.6-87.6 115 15.2 12.4-18.4
Regional City or Suburban County 351 287 81.6 76.4-85.8 64 18.4 14.2-23.6
Rural 314 236 76.7 71.0-81.6 78 23.3 18.4-29.0
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 94 68 74.5 63.3-83.2 26 25.5 16.8-36.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 572 463 80.7 76.5-84.2 109 19.3 15.8-23.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 790 668 84.5 81.4-87.2 122 15.5 12.8-18.6

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*Asked of respondents that had a checkup within the past 2 years.

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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