2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 1,221 109 9.1 7.4-11.2 1,112 90.9 88.8-92.6
GENDER
Male 540 62 12.6 9.6-16.4 478 87.4 83.6-90.4
Female 681 47 6.2 4.5- 8.5 634 93.8 91.5-95.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 753 48 6.8 4.9- 9.2 705 93.2 90.8-95.1
Non-Hispanic Black 293 23 8.6 5.5-13.1 270 91.4 86.9-94.5
Other 175 38 22.4 15.9-30.6 137 77.6 69.4-84.1
AGE
18-34 204 24 12.0 7.9-17.8 180 88.0 82.2-92.1
35-44 175 20 12.0 7.4-18.8 155 88.0 81.2-92.6
45-54 222 19 8.4 5.0-13.8 203 91.6 86.2-95.0
55-64 262 25 8.2 5.3-12.5 237 91.8 87.5-94.7
65-74 217 16 7.5 4.3-12.8 201 92.5 87.2-95.7
75+ 122 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 110 29 22.8 15.3-32.4 81 77.2 67.6-84.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 226 31 12.6 8.5-18.3 195 87.4 81.7-91.5
Some Post-H.S. 342 26 6.3 4.0- 9.8 316 93.7 90.2-96.0
College Graduate 541 23 4.7 3.0- 7.2 518 95.3 92.8-97.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 359 43 13.7 9.9-18.8 316 86.3 81.2-90.1
No 857 65 7.3 5.6- 9.5 792 92.7 90.5-94.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 166 22 12.6 7.8-19.7 144 87.4 80.3-92.2
Non-Veteran 1,054 87 8.6 6.8-10.8 967 91.4 89.2-93.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 692 62 8.8 6.6-11.5 630 91.2 88.5-93.4
Unemployed 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 319 17 5.2 3.1- 8.9 302 94.8 91.1-96.9
Unable to Work 96 14 17.8 10.0-29.5 82 82.2 70.5-90.0
Other not in Labor Force 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 126 25 21.0 13.8-30.7 101 79.0 69.3-86.2
$25,000- 34,999 111 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 129 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 133 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 421 27 7.4 5.0-11.0 394 92.6 89.0-95.0
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 107 22 17.6 11.2-26.8 85 82.4 73.2-88.8
101% to 150% 113 13 13.8 7.5-23.8 100 86.2 76.2-92.5
151% to 200% 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 674 41 6.5 4.6- 9.0 633 93.5 91.0-95.4
HOUSING
Own 823 53 6.6 4.9- 8.9 770 93.4 91.1-95.1
Rent 324 51 17.8 13.3-23.3 273 82.2 76.7-86.7
Other arrangement 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 687 63 9.1 6.9-11.8 624 90.9 88.2-93.1
Regional City or Suburban County 299 22 8.5 5.4-13.2 277 91.5 86.8-94.6
Rural 235 24 9.9 6.2-15.5 211 90.1 84.5-93.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 476 40 8.4 6.0-11.6 436 91.6 88.4-94.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 678 62 9.2 6.9-12.0 616 90.8 88.0-93.1

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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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