2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Excessive Drinking*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,924 611 15.6 14.3-16.9 3,313 84.4 83.1-85.7
Region 5 571 78 15.9 12.5-19.9 493 84.1 80.1-87.5
GENDER
Male 251 49 21.1 15.5-28.0 202 78.9 72.0-84.5
Female 320 29 11.4 7.7-16.4 291 88.6 83.6-92.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 354 49 15.8 11.6-21.2 305 84.2 78.8-88.4
Non-Hispanic Black 132 14 13.9 8.3-22.5 118 86.1 77.5-91.7
Other 85 15 19.6 11.3-31.7 70 80.4 68.3-88.7
AGE
18-44 232 48 23.0 17.4-29.8 184 77.0 70.2-82.6
45-64 178 21 13.4 7.9-22.0 157 86.6 78.0-92.1
65+ 156 *** *** *** 147 95.4 90.6-97.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 161 21 15.7 9.6-24.6 140 84.3 75.4-90.4
Some Post-H.S. 145 21 15.7 10.1-23.6 124 84.3 76.4-89.9
College Graduate 263 36 16.3 11.8-22.2 227 83.7 77.8-88.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 192 28 15.0 10.2-21.7 164 85.0 78.3-89.8
$50,000+ 257 39 19.6 14.0-26.7 218 80.4 73.3-86.0
Don't know/Not Sure 122 11 8.6 4.4-16.2 111 91.4 83.8-95.6

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Yes refers to respondents who said they had drank in the past 30 days and had at least one binge drinking episode (5 or more drinks on one occasion for men 4 or more drinks for women)
or were heavy drinkers (2 or more drinks per day for men, more than 1 drink per day for women).
No refers to respondents who said they did not drink in the past 30 days or who were not heavy drinkers and had no binge drinking episodes.

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.

^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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