2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 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 6 390 57 14.8 11.2-19.3 333 85.2 80.7-88.8
GENDER
Male 158 32 19.1 13.1-27.0 126 80.9 73.0-86.9
Female 232 25 11.0 7.2-16.3 207 89.0 83.7-92.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 208 36 15.6 11.1-21.6 172 84.4 78.4-88.9
Non-Hispanic Black 118 *** *** *** 110 90.8 80.2-96.0
Other 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 150 32 20.8 14.5-28.9 118 79.2 71.1-85.5
45-64 129 19 12.7 8.0-19.6 110 87.3 80.4-92.0
65+ 105 *** *** *** 99 95.8 90.3-98.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 148 26 18.2 12.1-26.4 122 81.8 73.6-87.9
Some Post-H.S. 128 12 9.2 5.1-16.2 116 90.8 83.8-94.9
College Graduate 113 19 17.3 10.9-26.2 94 82.7 73.8-89.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 177 32 17.7 12.4-24.6 145 82.3 75.4-87.6
$50,000+ 131 17 15.1 8.8-24.6 114 84.9 75.4-91.2
Don't know/Not Sure 82 *** *** *** 74 92.5 84.1-96.6

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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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