2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 624 111 16.6 13.7-20.0 513 83.4 80.0-86.3
GENDER
Male 272 59 20.2 15.4-26.0 213 79.8 74.0-84.6
Female 352 52 13.6 10.3-17.8 300 86.4 82.2-89.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 363 71 18.7 14.7-23.4 292 81.3 76.6-85.3
Non-Hispanic Black 154 24 13.7 8.8-20.5 130 86.3 79.5-91.2
Other 107 16 13.1 7.4-22.2 91 86.9 77.8-92.6
AGE
18-44 253 58 19.8 15.1-25.6 195 80.2 74.4-84.9
45-64 235 36 14.8 10.4-20.6 199 85.2 79.4-89.6
65+ 130 17 12.4 7.7-19.4 113 87.6 80.6-92.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 164 20 11.3 6.9-17.8 144 88.7 82.2-93.1
Some Post-H.S. 179 36 19.7 14.2-26.7 143 80.3 73.3-85.8
College Graduate 280 55 18.7 14.4-24.0 225 81.3 76.0-85.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 210 38 15.5 11.1-21.3 172 84.5 78.7-88.9
$50,000+ 297 61 20.3 15.6-25.9 236 79.7 74.1-84.4
Don't know/Not Sure 117 12 10.2 5.6-17.9 105 89.8 82.1-94.4

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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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