2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 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 9 & 10 375 66 18.9 14.5-24.1 309 81.1 75.9-85.5
GENDER
Male 171 35 20.6 14.4-28.5 136 79.4 71.5-85.6
Female 204 31 17.3 11.8-24.7 173 82.7 75.3-88.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 245 50 22.2 16.6-29.1 195 77.8 70.9-83.4
Non-Hispanic Black 95 *** *** *** 85 87.0 75.9-93.4
Other 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 127 37 30.1 21.7-40.0 90 69.9 60.0-78.3
45-64 124 18 13.5 8.3-21.2 106 86.5 78.8-91.7
65+ 119 11 7.5 3.9-13.7 108 92.5 86.3-96.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 126 24 20.1 13.1-29.7 102 79.9 70.3-86.9
Some Post-H.S. 133 18 16.9 10.5-26.0 115 83.1 74.0-89.5
College Graduate 115 24 20.5 13.7-29.5 91 79.5 70.5-86.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 171 22 16.0 10.2-24.2 149 84.0 75.8-89.8
$50,000+ 134 34 27.6 19.5-37.4 100 72.4 62.6-80.5
Don't know/Not Sure 70 *** *** *** 60 87.6 76.8-93.8

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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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