2020 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 6

Alcohol Consumption

Heavy Drinking*
(CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^		 No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,358 5,057 94.2 93.4-94.9 301 5.8 5.1- 6.6
Medicaid Region 6 700 651 93.2 90.6-95.2 49 6.8 4.8- 9.4
GENDER
Male 328 301 90.5 85.6-93.8 27 9.5 6.2-14.4
Female 372 350 96.1 93.8-97.6 22 3.9 2.4- 6.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 469 426 91.2 87.7-93.8 43 8.8 6.2-12.3
Non-Hispanic Black 151 147 96.0 88.4-98.7 *** *** ***
Other 80 78 97.8 90.3-99.5 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 211 191 91.0 85.5-94.6 20 9.0 5.4-14.5
45-64 253 239 95.3 91.7-97.3 14 4.7 2.7- 8.3
65+ 231 216 94.6 90.7-96.9 15 5.4 3.1- 9.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 276 257 93.0 88.5-95.8 19 7.0 4.2-11.5
Some Post-H.S. 203 191 94.0 88.5-96.9 12 6.0 3.1-11.5
College Graduate 218 200 92.4 87.7-95.5 18 7.6 4.5-12.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 296 275 92.7 87.8-95.7 21 7.3 4.3-12.2
$50,000+ 260 240 93.3 89.0-96.0 20 6.7 4.0-11.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 144 136 94.3 88.5-97.3 *** *** ***

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*Heavy drinkers--MALES having more than two drinks per day and FEMALES having more than one drink per day.
This question was asked of all respondents.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2020 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2020 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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