2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

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 4,584 745 16.7 15.4-18.0 3,839 83.3 82.0-84.6
Medicaid Region 1 497 73 13.9 10.6-17.9 424 86.1 82.1-89.4
GENDER
Male 233 41 16.4 11.5-22.9 192 83.6 77.1-88.5
Female 264 32 11.6 7.7-17.0 232 88.4 83.0-92.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 401 60 14.7 11.0-19.2 341 85.3 80.8-89.0
Non-Hispanic Black 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 71 13 14.4 7.3-26.4 58 85.6 73.6-92.7
AGE
18-44 137 36 24.6 17.2-34.0 101 75.4 66.0-82.8
45-64 178 23 9.5 5.9-14.8 155 90.5 85.2-94.1
65+ 174 13 5.5 2.8-10.4 161 94.5 89.6-97.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 170 14 7.2 3.9-13.2 156 92.8 86.8-96.1
Some Post-H.S. 133 16 14.4 8.5-23.5 117 85.6 76.5-91.5
College Graduate 192 42 23.7 17.4-31.5 150 76.3 68.5-82.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 201 23 9.4 5.8-15.0 178 90.6 85.0-94.2
$50,000+ 190 35 18.7 12.9-26.5 155 81.3 73.5-87.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 106 15 13.9 7.8-23.4 91 86.1 76.6-92.2

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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 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 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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