2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

Alcohol Consumption

Moderate Drinking Guidelines*

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  Total
Respond.^
No Drinks Meets Guidelines Exceeded Guidelines
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,615 2,345 50.8 49.0-52.6 780 15.6 14.4-16.9 1,490 33.7 32.0-35.4
Medicaid Region 2 700 365 53.5 48.9-58.1 132 17.4 14.3-20.9 203 29.1 25.0-33.5
GENDER
Male 330 151 48.5 42.1-55.0 79 20.7 16.2-26.0 100 30.8 25.3-36.9
Female 370 214 58.1 51.3-64.6 53 14.4 10.5-19.4 103 27.5 21.8-34.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 510 254 51.8 46.6-57.1 94 16.7 13.4-20.7 162 31.5 26.9-36.5
Non-Hispanic Black 109 *** *** *** 22 19.7 12.4-29.9 23 23.3 14.9-34.7
Other 71 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 242 98 43.6 35.9-51.7 47 17.7 12.6-24.3 97 38.7 31.3-46.5
45-64 246 126 55.1 47.5-62.4 54 19.9 14.9-26.1 66 25.0 19.5-31.5
65+ 197 130 67.9 59.3-75.4 29 14.1 9.5-20.5 38 18.0 12.0-26.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 219 140 62.1 54.2-69.4 26 12.3 8.2-18.1 53 25.6 19.3-33.1
Some Post-H.S. 209 110 52.0 43.6-60.3 45 20.3 14.6-27.5 54 27.7 20.7-36.0
College Graduate 272 115 42.6 36.0-49.4 61 20.9 16.1-26.8 96 36.5 30.2-43.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 253 144 54.1 46.3-61.8 41 15.9 11.3-21.9 68 29.9 23.1-37.8
$50,000+ 301 129 45.0 38.7-51.5 63 18.5 14.1-23.9 109 36.5 30.5-43.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 146 92 66.6 56.1-75.7 28 18.0 11.4-27.3 26 15.3 9.5-23.9

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*Moderate drinking guideline--MALES having a maximum of two drinks on one or more occasions within the past 30 days or FEMALES having a maximum of one drink on one or more occasions within the past 30 days.

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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