2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

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 2 700 85 12.8 10.1-15.9 615 87.2 84.1-89.9
GENDER
Male 331 50 15.9 11.9-21.1 281 84.1 78.9-88.1
Female 369 35 9.8 6.7-14.0 334 90.2 86.0-93.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 509 74 15.3 12.1-19.2 435 84.7 80.8-87.9
Non-Hispanic Black 108 *** *** *** 102 94.2 86.3-97.6
Other 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 243 47 19.4 14.3-26.0 196 80.6 74.0-85.7
45-64 245 19 7.9 4.9-12.5 226 92.1 87.5-95.1
65+ 198 19 8.4 5.3-13.2 179 91.6 86.8-94.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 219 22 10.5 6.8-16.0 197 89.5 84.0-93.2
Some Post-H.S. 207 28 13.9 9.3-20.3 179 86.1 79.7-90.7
College Graduate 274 35 14.5 10.2-20.1 239 85.5 79.9-89.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 252 27 13.0 8.6-19.1 225 87.0 80.9-91.4
$50,000+ 302 48 16.4 12.2-21.6 254 83.6 78.4-87.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 146 *** *** *** 136 93.6 87.2-96.9

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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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