2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 3

Alcohol Consumption

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 3 693 128 17.6 14.7-21.1 565 82.4 78.9-85.3
GENDER
Male 331 82 23.0 18.2-28.5 249 77.0 71.5-81.8
Female 362 46 12.8 9.4-17.3 316 87.2 82.7-90.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 449 95 20.5 16.6-25.1 354 79.5 74.9-83.4
Non-Hispanic Black 124 15 11.4 6.3-19.5 109 88.6 80.5-93.7
Other 107 16 15.0 8.8-24.3 91 85.0 75.7-91.2
AGE
18-44 274 68 23.1 17.9-29.2 206 76.9 70.8-82.1
45-64 215 37 14.9 10.7-20.4 178 85.1 79.6-89.3
65+ 180 20 10.0 6.2-15.7 160 90.0 84.3-93.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 206 34 16.9 11.8-23.6 172 83.1 76.4-88.2
Some Post-H.S. 188 32 17.0 11.9-23.7 156 83.0 76.3-88.1
College Graduate 296 62 19.5 15.2-24.7 234 80.5 75.3-84.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 213 30 13.3 8.9-19.5 183 86.7 80.5-91.1
$50,000+ 348 79 21.9 17.4-27.3 269 78.1 72.7-82.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 132 19 13.7 8.4-21.5 113 86.3 78.5-91.6

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*Data in this table were derived from the alcohol consumption questions. This question was asked of all respondents.

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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