2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

Alcohol Consumption

One drink is equivalent to a 12 ounce beer, a 5 ounce glass of wine, or a drink with one shot of liquor.
During the past 30 days, on the days when you drank, about how many drinks did you drink on the average?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Only one Two Three Four Five or more
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,254 892 36.8 34.5-39.3 733 32.9 30.6-35.3 291 13.8 12.1-15.7 118 5.9 4.7- 7.4 220 10.6 9.1-12.3
Medicaid Region 4 555 207 35.0 30.7-39.6 188 34.6 30.2-39.3 66 13.0 9.9-16.8 31 6.1 4.2- 8.9 63 11.2 8.6-14.5
GENDER
Male 293 90 26.1 21.0-32.0 94 33.8 27.8-40.3 45 17.9 12.9-24.2 19 7.2 4.4-11.6 45 15.1 11.0-20.3
Female 262 117 44.3 37.7-51.2 94 35.5 29.3-42.3 21 8.0 5.0-12.4 12 5.0 2.7- 9.1 18 7.1 4.4-11.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 376 142 35.4 30.3-41.0 135 37.3 31.8-43.0 46 12.0 8.6-16.4 20 5.8 3.5- 9.3 33 9.5 6.6-13.5
Non-Hispanic Black 87 *** *** *** 30 29.3 20.2-40.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 84 24 24.0 15.4-35.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 24 26.3 17.2-37.9
AGE
18-44 282 78 26.5 21.2-32.6 99 35.0 29.0-41.5 39 14.8 10.5-20.5 21 8.4 5.3-13.1 45 15.2 11.2-20.4
45-64 172 73 40.8 32.8-49.3 57 36.0 28.1-44.8 22 13.5 8.4-20.8 *** *** *** 12 5.6 3.0-10.4
65+ 91 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 103 21 18.0 11.4-27.3 *** *** *** 18 20.9 13.1-31.7 *** *** *** 26 18.3 12.0-27.0
Some Post-H.S. 101 31 31.7 22.6-42.6 29 32.8 23.4-43.9 18 16.2 9.7-25.8 *** *** *** 13 10.9 6.1-18.6
College Graduate 348 153 45.0 39.4-50.7 128 35.7 30.5-41.2 30 7.6 5.2-10.9 14 4.2 2.4- 7.1 23 7.6 4.9-11.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 142 47 31.3 23.4-40.5 42 32.1 23.7-41.8 23 18.6 11.9-28.0 *** *** *** 22 13.0 8.2-20.0
$50,000+ 339 131 37.1 31.5-43.0 125 37.0 31.4-43.0 32 9.0 6.1-13.1 22 7.7 4.9-12.0 29 9.2 6.2-13.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 74 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 12 16.7 9.3-28.0

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported drinking at least one drink in the last month.

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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