2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 5 1,098 159 17.0 14.3-20.0 939 83.0 80.0-85.7
GENDER
Male 476 93 22.1 17.7-27.2 383 77.9 72.8-82.3
Female 622 66 12.4 9.4-16.0 556 87.6 84.0-90.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 620 103 18.1 14.8-22.0 517 81.9 78.0-85.2
Non-Hispanic Black 254 24 11.0 6.9-17.0 230 89.0 83.0-93.1
Other 212 30 21.6 13.8-32.0 182 78.4 68.0-86.2
AGE
18-44 347 83 22.8 18.0-28.4 264 77.2 71.6-82.0
45-64 325 46 15.5 11.5-20.7 279 84.5 79.3-88.5
65+ 403 27 7.2 4.7-10.9 376 92.8 89.1-95.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 389 49 15.3 11.2-20.7 340 84.7 79.3-88.8
Some Post-H.S. 330 44 16.9 12.5-22.6 286 83.1 77.4-87.5
College Graduate 377 65 19.6 15.3-24.8 312 80.4 75.2-84.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 440 46 13.7 9.8-18.8 394 86.3 81.2-90.2
$50,000+ 424 88 22.6 18.1-27.8 336 77.4 72.2-81.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 234 25 12.0 7.5-18.6 209 88.0 81.4-92.5

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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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