2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Alcohol Consumption

Binge Drinking*
(CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^		 No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,618 3,948 84.7 83.4-85.9 670 15.3 14.1-16.6
Medicaid Region 5 1,106 965 84.8 81.9-87.4 141 15.2 12.6-18.1
GENDER
Male 483 397 79.2 74.2-83.5 86 20.8 16.5-25.8
Female 623 568 90.0 86.6-92.6 55 10.0 7.4-13.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 623 537 84.6 80.9-87.7 86 15.4 12.3-19.1
Non-Hispanic Black 254 231 89.7 83.8-93.6 23 10.3 6.4-16.2
Other 216 187 79.7 69.4-87.3 29 20.3 12.7-30.6
AGE
18-44 352 269 77.8 72.2-82.5 83 22.2 17.5-27.8
45-64 327 291 88.2 83.5-91.7 36 11.8 8.3-16.5
65+ 404 384 94.7 91.3-96.8 20 5.3 3.2- 8.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 394 349 86.3 81.1-90.2 45 13.7 9.8-18.9
Some Post-H.S. 331 290 83.9 78.3-88.3 41 16.1 11.7-21.7
College Graduate 379 325 84.0 79.2-87.9 54 16.0 12.1-20.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 443 399 87.2 82.2-91.0 44 12.8 9.0-17.8
$50,000+ 426 351 80.2 75.1-84.5 75 19.8 15.5-24.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 237 215 89.5 83.0-93.7 22 10.5 6.3-17.0

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*Data in this table were derived from the alcohol consumption questions. This question was asked of all respondents.
Yes = Respondents who report they did drink in the past 30 days and who did have five or more drinks (for males) or four or more drinks (for females) on one or more occasions in the past month.
No = Respondents who report they did not drink in the past 30 days or did NOT have five or more drinks (for males) or four or more drinks (for females) on one or more occasions in the past 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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