2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 6

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, how many days per week or per month did you have at least one drink of any
alcoholic beverage such as beer, wine, a malt beverage or liquor?

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  Total
Respond.^
No drinks 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-29 days Everyday
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,661 2,345 50.2 48.4-52.0 618 13.6 12.4-14.9 736 15.9 14.6-17.2 719 15.6 14.4-16.9 243 4.7 4.1- 5.5
Medicaid Region 6 623 350 58.1 53.1-62.9 73 11.6 8.8-15.1 74 11.5 8.7-15.0 87 13.0 10.2-16.4 39 5.8 3.9- 8.5
GENDER
Male 276 128 48.7 41.2-56.4 33 12.2 8.1-18.0 36 13.6 9.1-19.7 57 19.1 14.3-25.1 22 6.4 3.8-10.7
Female 347 222 67.2 60.9-72.9 40 11.1 7.7-15.7 38 9.5 6.7-13.4 30 7.1 4.8-10.4 17 5.2 2.9- 9.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 392 200 53.2 46.7-59.6 50 13.5 9.9-18.2 46 12.4 8.6-17.5 67 15.0 11.5-19.4 29 5.9 3.8- 9.2
Non-Hispanic Black 139 97 69.6 59.8-78.0 *** *** *** 17 9.8 5.8-16.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 77 *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 14.6 7.8-25.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 199 92 50.0 40.8-59.2 27 13.2 8.4-20.2 38 16.5 11.2-23.6 32 14.4 9.7-20.8 *** *** ***
45-64 208 111 57.6 49.9-65.0 27 12.1 8.1-17.8 24 10.7 6.9-16.1 33 14.5 10.1-20.4 13 5.1 2.9- 8.9
65+ 201 134 71.8 64.5-78.0 19 8.7 5.3-14.1 11 3.5 1.8- 6.8 21 9.2 5.6-14.6 16 6.8 4.0-11.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 221 155 65.4 57.3-72.7 18 8.5 5.1-13.7 15 8.8 4.7-15.7 22 11.9 7.6-18.2 11 5.5 2.7-10.7
Some Post-H.S. 176 98 59.7 50.5-68.3 24 12.1 7.5-18.7 23 12.1 7.8-18.2 22 11.0 7.0-16.8 *** *** ***
College Graduate 221 93 40.9 33.5-48.8 31 17.1 10.9-25.9 35 15.7 11.1-21.7 43 18.7 13.6-25.2 19 7.5 4.6-12.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 240 162 66.6 58.9-73.5 19 8.0 4.7-13.1 25 9.8 6.3-14.9 21 9.8 5.9-15.8 13 5.8 3.0-10.9
$50,000+ 243 99 43.3 34.6-52.5 40 17.9 12.3-25.2 36 14.2 9.2-21.3 51 18.4 13.5-24.5 17 6.2 3.3-11.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 140 89 68.4 58.8-76.6 14 7.4 4.0-13.0 13 9.8 5.4-17.1 15 9.5 5.2-16.8 *** *** ***

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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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