2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

Alcohol Consumption

Moderate Drinking Guidelines*

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  Total
Respond.^
No Drinks Meets Guidelines Exceeded Guidelines
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,615 2,345 50.8 49.0-52.6 780 15.6 14.4-16.9 1,490 33.7 32.0-35.4
Medicaid Region 1 497 256 58.1 52.8-63.3 84 14.4 11.3-18.1 157 27.5 23.2-32.3
GENDER
Male 236 108 52.9 45.1-60.6 47 17.0 12.4-22.8 81 30.1 23.8-37.3
Female 261 148 62.9 55.1-70.1 37 12.0 8.2-17.1 76 25.1 19.2-32.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 399 199 57.3 51.3-63.1 73 14.8 11.4-19.0 127 27.9 23.1-33.2
Non-Hispanic Black 21 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 72 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 139 *** *** *** 15 10.0 5.7-17.0 64 40.8 31.3-51.0
45-64 178 84 55.8 46.7-64.5 34 18.8 13.1-26.2 60 25.4 19.0-33.0
65+ 173 108 71.1 62.5-78.5 34 15.2 10.3-21.9 31 13.7 9.0-20.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 171 109 72.5 64.3-79.4 24 10.3 6.6-15.7 38 17.2 11.8-24.3
Some Post-H.S. 133 *** *** *** 23 17.2 11.1-25.8 37 28.6 20.2-38.8
College Graduate 191 73 39.5 32.3-47.3 37 17.6 12.6-24.0 81 42.8 35.2-50.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 201 119 66.8 58.2-74.3 28 12.2 7.9-18.4 54 21.0 15.2-28.2
$50,000+ 190 79 44.0 35.9-52.4 37 19.0 13.5-26.1 74 37.0 29.4-45.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 106 *** *** *** 19 11.3 6.6-18.7 29 24.2 15.8-35.3

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*Moderate drinking guideline--MALES having a maximum of two drinks on one or more occasions within the past 30 days or FEMALES having a maximum of one drink on one or more occasions within the past 30 days.

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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