2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

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 1 501 256 57.8 52.5-63.0 64 11.4 8.6-15.0 74 12.1 9.4-15.4 76 14.0 10.9-17.8 31 4.6 3.0- 7.2
GENDER
Male 236 108 52.9 45.1-60.6 27 9.8 6.5-14.5 41 13.1 9.4-18.0 44 18.1 13.2-24.2 16 6.1 3.2-11.1
Female 265 148 62.4 54.6-69.5 37 12.9 8.8-18.6 33 11.1 7.4-16.3 32 10.3 6.8-15.2 15 3.3 1.9- 5.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 403 199 57.0 51.0-62.8 50 11.3 8.3-15.2 59 11.9 9.0-15.6 69 15.2 11.8-19.5 26 4.6 2.8- 7.4
Non-Hispanic Black 21 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 72 *** *** *** *** *** *** 12 12.6 6.5-23.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 139 *** *** *** 16 10.3 5.8-17.5 27 16.3 10.8-23.9 30 19.7 13.4-27.9 *** *** ***
45-64 179 84 55.5 46.5-64.2 27 14.3 9.5-21.1 32 13.0 8.8-18.9 27 13.4 8.8-19.8 *** *** ***
65+ 175 108 70.8 62.2-78.1 18 9.3 5.4-15.3 14 5.7 3.1-10.4 19 8.3 5.0-13.4 16 5.9 3.4-10.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 172 109 72.2 64.0-79.1 28 12.5 8.1-18.8 17 6.2 3.5-10.7 12 7.3 4.0-12.9 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 133 *** *** *** 16 12.0 7.0-19.8 18 12.2 7.2-20.1 19 15.2 9.3-23.7 *** *** ***
College Graduate 194 73 39.1 31.9-46.8 19 8.7 5.3-13.8 39 21.6 16.0-28.4 45 23.7 17.7-30.9 18 7.0 4.3-11.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 202 119 66.6 58.1-74.2 26 10.5 6.7-16.2 31 11.5 7.4-17.4 21 9.3 5.7-14.9 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 191 79 43.8 35.7-52.2 23 13.1 8.5-19.7 35 16.6 11.9-22.8 36 17.8 12.5-24.8 18 8.7 4.9-15.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 108 *** *** *** 15 10.5 5.6-18.9 *** *** *** 19 15.7 9.4-25.0 *** *** ***

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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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