2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 3

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 3 707 305 43.4 39.2-47.6 97 15.6 12.5-19.2 141 18.7 15.6-22.2 127 18.0 15.0-21.4 37 4.4 3.1- 6.2
GENDER
Male 342 122 35.4 29.8-41.4 47 17.8 13.1-23.9 77 20.3 15.8-25.6 70 20.3 15.9-25.6 26 6.2 4.0- 9.4
Female 365 183 50.9 45.0-56.7 50 13.5 10.0-17.9 64 17.1 13.1-22.0 57 15.8 12.1-20.5 11 2.7 1.5- 4.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 455 179 40.7 35.6-45.9 55 12.9 9.7-17.0 96 20.4 16.5-25.0 96 20.6 16.8-25.1 29 5.4 3.6- 8.0
Non-Hispanic Black 128 62 43.6 34.2-53.5 21 22.6 14.7-33.2 22 15.8 9.8-24.4 17 14.3 8.7-22.7 *** *** ***
Other 111 *** *** *** 20 16.7 10.2-26.1 22 17.4 10.8-26.9 13 14.0 7.9-23.6 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 282 94 35.7 29.5-42.3 43 17.8 12.9-24.1 76 24.6 19.4-30.8 60 18.8 14.4-24.1 *** *** ***
45-64 220 95 44.5 37.4-51.8 31 14.7 10.1-20.9 41 15.5 11.1-21.2 42 21.0 15.5-27.7 11 4.4 2.4- 8.1
65+ 181 104 60.2 51.9-67.9 19 11.2 6.8-17.8 20 9.6 5.9-15.1 22 11.9 7.5-18.3 16 7.2 4.3-11.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 213 111 48.3 40.7-56.0 35 17.3 11.9-24.6 24 12.5 8.1-18.9 31 16.7 11.7-23.3 12 5.1 2.7- 9.2
Some Post-H.S. 190 100 49.8 42.0-57.6 26 14.9 10.0-21.7 30 17.5 12.1-24.7 25 14.4 9.7-20.7 *** *** ***
College Graduate 301 92 30.0 24.7-35.8 36 14.4 10.4-19.7 86 27.2 22.2-32.9 71 23.8 19.0-29.4 16 4.6 2.7- 7.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 216 117 50.4 42.6-58.1 29 13.5 8.9-19.9 37 20.0 14.0-27.6 25 13.1 8.6-19.4 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 352 114 33.4 28.0-39.3 50 18.0 13.4-23.7 75 18.2 14.3-22.8 91 25.0 20.3-30.3 22 5.4 3.4- 8.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 139 74 57.0 47.4-66.0 18 13.0 7.7-21.1 29 17.7 11.7-25.9 11 8.5 4.5-15.5 *** *** ***

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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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