2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

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 4 994 432 45.7 42.2-49.3 168 14.9 12.7-17.5 394 39.3 35.9-42.9
GENDER
Male 485 188 42.1 37.0-47.3 104 17.9 14.5-21.9 193 40.0 35.1-45.2
Female 509 244 49.1 44.2-54.1 64 12.2 9.4-15.7 201 38.7 34.0-43.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 591 215 38.8 34.3-43.4 106 16.3 13.3-19.9 270 44.9 40.4-49.5
Non-Hispanic Black 208 116 56.8 49.1-64.3 37 15.6 11.0-21.7 55 27.6 21.2-35.0
Other 180 94 54.9 46.4-63.1 23 9.4 5.8-14.9 63 35.7 28.1-44.1
AGE
18-44 435 146 36.8 31.6-42.3 59 12.5 9.5-16.3 230 50.7 45.3-56.1
45-64 322 152 50.8 44.6-57.0 53 14.6 10.9-19.3 117 34.6 29.0-40.7
65+ 221 128 60.1 52.4-67.3 52 20.9 15.6-27.5 41 19.0 13.6-25.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 256 146 57.8 50.8-64.4 22 7.3 4.5-11.5 88 35.0 28.7-41.9
Some Post-H.S. 210 105 49.6 42.1-57.0 27 13.2 8.9-19.0 78 37.3 30.3-44.8
College Graduate 522 178 33.2 29.0-37.7 117 22.3 18.6-26.5 227 44.5 39.9-49.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 315 168 55.4 48.9-61.7 39 10.0 7.1-14.0 108 34.6 28.7-40.9
$50,000+ 490 152 32.8 28.1-37.7 104 20.2 16.5-24.5 234 47.0 42.1-52.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 189 112 62.0 53.9-69.4 25 9.9 6.5-15.0 52 28.1 21.3-36.0

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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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