2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

Alcohol Consumption

Excessive Drinking*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,584 745 16.7 15.4-18.0 3,839 83.3 82.0-84.6
Medicaid Region 4 986 210 20.6 17.9-23.6 776 79.4 76.4-82.1
GENDER
Male 478 123 24.6 20.4-29.3 355 75.4 70.7-79.6
Female 508 87 16.9 13.6-20.8 421 83.1 79.2-86.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 591 135 22.2 18.7-26.2 456 77.8 73.8-81.3
Non-Hispanic Black 203 29 13.7 9.2-19.8 174 86.3 80.2-90.8
Other 177 44 24.4 17.9-32.2 133 75.6 67.8-82.1
AGE
18-44 424 132 29.8 25.2-35.0 292 70.2 65.0-74.8
45-64 324 48 12.9 9.4-17.3 276 87.1 82.7-90.6
65+ 222 26 10.9 7.1-16.4 196 89.1 83.6-92.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 245 47 17.1 12.5-22.9 198 82.9 77.1-87.5
Some Post-H.S. 209 49 22.9 17.2-29.8 160 77.1 70.2-82.8
College Graduate 526 113 21.6 18.1-25.7 413 78.4 74.3-81.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 308 60 17.3 13.1-22.5 248 82.7 77.5-86.9
$50,000+ 491 120 24.6 20.5-29.2 371 75.4 70.8-79.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 187 30 15.7 10.7-22.4 157 84.3 77.6-89.3

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*Data in this table were derived from the alcohol consumption questions. This question was asked of all respondents.

Yes refers to respondents who said they had drank in the past 30 days and had at least one binge drinking episode (5 or more drinks on one occasion for men 4 or more drinks for women)
or were heavy drinkers (2 or more drinks per day for men, more than 1 drink per day for women).

No refers to respondents who said they did not drink in the past 30 days or who were not heavy drinkers and had no binge drinking episodes.

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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