2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 6

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 6 610 90 14.6 11.6-18.2 520 85.4 81.8-88.4
GENDER
Male 268 54 20.4 15.2-26.7 214 79.6 73.3-84.8
Female 342 36 9.1 6.4-12.8 306 90.9 87.2-93.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 388 65 16.9 13.0-21.7 323 83.1 78.3-87.0
Non-Hispanic Black 135 12 10.0 5.4-17.9 123 90.0 82.1-94.6
Other 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 193 44 18.6 13.2-25.5 149 81.4 74.5-86.8
45-64 207 30 14.3 9.9-20.4 177 85.7 79.6-90.1
65+ 196 16 8.4 4.9-14.1 180 91.6 85.9-95.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 215 24 12.2 7.8-18.5 191 87.8 81.5-92.2
Some Post-H.S. 173 32 17.1 11.8-24.2 141 82.9 75.8-88.2
College Graduate 217 34 15.3 10.8-21.2 183 84.7 78.8-89.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 234 27 12.1 7.9-18.2 207 87.9 81.8-92.1
$50,000+ 242 46 18.4 13.3-24.9 196 81.6 75.1-86.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 134 17 12.2 7.2-20.0 117 87.8 80.0-92.8

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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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