2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 472 249 59.4 54.0-64.7 77 13.6 10.6-17.3 146 26.9 22.5-31.8
Region 3 454 230 50.2 44.4-56.0 93 20.1 16.1-25.0 131 29.7 24.5-35.4
Region 4 687 297 43.9 39.6-48.2 127 17.0 14.0-20.4 263 39.2 35.0-43.4
Region 5 627 303 51.5 46.8-56.2 114 16.0 13.1-19.4 210 32.5 28.3-36.9
Region 6 499 273 54.0 48.8-59.2 81 15.0 11.8-18.9 145 31.0 26.2-36.1
Region 7 664 293 47.7 43.2-52.2 103 13.6 11.1-16.7 268 38.7 34.5-43.1
Region 8 748 445 53.9 49.1-58.6 107 12.4 9.8-15.6 196 33.7 29.1-38.6
Region 9 & 10 464 255 56.5 50.9-61.9 78 17.0 13.1-21.8 131 26.5 22.2-31.3
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,728 980 55.1 52.0-58.1 267 14.8 12.8-17.0 481 30.1 27.4-33.0
Piedmont 2,297 1,052 46.9 44.5-49.4 417 16.3 14.7-18.2 828 36.8 34.4-39.1
Western NC 590 313 58.3 53.4-63.1 96 14.1 11.2-17.6 181 27.6 23.6-31.9
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 392 201 57.9 51.9-63.7 65 13.7 10.5-17.8 126 28.4 23.4-33.9
Northwest 681 351 50.9 46.2-55.7 133 17.4 14.4-21.0 197 31.6 27.2-36.4
Charlotte 553 232 42.4 37.7-47.2 101 17.7 14.2-21.7 220 39.9 35.4-44.7
Greensboro 484 246 53.7 48.3-59.1 83 15.1 11.8-19.0 155 31.2 26.5-36.3
Southern Regional 736 454 57.1 52.3-61.8 99 13.3 10.4-16.9 183 29.6 25.3-34.2
Southeast 351 172 49.1 42.8-55.4 61 12.5 9.4-16.5 118 38.4 32.3-44.9
Wake 769 323 44.5 40.5-48.5 134 15.7 13.1-18.8 312 39.8 35.9-43.8
Area L & Eastern 649 366 58.2 53.3-62.9 104 14.8 11.8-18.5 179 27.0 23.0-31.4
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 497 256 58.1 52.8-63.3 84 14.4 11.3-18.1 157 27.5 23.2-32.3
Region 2 700 365 53.5 48.9-58.1 132 17.4 14.3-20.9 203 29.1 25.0-33.5
Region 3 700 305 44.0 39.8-48.3 129 16.8 13.9-20.2 266 39.2 35.1-43.4
Region 4 994 432 45.7 42.2-49.3 168 14.9 12.7-17.5 394 39.3 35.9-42.9
Region 5 1,109 637 54.2 50.5-57.9 167 13.7 11.4-16.3 305 32.1 28.6-35.8
Region 6 615 350 59.2 54.3-63.9 100 15.5 12.2-19.5 165 25.3 21.5-29.6

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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.

See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.

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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