2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 472 69 13.9 10.5-18.0 403 86.1 82.0-89.5
Region 3 455 51 11.6 8.6-15.5 404 88.4 84.5-91.4
Region 4 681 127 17.4 14.4-20.9 554 82.6 79.1-85.6
Region 5 622 106 15.9 13.0-19.5 516 84.1 80.5-87.0
Region 6 494 71 15.8 12.3-20.2 423 84.2 79.8-87.7
Region 7 660 142 20.5 17.3-24.2 518 79.5 75.8-82.7
Region 8 740 108 18.9 15.2-23.2 632 81.1 76.8-84.8
Region 9 & 10 460 71 15.3 11.9-19.4 389 84.7 80.6-88.1
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,710 252 16.4 14.3-18.8 1,458 83.6 81.2-85.7
Piedmont 2,284 410 17.4 15.7-19.3 1,874 82.6 80.7-84.3
Western NC 590 83 13.8 10.8-17.5 507 86.2 82.5-89.2
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 392 60 14.2 10.6-18.7 332 85.8 81.3-89.4
Northwest 681 91 16.4 13.0-20.5 590 83.6 79.5-87.0
Charlotte 547 97 15.7 12.7-19.3 450 84.3 80.7-87.3
Greensboro 477 70 14.3 11.0-18.2 407 85.7 81.8-89.0
Southern Regional 727 95 16.3 12.9-20.4 632 83.7 79.6-87.1
Southeast 347 65 21.4 16.4-27.4 282 78.6 72.6-83.6
Wake 770 171 21.0 18.0-24.4 599 79.0 75.6-82.0
Area L & Eastern 643 96 15.3 12.2-19.0 547 84.7 81.0-87.8
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 497 73 13.9 10.6-17.9 424 86.1 82.1-89.4
Region 2 700 85 12.8 10.1-15.9 615 87.2 84.1-89.9
Region 3 693 128 17.6 14.7-21.1 565 82.4 78.9-85.3
Region 4 986 210 20.6 17.9-23.6 776 79.4 76.4-82.1
Region 5 1,098 159 17.0 14.3-20.0 939 83.0 80.0-85.7
Region 6 610 90 14.6 11.6-18.2 520 85.4 81.8-88.4

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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.

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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