2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, how many days per week or per month did you have at least one drink of any
alcoholic beverage such as beer, wine, a malt beverage or liquor?

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  Total
Respond.^		 No drinks 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-29 days Everyday
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,661 2,345 50.2 48.4-52.0 618 13.6 12.4-14.9 736 15.9 14.6-17.2 719 15.6 14.4-16.9 243 4.7 4.1- 5.5
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 476 249 59.1 53.7-64.3 62 11.8 8.8-15.5 65 10.4 7.9-13.6 72 14.2 11.0-18.1 28 4.5 2.8- 7.2
Region 3 459 230 49.7 43.9-55.5 84 19.3 14.8-24.9 73 16.9 13.1-21.5 51 10.1 7.3-13.8 21 4.1 2.5- 6.5
Region 4 694 297 43.2 39.0-47.5 96 15.9 12.8-19.6 138 18.5 15.4-22.0 127 18.1 15.0-21.5 36 4.3 3.0- 6.2
Region 5 633 303 51.2 46.6-55.9 81 11.9 9.4-15.1 108 16.4 13.3-20.0 108 15.8 12.8-19.3 33 4.7 3.2- 6.8
Region 6 504 273 53.4 48.2-58.6 76 14.4 11.1-18.4 72 15.4 12.0-19.7 64 13.1 10.1-16.7 19 3.7 2.3- 6.0
Region 7 671 293 46.9 42.5-51.4 85 12.6 9.9-15.8 128 17.8 14.8-21.2 133 18.0 15.0-21.4 32 4.7 3.2- 7.0
Region 8 755 445 53.1 48.3-57.8 78 10.4 7.7-13.7 92 14.1 11.1-17.9 99 16.2 13.0-19.9 41 6.3 4.2- 9.3
Region 9 & 10 469 255 56.1 50.6-61.5 56 12.1 9.0-15.9 60 12.6 9.3-16.8 65 13.2 10.0-17.1 33 6.1 4.0- 9.1
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,746 980 54.3 51.2-57.3 219 13.3 11.3-15.5 235 14.3 12.3-16.5 224 13.2 11.4-15.3 88 4.9 3.8- 6.4
Piedmont 2,321 1,052 46.4 44.0-48.8 320 14.2 12.5-16.0 418 17.6 15.8-19.5 413 17.3 15.6-19.2 118 4.6 3.7- 5.6
Western NC 594 313 58.1 53.1-62.9 79 12.2 9.4-15.6 83 12.0 9.4-15.1 82 12.9 10.2-16.3 37 4.9 3.3- 7.2
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 395 201 57.7 51.7-63.5 46 10.9 7.8-15.1 58 11.4 8.5-15.1 67 15.7 12.1-20.1 23 4.3 2.6- 7.2
Northwest 689 351 49.9 45.2-54.7 116 17.1 13.5-21.4 103 14.7 11.7-18.2 81 13.2 10.2-16.9 38 5.1 3.4- 7.4
Charlotte 558 232 42.1 37.5-46.9 81 16.4 13.0-20.5 118 20.0 16.5-24.0 102 17.8 14.5-21.6 25 3.7 2.5- 5.7
Greensboro 487 246 53.5 48.1-58.8 63 12.4 9.4-16.2 81 16.1 12.6-20.4 74 14.0 10.7-18.1 23 4.0 2.5- 6.1
Southern Regional 740 454 56.6 51.8-61.3 95 13.7 10.6-17.6 88 13.8 10.8-17.5 78 12.2 9.5-15.6 25 3.6 2.3- 5.7
Southeast 356 172 48.4 42.2-54.7 38 9.9 6.7-14.3 60 17.3 12.9-22.6 60 18.7 14.3-24.1 26 5.8 3.7- 9.0
Wake 779 323 43.9 40.0-48.0 98 12.0 9.6-14.9 154 19.4 16.5-22.7 164 19.6 16.7-22.8 40 5.1 3.6- 7.2
Area L & Eastern 657 366 57.2 52.3-62.0 81 12.5 9.7-15.9 74 10.9 8.3-14.2 93 13.2 10.5-16.6 43 6.2 4.3- 8.9
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 501 256 57.8 52.5-63.0 64 11.4 8.6-15.0 74 12.1 9.4-15.4 76 14.0 10.9-17.8 31 4.6 3.0- 7.2
Region 2 707 365 53.1 48.5-57.7 121 16.9 13.7-20.7 108 15.1 12.2-18.6 84 11.2 8.7-14.4 29 3.6 2.4- 5.4
Region 3 707 305 43.4 39.2-47.6 97 15.6 12.5-19.2 141 18.7 15.6-22.2 127 18.0 15.0-21.4 37 4.4 3.1- 6.2
Region 4 1,004 432 45.3 41.8-48.9 125 12.1 10.0-14.6 191 18.4 15.9-21.2 202 18.9 16.4-21.7 54 5.3 3.9- 7.1
Region 5 1,119 637 53.6 49.9-57.3 138 12.7 10.3-15.5 148 14.7 12.2-17.6 143 14.3 11.9-17.0 53 4.7 3.5- 6.4
Region 6 623 350 58.1 53.1-62.9 73 11.6 8.8-15.1 74 11.5 8.7-15.0 87 13.0 10.2-16.4 39 5.8 3.9- 8.5

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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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