2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Alcohol Consumption

Considering all types of alcoholic beverages, how many times during the past 30 days did you have
[5 or more drinks for men or 4 or more drinks for women] on an occasion?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 None Once Twice 3-7 times 8-30 times
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,273 1,603 68.9 66.6-71.2 231 10.8 9.3-12.4 143 6.9 5.7- 8.3 214 9.4 8.1-10.9 82 4.0 3.1- 5.1
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 224 160 67.2 59.3-74.3 25 12.9 8.4-19.2 16 8.0 4.6-13.7 18 8.8 5.0-15.1 *** *** ***
Region 3 227 185 80.3 73.4-85.8 20 9.8 6.0-15.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 4 390 274 71.1 65.7-76.0 41 10.2 7.2-14.0 29 8.2 5.3-12.4 35 7.5 5.2-10.7 11 3.0 1.6- 5.7
Region 5 326 226 68.6 62.4-74.2 29 8.1 5.3-12.1 23 7.1 4.5-10.9 39 13.2 9.2-18.5 *** *** ***
Region 6 224 160 69.0 61.2-75.8 23 12.5 7.8-19.3 13 6.0 3.2-10.7 23 9.4 6.0-14.6 *** *** ***
Region 7 373 243 64.1 58.5-69.4 45 13.2 9.6-17.8 26 6.8 4.6-10.1 40 10.4 7.3-14.5 19 5.5 3.4- 8.8
Region 8 301 206 63.0 55.6-69.8 35 12.6 8.6-18.1 17 6.3 3.3-11.5 29 11.5 7.7-16.8 14 6.6 3.3-12.8
Region 9 & 10 208 149 69.0 61.2-75.9 13 6.8 3.7-12.1 *** *** *** 22 11.2 7.2-17.1 15 7.8 4.4-13.5
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 743 521 66.7 62.3-70.8 73 11.1 8.5-14.4 40 5.6 3.9- 8.0 72 10.5 8.1-13.5 37 6.1 4.2- 8.9
Piedmont 1,252 877 69.7 66.6-72.7 126 10.2 8.4-12.4 86 7.4 5.8- 9.4 123 9.3 7.6-11.4 40 3.3 2.3- 4.7
Western NC 278 205 69.7 62.6-75.9 32 13.4 9.2-19.1 17 7.1 4.1-12.0 19 7.4 4.2-12.6 *** *** ***
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 192 137 67.9 59.4-75.4 20 12.0 7.3-18.9 14 7.5 4.2-13.1 18 10.5 6.0-17.7 *** *** ***
Northwest 333 256 69.8 62.6-76.1 32 12.4 8.2-18.3 19 7.7 4.4-13.0 15 5.2 2.9- 9.1 11 5.0 2.3-10.4
Charlotte 320 229 74.5 68.9-79.3 35 9.6 6.7-13.5 22 7.0 4.3-11.2 28 7.2 4.9-10.7 *** *** ***
Greensboro 237 170 69.7 62.1-76.3 21 8.0 5.0-12.8 14 6.6 3.6-11.6 25 12.3 7.7-19.1 *** *** ***
Southern Regional 278 190 65.2 57.6-72.1 31 13.3 8.5-20.1 18 6.3 3.5-11.0 31 11.9 8.1-17.2 *** *** ***
Southeast 179 126 63.9 54.6-72.2 18 10.1 6.1-16.4 11 9.1 4.6-17.5 16 10.3 6.0-17.1 *** *** ***
Wake 452 297 65.8 60.7-70.6 51 11.4 8.4-15.3 32 6.9 4.8- 9.9 53 11.3 8.4-15.1 19 4.5 2.7- 7.3
Area L & Eastern 282 198 66.1 59.1-72.5 23 10.4 6.6-15.8 13 4.8 2.7- 8.5 28 11.0 7.3-16.3 20 7.7 4.6-12.6
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 242 175 68.5 60.9-75.2 27 12.9 8.5-19.0 16 7.4 4.2-12.6 19 8.5 4.9-14.3 *** *** ***
Region 2 338 262 74.1 67.9-79.5 30 9.2 6.2-13.6 20 6.4 3.9-10.2 18 7.7 4.5-12.9 *** *** ***
Region 3 394 277 70.6 65.2-75.5 42 10.6 7.6-14.5 29 8.2 5.4-12.4 35 7.6 5.3-10.8 11 3.0 1.6- 5.7
Region 4 565 372 65.3 60.7-69.6 62 11.7 8.9-15.2 39 6.8 4.9- 9.4 68 11.7 9.0-15.1 24 4.5 2.9- 7.0
Region 5 469 328 66.8 61.3-71.9 51 11.8 8.5-16.1 29 6.9 4.4-10.6 46 10.3 7.5-14.0 15 4.2 2.3- 7.5
Region 6 265 189 68.6 61.5-75.0 19 8.2 5.0-13.1 *** *** *** 28 11.2 7.5-16.4 19 8.0 4.6-13.4

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported drinking at least one drink in the last month.

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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