2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

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
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
GENDER
Male 307 131 47.9 41.3-54.6 38 11.8 8.3-16.5 51 15.1 11.2-20.1 62 17.6 13.2-23.1 25 7.6 5.0-11.5
Female 326 172 54.4 47.8-60.8 43 12.1 8.6-16.7 57 17.5 13.1-23.1 46 14.0 10.2-19.0 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 396 175 48.0 42.1-53.9 44 10.5 7.6-14.3 73 17.8 13.8-22.6 82 18.7 14.8-23.4 22 5.1 3.2- 7.8
Non-Hispanic Black 134 73 55.4 45.7-64.7 20 13.6 8.5-21.2 17 13.6 8.2-21.7 18 13.5 7.8-22.3 *** *** ***
Other 93 *** *** *** 15 13.5 6.9-24.6 17 15.3 8.4-26.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 253 98 42.9 35.7-50.4 41 15.2 10.8-20.9 52 19.5 14.5-25.8 52 18.8 13.9-25.0 *** *** ***
45-64 200 96 54.6 46.3-62.6 24 9.4 5.9-14.6 35 16.1 11.3-22.4 34 14.2 9.9-20.0 11 5.8 3.1-10.5
65+ 166 100 63.4 54.1-71.9 15 8.9 5.0-15.2 20 10.9 6.2-18.4 19 11.0 6.3-18.7 12 5.8 3.1-10.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 162 98 60.8 51.6-69.2 23 12.1 7.7-18.5 17 11.9 7.0-19.5 15 10.6 6.1-17.9 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 154 82 55.4 46.3-64.2 20 12.5 7.7-19.6 23 14.1 9.2-21.2 20 13.2 8.0-20.8 *** *** ***
College Graduate 315 122 38.5 32.8-44.5 38 11.4 8.2-15.6 68 22.6 17.9-28.2 72 22.8 18.2-28.1 15 4.7 2.8- 7.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 224 116 52.9 45.1-60.5 33 14.8 10.2-21.0 34 14.3 9.7-20.6 30 13.3 8.7-19.8 11 4.7 2.5- 8.5
$50,000+ 285 108 39.0 32.8-45.6 34 11.6 8.1-16.4 58 20.8 15.9-26.7 67 22.5 17.5-28.5 18 6.0 3.6- 9.7
Don't know/Not Sure 124 79 72.0 61.8-80.4 14 7.9 3.9-15.3 16 11.2 6.4-18.9 11 6.6 3.2-13.1 *** *** ***

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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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