2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

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
Region 5 622 106 15.9 13.0-19.5 516 84.1 80.5-87.0
GENDER
Male 299 64 19.2 14.7-24.6 235 80.8 75.4-85.3
Female 323 42 13.0 9.3-17.7 281 87.0 82.3-90.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 393 68 15.8 12.3-20.2 325 84.2 79.8-87.7
Non-Hispanic Black 130 21 14.0 8.7-21.8 109 86.0 78.2-91.3
Other 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 246 62 23.8 18.3-30.3 184 76.2 69.7-81.7
45-64 197 24 9.9 6.4-15.1 173 90.1 84.9-93.6
65+ 165 18 8.4 5.1-13.6 147 91.6 86.4-94.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 153 23 13.0 8.3-19.8 130 87.0 80.2-91.7
Some Post-H.S. 153 29 18.1 12.3-25.9 124 81.9 74.1-87.7
College Graduate 314 54 16.9 12.9-21.9 260 83.1 78.1-87.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 214 42 18.8 13.4-25.7 172 81.2 74.3-86.6
$50,000+ 284 53 17.9 13.4-23.4 231 82.1 76.6-86.6
Don't know/Not Sure 124 11 7.9 4.0-15.1 113 92.1 84.9-96.0

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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.

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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