2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 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 6 494 71 15.8 12.3-20.2 423 84.2 79.8-87.7
GENDER
Male 238 43 19.8 14.3-26.8 195 80.2 73.2-85.7
Female 256 28 12.1 8.1-17.6 228 87.9 82.4-91.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 273 38 14.3 10.2-19.6 235 85.7 80.4-89.8
Non-Hispanic Black 138 17 14.3 8.5-23.1 121 85.7 76.9-91.5
Other 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 193 44 22.2 16.1-29.7 149 77.8 70.3-83.9
45-64 146 17 11.5 7.1-18.1 129 88.5 81.9-92.9
65+ 150 *** *** *** 141 93.7 87.3-96.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 174 28 17.8 12.0-25.6 146 82.2 74.4-88.0
Some Post-H.S. 164 23 13.8 8.8-20.9 141 86.2 79.1-91.2
College Graduate 155 19 15.4 9.4-24.1 136 84.6 75.9-90.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 193 26 15.9 10.2-23.8 167 84.1 76.2-89.8
$50,000+ 205 38 20.0 14.4-27.1 167 80.0 72.9-85.6
Don't know/Not Sure 96 *** *** *** 89 92.1 82.0-96.7

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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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