2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 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
GENDER
Male 330 125 40.9 34.8-47.3 47 13.9 10.0-18.9 62 17.7 13.5-22.9 75 20.9 16.4-26.2 21 6.6 4.1-10.5
Female 341 168 52.5 46.2-58.6 38 11.4 8.0-15.9 66 17.9 13.9-22.6 58 15.3 11.6-19.8 11 3.0 1.6- 5.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 391 138 38.9 33.0-45.1 50 12.6 9.2-16.9 74 17.2 13.5-21.6 101 24.4 19.9-29.6 28 7.0 4.6-10.5
Non-Hispanic Black 145 88 63.0 53.9-71.3 16 10.4 6.1-17.3 29 19.0 12.9-27.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 122 62 52.1 42.0-62.0 17 14.3 8.4-23.3 24 20.0 13.3-28.9 18 12.9 7.8-20.5 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 294 99 38.8 31.9-46.2 45 15.5 11.2-21.0 71 21.2 16.6-26.8 71 20.8 16.3-26.3 *** *** ***
45-64 233 114 53.0 45.7-60.2 26 11.0 7.1-16.7 42 17.0 12.4-22.9 40 14.9 10.6-20.7 11 4.1 2.2- 7.4
65+ 133 77 58.1 48.2-67.4 *** *** *** 13 11.1 6.1-19.5 20 16.4 10.2-25.2 13 9.0 4.8-16.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 179 104 58.3 50.0-66.1 24 13.0 8.4-19.5 31 16.2 11.2-22.9 17 10.7 6.4-17.2 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 141 73 53.6 44.0-63.0 13 9.8 5.6-16.6 24 15.7 10.3-23.4 23 14.3 9.2-21.6 *** *** ***
College Graduate 346 113 31.9 26.8-37.5 47 14.3 10.3-19.4 72 20.6 16.5-25.4 93 27.3 22.6-32.6 21 5.9 3.8- 9.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 209 117 55.9 48.0-63.6 26 10.3 6.8-15.4 37 19.9 14.2-27.0 25 11.6 7.5-17.7 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 340 106 35.2 29.0-41.9 46 14.0 10.1-19.1 68 17.7 13.8-22.5 96 25.7 20.9-31.2 24 7.3 4.7-11.3
Don't know/Not Sure 122 70 62.4 52.5-71.4 13 12.6 7.0-21.5 23 14.7 9.4-22.3 12 8.3 4.5-14.8 *** *** ***

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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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