2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 660 142 20.5 17.3-24.2 518 79.5 75.8-82.7
GENDER
Male 323 85 25.4 20.3-31.3 238 74.6 68.7-79.7
Female 337 57 16.0 12.2-20.7 280 84.0 79.3-87.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 386 96 23.9 19.4-29.1 290 76.1 70.9-80.6
Non-Hispanic Black 141 13 10.1 5.7-17.3 128 89.9 82.7-94.3
Other 121 31 24.6 17.0-34.0 90 75.4 66.0-83.0
AGE
18-44 285 92 30.3 24.5-36.8 193 69.7 63.2-75.5
45-64 232 33 12.5 8.6-17.8 199 87.5 82.2-91.4
65+ 133 15 11.2 6.4-18.9 118 88.8 81.1-93.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 174 33 17.5 12.1-24.5 141 82.5 75.5-87.9
Some Post-H.S. 138 30 20.3 13.9-28.6 108 79.7 71.4-86.1
College Graduate 343 78 23.2 18.7-28.3 265 76.8 71.7-81.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 206 34 16.2 11.2-22.8 172 83.8 77.2-88.8
$50,000+ 337 85 24.3 19.4-29.9 252 75.7 70.1-80.6
Don't know/Not Sure 117 23 17.7 11.4-26.4 94 82.3 73.6-88.6

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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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