2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 755 445 53.1 48.3-57.8 78 10.4 7.7-13.7 92 14.1 11.1-17.9 99 16.2 13.0-19.9 41 6.3 4.2- 9.3
GENDER
Male 311 148 45.9 38.9-53.0 29 7.5 4.9-11.4 51 18.6 13.6-24.9 61 20.1 15.2-26.2 22 7.9 4.6-13.5
Female 444 297 60.1 53.6-66.3 49 13.1 9.0-18.8 41 9.8 6.7-14.2 38 12.3 8.6-17.4 19 4.6 2.6- 8.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 436 225 46.9 41.2-52.8 43 11.5 8.1-16.2 62 15.5 11.6-20.4 75 19.0 14.9-24.0 31 7.0 4.4-10.8
Non-Hispanic Black 143 *** *** *** *** *** *** 13 11.7 5.8-22.3 11 11.4 5.2-23.2 *** *** ***
Other 169 *** *** *** 28 11.6 6.5-19.8 17 12.3 6.7-21.6 11 7.0 3.3-14.3 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 216 100 44.0 36.4-52.0 31 12.7 8.2-19.1 34 17.5 12.4-24.2 43 20.5 14.9-27.5 *** *** ***
45-64 224 132 58.2 50.1-65.9 19 6.4 3.5-11.6 29 11.9 7.7-18.0 31 16.3 11.2-23.0 13 7.1 4.0-12.5
65+ 296 201 64.4 57.1-71.1 26 10.5 6.7-16.3 26 9.0 5.7-13.7 23 8.3 5.1-13.3 20 7.8 4.6-12.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 284 200 60.8 52.7-68.3 24 9.9 6.1-15.8 21 10.3 6.2-16.8 24 12.3 7.9-18.7 15 6.6 3.3-13.0
Some Post-H.S. 207 121 50.5 42.1-58.8 27 12.2 7.6-19.2 28 16.4 11.2-23.5 23 15.4 10.0-23.0 *** *** ***
College Graduate 263 123 43.0 35.6-50.7 27 8.3 5.3-12.9 43 17.6 12.0-25.1 52 24.2 18.3-31.3 18 6.9 4.2-11.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 311 222 63.4 55.8-70.4 29 9.2 5.4-15.0 27 13.3 8.8-19.6 24 11.3 7.1-17.5 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 278 115 40.3 33.1-48.0 34 11.1 7.1-16.9 43 14.2 9.7-20.4 64 24.2 18.5-31.1 22 10.1 5.9-16.8
Don't know/Not Sure 166 108 59.4 49.0-69.0 15 11.1 6.2-19.1 22 15.7 9.2-25.4 11 8.8 4.4-17.0 *** *** ***

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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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