2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 740 108 18.9 15.2-23.2 632 81.1 76.8-84.8
GENDER
Male 303 62 24.5 18.6-31.5 241 75.5 68.5-81.4
Female 437 46 13.5 9.7-18.6 391 86.5 81.4-90.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 430 76 21.8 17.1-27.4 354 78.2 72.6-82.9
Non-Hispanic Black 140 *** *** *** 130 90.5 80.6-95.6
Other 164 22 17.3 10.1-28.2 142 82.7 71.8-89.9
AGE
18-44 207 51 24.0 17.7-31.8 156 76.0 68.2-82.3
45-64 221 35 19.3 13.6-26.7 186 80.7 73.3-86.4
65+ 293 20 8.1 4.9-13.2 273 91.9 86.8-95.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 274 28 13.4 8.4-20.7 246 86.6 79.3-91.6
Some Post-H.S. 205 28 21.5 15.0-29.8 177 78.5 70.2-85.0
College Graduate 260 52 24.5 18.5-31.7 208 75.5 68.3-81.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 303 26 11.3 7.3-17.0 277 88.7 83.0-92.7
$50,000+ 275 60 25.8 19.4-33.4 215 74.2 66.6-80.6
Don't know/Not Sure 162 22 18.8 11.6-29.1 140 81.2 70.9-88.4

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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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