2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

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 4,066 714 18.1 16.6-19.6 3,352 81.9 80.4-83.4
Medicaid Region 2 573 97 16.6 13.0-20.9 476 83.4 79.1-87.0
GENDER
Male 270 65 24.8 18.8-32.0 205 75.2 68.0-81.2
Female 303 32 9.6 6.2-14.6 271 90.4 85.4-93.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 392 70 16.7 12.7-21.7 322 83.3 78.3-87.3
Non-Hispanic Black 96 13 14.7 8.1-25.0 83 85.3 75.0-91.9
Other 72 13 15.0 7.9-26.5 59 85.0 73.5-92.1
AGE
18-44 180 45 24.0 17.4-32.2 135 76.0 67.8-82.6
45-64 211 36 15.1 10.1-22.0 175 84.9 78.0-89.9
65+ 168 15 6.7 3.6-12.1 153 93.3 87.9-96.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 170 25 12.0 7.6-18.2 145 88.0 81.8-92.4
Some Post-H.S. 163 30 21.9 14.5-31.7 133 78.1 68.3-85.5
College Graduate 237 42 17.2 12.3-23.5 195 82.8 76.5-87.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 193 25 11.2 7.1-17.3 168 88.8 82.7-92.9
$50,000+ 239 55 25.5 18.9-33.4 184 74.5 66.6-81.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 141 17 11.1 6.0-19.7 124 88.9 80.3-94.0

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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 2022 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2022 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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