2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

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 4 996 196 19.6 16.8-22.8 800 80.4 77.2-83.2
GENDER
Male 457 105 24.5 19.9-29.7 352 75.5 70.3-80.1
Female 539 91 15.6 12.3-19.6 448 84.4 80.4-87.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 596 121 21.5 17.8-25.8 475 78.5 74.2-82.2
Non-Hispanic Black 197 32 14.1 9.4-20.8 165 85.9 79.2-90.6
Other 180 35 17.3 11.7-24.9 145 82.7 75.1-88.3
AGE
18-44 447 121 25.7 21.3-30.7 326 74.3 69.3-78.7
45-64 332 49 16.1 11.7-21.8 283 83.9 78.2-88.3
65+ 200 25 11.5 6.9-18.5 175 88.5 81.5-93.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 240 48 19.5 14.0-26.5 192 80.5 73.5-86.0
Some Post-H.S. 239 38 17.2 12.2-23.7 201 82.8 76.3-87.8
College Graduate 514 110 21.5 17.7-25.9 404 78.5 74.1-82.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 272 57 21.1 15.7-27.7 215 78.9 72.3-84.3
$50,000+ 530 113 21.2 17.4-25.7 417 78.8 74.3-82.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 194 26 13.8 8.7-21.1 168 86.2 78.9-91.3

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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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