2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 4,144 2,049 50.9 48.9-52.9 568 14.1 12.7-15.7 646 15.2 13.9-16.7 697 15.4 14.1-16.7 184 4.4 3.6- 5.3
Medicaid Region 5 915 491 50.4 45.9-55.0 117 12.8 10.1-16.0 137 16.1 13.0-19.8 128 15.2 12.4-18.5 42 5.5 3.7- 8.0
GENDER
Male 435 209 45.2 38.9-51.8 50 9.4 6.5-13.3 73 19.4 14.5-25.6 73 18.2 14.1-23.3 30 7.7 5.0-11.6
Female 480 282 55.5 49.2-61.6 67 16.1 11.8-21.5 64 12.8 9.5-17.1 55 12.2 8.8-16.7 12 3.4 1.5- 7.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 485 233 48.1 42.5-53.8 51 10.4 7.6-14.2 79 17.4 13.4-22.3 88 16.2 12.8-20.3 34 7.8 5.1-11.7
Non-Hispanic Black 174 *** *** *** 23 11.2 6.2-19.3 26 15.8 9.4-25.3 22 16.4 10.1-25.5 *** *** ***
Other 234 *** *** *** 41 25.0 16.3-36.4 29 13.0 7.8-20.6 13 7.7 3.6-15.8 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 330 151 45.1 38.1-52.2 56 15.4 11.0-21.2 67 21.5 16.2-28.1 46 14.3 10.3-19.6 *** *** ***
45-64 303 167 50.6 42.5-58.7 36 11.5 7.5-17.3 42 14.6 9.7-21.3 43 17.1 12.0-23.7 15 6.2 3.2-11.4
65+ 270 167 61.1 52.8-68.8 24 9.8 5.8-15.9 27 7.2 4.5-11.3 35 13.4 9.0-19.4 17 8.5 4.3-16.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 314 194 56.7 48.7-64.3 34 12.6 8.0-19.3 42 15.3 10.4-21.9 34 11.4 7.4-17.0 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 298 162 51.6 44.0-59.2 39 12.5 8.5-18.1 40 13.8 9.1-20.3 38 14.9 10.5-20.7 19 7.2 4.2-11.9
College Graduate 302 134 39.1 32.5-46.0 44 13.4 9.5-18.6 55 21.2 15.9-27.9 56 21.4 16.1-27.9 13 4.9 2.6- 9.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 350 222 59.1 51.3-66.5 45 13.7 9.2-20.0 40 12.1 7.8-18.2 32 11.7 7.7-17.6 11 3.4 1.5- 7.5
$50,000+ 373 150 38.2 31.7-45.2 52 12.5 8.8-17.5 75 21.8 16.7-28.0 72 20.2 15.7-25.7 24 7.3 4.6-11.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 192 119 60.3 50.4-69.4 20 11.6 6.8-19.1 22 11.5 6.4-19.9 24 11.0 6.6-17.6 *** *** ***

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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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