2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

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
Eastern NC 1,497 819 53.7 50.3-57.2 197 12.4 10.4-14.7 214 15.0 12.6-17.7 206 15.0 12.7-17.7 61 3.8 2.8- 5.2
GENDER
Male 692 327 45.2 40.2-50.3 85 10.4 7.9-13.6 116 18.6 14.7-23.2 122 20.3 16.4-24.8 42 5.5 3.8- 7.7
Female 805 492 62.1 57.5-66.4 112 14.3 11.5-17.8 98 11.5 9.0-14.5 84 9.9 7.6-12.8 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 834 407 50.7 46.4-55.1 100 11.6 9.2-14.5 136 16.2 13.3-19.6 143 16.3 13.4-19.7 48 5.2 3.6- 7.4
Non-Hispanic Black 315 201 60.3 52.5-67.6 39 10.3 6.9-15.1 35 13.6 8.6-20.9 35 14.0 9.4-20.4 *** *** ***
Other 314 192 54.4 46.1-62.4 56 21.2 15.2-28.8 37 12.2 7.8-18.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 305 140 45.4 38.5-52.5 59 17.9 13.5-23.5 57 20.6 15.1-27.5 42 13.7 9.8-18.8 *** *** ***
35-44 222 101 46.5 38.1-55.1 34 11.8 7.7-17.8 35 13.5 9.1-19.7 42 22.6 16.0-30.9 *** *** ***
45-54 212 102 49.1 39.8-58.4 34 13.5 9.0-19.7 40 17.4 11.9-24.6 29 17.2 11.0-25.9 *** *** ***
55-64 286 174 61.9 53.8-69.5 32 8.2 5.3-12.6 32 12.0 7.7-18.1 37 14.2 9.0-21.6 *** *** ***
65-74 289 175 58.5 50.5-66.1 33 11.7 7.7-17.4 35 11.8 7.5-17.9 32 13.3 8.3-20.6 *** *** ***
75+ 161 115 75.8 64.6-84.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** 20 8.2 4.5-14.5 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 152 *** *** *** *** *** *** 17 13.5 7.6-22.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 381 231 58.0 51.1-64.6 47 11.8 8.3-16.6 42 11.9 7.6-18.1 47 14.6 10.5-20.1 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 470 267 53.8 47.9-59.6 60 13.3 9.8-17.7 65 14.3 10.6-19.0 56 13.8 10.3-18.3 22 4.8 3.0- 7.7
College Graduate 492 217 42.7 37.1-48.4 81 15.9 12.5-20.1 89 20.7 16.3-25.8 87 18.1 14.3-22.7 18 2.6 1.6- 4.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 536 314 57.5 51.6-63.1 67 13.3 10.0-17.6 78 13.8 10.4-18.0 53 10.7 7.4-15.3 24 4.7 2.7- 7.9
No 945 495 51.2 46.8-55.5 127 11.9 9.6-14.7 136 15.9 12.8-19.7 150 17.7 14.7-21.2 37 3.3 2.3- 4.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 282 125 43.4 36.1-51.1 33 13.1 8.7-19.2 59 21.2 15.7-28.1 50 18.1 13.1-24.5 15 4.2 2.3- 7.4
Non-Veteran 1,211 691 56.2 52.3-60.0 164 12.3 10.1-14.8 154 13.5 10.9-16.5 156 14.3 11.8-17.4 46 3.7 2.6- 5.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 790 359 45.5 40.9-50.2 135 15.3 12.5-18.6 138 17.2 14.1-20.7 128 18.5 15.1-22.4 30 3.5 2.3- 5.4
Unemployed 60 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 418 261 62.7 56.0-69.0 38 9.7 6.3-14.5 48 10.9 7.4-15.7 51 11.9 8.1-17.1 *** *** ***
Unable to Work 133 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 84 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 94 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 145 *** *** *** 23 11.7 6.8-19.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 175 104 48.8 39.0-58.7 25 16.1 9.9-25.1 20 12.5 7.5-20.2 21 18.2 10.9-28.7 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 170 96 54.1 44.5-63.5 21 16.0 9.6-25.5 25 13.3 8.2-20.8 20 12.6 7.4-20.5 *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 185 90 49.7 40.3-59.2 23 14.3 8.6-22.7 32 14.1 9.0-21.4 26 16.7 10.4-25.8 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 414 158 39.1 32.9-45.7 74 14.9 11.5-19.1 79 20.1 15.7-25.4 85 21.8 17.0-27.4 18 4.1 2.5- 6.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 314 203 64.6 57.0-71.5 25 7.6 4.7-12.0 39 12.6 8.3-18.7 37 11.8 7.7-17.8 *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 41 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 160 109 68.8 58.4-77.5 21 10.4 5.9-17.5 *** *** *** 15 10.6 5.9-18.5 *** *** ***
101% to 150% 103 *** *** *** 15 16.7 9.1-28.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 141 *** *** *** 24 19.6 12.1-30.2 19 13.6 8.0-22.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 732 328 45.2 40.4-50.1 110 13.8 11.0-17.2 131 18.1 14.8-21.9 127 18.7 15.2-22.8 36 4.2 2.9- 6.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 314 203 64.6 57.0-71.5 25 7.6 4.7-12.0 39 12.6 8.3-18.7 37 11.8 7.7-17.8 *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 1,020 561 55.7 51.5-59.8 126 11.6 9.4-14.3 140 13.2 10.7-16.1 143 14.8 12.1-18.0 50 4.7 3.3- 6.7
Rent 369 199 48.9 42.4-55.4 53 14.7 10.6-20.1 56 17.8 13.0-23.7 53 16.6 12.2-22.2 *** *** ***
Other arrangement 93 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 107 *** *** *** 16 16.6 9.8-26.7 22 24.3 15.6-35.8 31 26.3 17.9-36.8 *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 394 196 48.6 42.6-54.6 56 12.9 9.5-17.4 67 18.3 13.9-23.6 62 16.3 12.1-21.6 *** *** ***
Rural 996 591 59.2 54.7-63.5 125 11.7 9.3-14.5 125 12.2 9.4-15.7 113 13.2 10.4-16.5 42 3.8 2.5- 5.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 817 504 59.0 53.9-64.0 115 12.9 10.2-16.3 96 12.8 9.4-17.1 79 12.0 9.1-15.8 23 3.2 1.8- 5.6
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 341 195 58.6 52.0-64.8 31 8.6 5.7-12.9 44 12.6 9.0-17.4 54 15.7 11.2-21.6 17 4.5 2.7- 7.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 339 120 36.5 30.4-43.1 51 15.5 11.3-20.7 74 22.6 17.6-28.6 73 21.0 16.3-26.7 21 4.4 2.6- 7.4
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 276 94 35.7 28.9-43.2 40 15.1 10.8-20.7 53 19.7 14.6-26.0 65 23.9 18.3-30.4 24 5.7 3.6- 8.9
2nd Quartile 192 90 45.9 37.5-54.5 22 11.4 6.9-18.1 40 20.4 14.5-28.0 33 18.7 12.4-27.3 *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 430 233 56.1 50.2-61.9 59 12.0 8.9-16.0 61 14.3 10.5-19.2 63 13.6 10.2-17.9 *** *** ***
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 599 402 65.0 58.4-71.0 76 12.0 8.7-16.3 60 10.4 6.6-16.0 45 10.0 6.5-14.9 *** *** ***

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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.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2022 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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