2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

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
Eastern NC 1,464 218 16.4 14.0-19.1 1,246 83.6 80.9-86.0
GENDER
Male 668 145 24.3 20.2-29.0 523 75.7 71.0-79.8
Female 796 73 8.9 6.7-11.6 723 91.1 88.4-93.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 822 139 17.1 14.3-20.4 683 82.9 79.6-85.7
Non-Hispanic Black 310 33 14.8 9.8-21.6 277 85.2 78.4-90.2
Other 301 43 16.6 11.4-23.6 258 83.4 76.4-88.6
AGE
18-34 298 68 21.5 16.6-27.3 230 78.5 72.7-83.4
35-44 213 48 27.8 20.4-36.7 165 72.2 63.3-79.6
45-54 206 33 16.2 10.6-23.9 173 83.8 76.1-89.4
55-64 282 30 9.5 6.3-14.2 252 90.5 85.8-93.7
65-74 285 30 12.4 7.6-19.6 255 87.6 80.4-92.4
75+ 160 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 145 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 369 56 17.0 12.6-22.6 313 83.0 77.4-87.4
Some Post-H.S. 459 71 18.3 14.2-23.2 388 81.7 76.8-85.8
College Graduate 489 72 15.6 11.9-20.1 417 84.4 79.9-88.1
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 524 69 13.6 10.1-18.0 455 86.4 82.0-89.9
No 925 148 18.3 15.2-21.9 777 81.7 78.1-84.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 272 48 20.1 14.7-26.9 224 79.9 73.1-85.3
Non-Veteran 1,188 169 15.5 12.9-18.4 1,019 84.5 81.6-87.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 773 146 20.9 17.4-24.8 627 79.1 75.2-82.6
Unemployed 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 414 33 9.0 5.7-14.2 381 91.0 85.8-94.3
Unable to Work 129 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 142 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 170 29 25.8 17.9-35.6 141 74.2 64.4-82.1
$35,000- 49,999 165 24 17.0 10.8-25.7 141 83.0 74.3-89.2
$50,000- 74,999 182 25 15.8 9.8-24.5 157 84.2 75.5-90.2
$75,000+ 408 84 23.0 18.0-28.8 324 77.0 71.2-82.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 304 35 10.9 7.0-16.4 269 89.1 83.6-93.0
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 158 17 9.7 5.5-16.6 141 90.3 83.4-94.5
101% to 150% 100 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 137 23 18.6 11.8-28.1 114 81.4 71.9-88.2
More than 200% 719 128 20.6 16.9-24.8 591 79.4 75.2-83.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 304 35 10.9 7.0-16.4 269 89.1 83.6-93.0
HOUSING
Own 1,002 134 14.8 12.1-17.8 868 85.2 82.2-87.9
Rent 359 66 19.1 14.6-24.6 293 80.9 75.4-85.4
Other arrangement 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 389 69 19.5 15.0-25.1 320 80.5 74.9-85.0
Rural 971 118 13.0 10.4-16.2 853 87.0 83.8-89.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 796 98 14.0 10.9-17.9 698 86.0 82.1-89.1
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 335 56 18.0 13.3-23.9 279 82.0 76.1-86.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 333 64 19.7 15.2-25.3 269 80.3 74.7-84.8
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 270 64 24.8 19.2-31.5 206 75.2 68.5-80.8
2nd Quartile 191 31 17.8 11.9-25.9 160 82.2 74.1-88.1
3rd Quartile 420 64 16.3 12.4-21.1 356 83.7 78.9-87.6
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 583 59 11.1 7.8-15.7 524 88.9 84.3-92.2

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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.

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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