2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

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 2 582 307 55.3 49.9-60.5 82 15.0 11.6-19.2 80 12.3 9.6-15.6 82 12.9 9.8-16.8 31 4.6 3.1- 6.8
GENDER
Male 275 130 46.9 39.8-54.1 36 13.5 9.3-19.3 43 15.5 11.3-21.0 45 16.7 11.6-23.4 21 7.4 4.6-11.7
Female 307 177 62.4 54.8-69.5 46 16.2 11.4-22.6 37 9.5 6.4-13.7 37 9.7 6.5-14.4 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 398 205 55.0 48.3-61.5 51 13.0 9.2-18.0 57 13.9 10.4-18.4 61 13.1 9.6-17.6 24 5.0 3.2- 7.8
Non-Hispanic Black 99 *** *** *** 16 19.8 11.5-31.7 13 9.6 5.3-16.8 12 11.6 6.3-20.5 *** *** ***
Other 72 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 183 84 49.2 40.6-57.9 34 18.3 12.6-26.0 31 15.3 10.5-21.6 29 14.8 9.5-22.2 *** *** ***
45-64 216 100 51.4 42.8-59.9 33 14.0 9.5-20.1 32 12.6 8.4-18.5 35 14.9 9.9-21.8 16 7.1 4.0-12.2
65+ 169 116 72.2 61.7-80.7 12 8.4 3.4-19.4 15 6.6 3.6-11.8 16 7.6 4.1-13.7 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 173 110 65.8 56.1-74.4 25 17.4 11.0-26.6 17 8.4 4.9-14.0 12 5.5 2.9-10.2 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 168 92 51.9 42.8-60.9 24 13.8 9.0-20.8 25 14.2 9.4-21.0 20 14.8 8.7-24.1 *** *** ***
College Graduate 238 102 44.4 37.2-52.0 33 13.3 9.1-19.1 38 15.4 10.7-21.5 50 20.7 15.2-27.5 15 6.2 3.6-10.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 197 124 63.2 53.6-71.9 31 18.8 12.0-28.1 22 10.0 6.1-15.8 11 5.0 2.6- 9.3 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 241 97 42.4 35.1-50.0 31 11.8 7.9-17.3 41 14.7 10.5-20.1 54 23.3 17.0-31.0 18 7.9 4.7-13.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 144 *** *** *** 20 14.4 9.0-22.3 17 12.0 7.0-19.7 17 9.1 4.6-17.2 *** *** ***

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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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