2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 3

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 3 614 277 46.5 41.5-51.5 97 16.9 12.8-21.9 114 18.0 14.6-22.0 95 13.3 10.6-16.5 31 5.4 3.6- 8.1
GENDER
Male 294 120 44.1 37.2-51.2 44 13.4 9.6-18.3 63 21.3 16.1-27.6 43 12.0 8.6-16.3 24 9.3 5.8-14.4
Female 320 157 48.7 41.4-56.1 53 20.3 13.7-29.0 51 14.9 10.9-20.0 52 14.5 10.6-19.5 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 368 156 44.3 38.2-50.5 58 16.3 11.7-22.1 68 17.2 13.1-22.3 65 15.7 12.0-20.2 21 6.6 3.9-10.8
Non-Hispanic Black 124 *** *** *** 18 13.4 8.1-21.3 23 21.8 13.9-32.5 13 9.1 4.7-16.6 *** *** ***
Other 111 *** *** *** 18 14.7 8.8-23.5 19 15.7 9.3-25.3 15 11.0 6.2-18.6 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 276 93 38.3 31.3-45.9 47 16.6 11.4-23.4 71 23.3 17.8-29.7 56 17.0 12.7-22.4 *** *** ***
45-64 197 89 44.2 36.1-52.6 37 19.9 14.1-27.3 31 18.0 12.2-25.7 25 11.4 7.4-17.1 15 6.5 3.7-11.2
65+ 126 87 76.2 67.1-83.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** 12 7.2 3.7-13.6 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 167 101 64.0 54.4-72.6 18 10.4 5.3-19.5 22 12.9 7.9-20.3 17 8.1 4.7-13.7 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 180 88 43.1 34.3-52.4 30 21.7 13.3-33.3 28 15.9 10.3-23.8 22 11.8 7.6-17.9 12 7.5 3.8-14.1
College Graduate 264 86 30.6 24.6-37.2 49 19.2 14.3-25.4 63 25.5 19.8-32.2 56 20.5 15.6-26.6 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 188 101 55.3 46.3-63.9 25 12.3 7.6-19.2 28 17.1 10.8-25.9 20 7.3 4.5-11.7 14 8.0 4.4-14.1
$50,000+ 287 95 34.6 28.2-41.5 53 19.6 14.2-26.5 66 21.1 16.2-27.0 59 18.9 14.4-24.4 14 5.8 3.1-10.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 139 *** *** *** *** *** *** 20 13.2 8.0-21.0 16 9.7 5.3-17.2 *** *** ***

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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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