2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 3

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
Medicaid Region 3 603 127 20.4 16.8-24.5 476 79.6 75.5-83.2
GENDER
Male 286 70 23.7 18.2-30.2 216 76.3 69.8-81.8
Female 317 57 17.3 13.0-22.5 260 82.7 77.5-87.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 364 83 21.8 17.3-27.0 281 78.2 73.0-82.7
Non-Hispanic Black 120 20 19.8 12.1-30.9 100 80.2 69.1-87.9
Other 108 22 18.8 11.8-28.5 86 81.2 71.5-88.2
AGE
18-44 269 85 29.6 23.5-36.6 184 70.4 63.4-76.5
45-64 195 31 15.4 10.5-21.9 164 84.6 78.1-89.5
65+ 124 *** *** *** 115 92.6 85.7-96.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 162 28 14.9 9.9-21.9 134 85.1 78.1-90.1
Some Post-H.S. 179 38 23.2 16.3-31.9 141 76.8 68.1-83.7
College Graduate 259 60 23.3 17.9-29.6 199 76.7 70.4-82.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 183 32 18.9 12.7-27.2 151 81.1 72.8-87.3
$50,000+ 284 72 24.5 19.2-30.8 212 75.5 69.2-80.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 136 23 14.4 8.9-22.5 113 85.6 77.5-91.1

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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.

^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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