2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
Piedmont NC 2,127 415 19.6 17.6-21.8 1,712 80.4 78.2-82.4
GENDER
Male 1,003 240 24.7 21.5-28.2 763 75.3 71.8-78.5
Female 1,124 175 15.2 12.8-17.9 949 84.8 82.1-87.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,336 273 21.0 18.5-23.8 1,063 79.0 76.2-81.5
Non-Hispanic Black 396 64 16.8 12.6-22.0 332 83.2 78.0-87.4
Other 347 68 18.6 14.1-24.2 279 81.4 75.8-85.9
AGE
18-34 531 164 28.7 24.3-33.5 367 71.3 66.5-75.7
35-44 352 87 24.7 19.6-30.6 265 75.3 69.4-80.4
45-54 353 62 19.2 14.6-24.8 291 80.8 75.2-85.4
55-64 359 48 12.5 8.9-17.3 311 87.5 82.7-91.1
65-74 304 35 11.9 8.2-17.1 269 88.1 82.9-91.8
75+ 182 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 132 22 15.0 9.0-23.9 110 85.0 76.1-91.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 429 79 17.4 13.5-22.0 350 82.6 78.0-86.5
Some Post-H.S. 564 105 21.0 17.1-25.6 459 79.0 74.4-82.9
College Graduate 992 208 21.4 18.6-24.6 784 78.6 75.4-81.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 598 84 13.9 10.7-17.8 514 86.1 82.2-89.3
No 1,515 328 22.2 19.7-24.9 1,187 77.8 75.1-80.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 200 38 20.8 14.6-28.6 162 79.2 71.4-85.4
Non-Veteran 1,922 376 19.5 17.4-21.8 1,546 80.5 78.2-82.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,302 316 25.0 22.2-27.9 986 75.0 72.1-77.8
Unemployed 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 461 44 8.1 5.5-11.9 417 91.9 88.1-94.5
Unable to Work 123 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 147 27 19.3 12.6-28.3 120 80.7 71.7-87.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 164 21 13.6 8.3-21.4 143 86.4 78.6-91.7
$25,000- 34,999 183 32 15.8 10.3-23.5 151 84.2 76.5-89.7
$35,000- 49,999 190 39 20.2 13.7-28.7 151 79.8 71.3-86.3
$50,000- 74,999 258 63 25.0 18.9-32.2 195 75.0 67.8-81.1
$75,000+ 773 175 23.5 20.1-27.2 598 76.5 72.8-79.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 471 68 14.2 10.7-18.6 403 85.8 81.4-89.3
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 158 27 20.7 13.4-30.4 131 79.3 69.6-86.6
101% to 150% 125 19 10.3 6.1-16.8 106 89.7 83.2-93.9
151% to 200% 140 19 15.2 8.5-25.7 121 84.8 74.3-91.5
More than 200% 1,172 268 24.1 21.2-27.2 904 75.9 72.8-78.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 471 68 14.2 10.7-18.6 403 85.8 81.4-89.3
HOUSING
Own 1,297 219 17.4 15.0-20.2 1,078 82.6 79.8-85.0
Rent 643 156 24.2 20.5-28.3 487 75.8 71.7-79.5
Other arrangement 163 35 23.7 16.5-32.8 128 76.3 67.2-83.5
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,262 266 21.0 18.4-23.9 996 79.0 76.1-81.6
Regional City or Suburban County 516 96 19.1 15.2-23.6 420 80.9 76.4-84.8
Rural 349 53 16.1 11.8-21.7 296 83.9 78.3-88.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 781 140 18.1 15.0-21.6 641 81.9 78.4-85.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,252 263 21.1 18.4-24.1 989 78.9 75.9-81.6
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 732 141 19.9 16.6-23.6 591 80.1 76.4-83.4
2nd Quartile 846 167 20.6 17.4-24.3 679 79.4 75.7-82.6
3rd Quartile 493 98 17.8 14.0-22.4 395 82.2 77.6-86.0
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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