2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 Demographics

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
Region 1 & 2 394 63 15.6 11.6-20.5 331 84.4 79.5-88.4
GENDER
Male 178 37 18.1 12.3-25.8 141 81.9 74.2-87.7
Female 216 26 13.2 8.3-20.2 190 86.8 79.8-91.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 339 52 15.2 11.0-20.5 287 84.8 79.5-89.0
Non-Hispanic Black 11 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 106 32 26.6 18.1-37.2 74 73.4 62.8-81.9
45-64 136 15 8.6 4.4-16.3 121 91.4 83.7-95.6
65+ 143 16 9.4 5.5-15.5 127 90.6 84.5-94.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 111 13 10.5 5.6-18.9 98 89.5 81.1-94.4
Some Post-H.S. 116 16 15.9 9.1-26.3 100 84.1 73.7-90.9
College Graduate 167 34 21.8 15.3-30.2 133 78.2 69.8-84.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 162 27 15.9 9.9-24.4 135 84.1 75.6-90.1
$50,000+ 171 33 18.6 12.6-26.4 138 81.4 73.6-87.4
Don't know/Not Sure 61 *** *** *** 58 93.3 78.0-98.2

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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 2021 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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