2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 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 4 665 139 21.1 17.6-25.2 526 78.9 74.8-82.4
GENDER
Male 318 78 24.1 18.7-30.5 240 75.9 69.5-81.3
Female 347 61 18.3 14.0-23.6 286 81.7 76.4-86.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 418 92 22.2 17.8-27.3 326 77.8 72.7-82.2
Non-Hispanic Black 125 20 19.0 11.6-29.6 105 81.0 70.4-88.4
Other 110 24 22.0 14.0-32.9 86 78.0 67.1-86.0
AGE
18-44 283 93 31.2 25.1-38.1 190 68.8 61.9-74.9
45-64 220 33 13.9 9.5-19.8 187 86.1 80.2-90.5
65+ 145 11 10.2 5.1-19.6 134 89.8 80.4-94.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 184 31 16.5 11.1-23.7 153 83.5 76.3-88.9
Some Post-H.S. 194 43 23.9 17.2-32.3 151 76.1 67.7-82.8
College Graduate 284 64 23.4 18.2-29.6 220 76.6 70.4-81.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 202 35 19.1 13.0-27.3 167 80.9 72.7-87.0
$50,000+ 311 77 24.6 19.4-30.5 234 75.4 69.5-80.6
Don't know/Not Sure 152 27 17.4 11.1-26.2 125 82.6 73.8-88.9

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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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