2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 628 118 18.1 14.6-22.2 510 81.9 77.8-85.4
GENDER
Male 282 64 22.5 17.3-28.8 218 77.5 71.2-82.7
Female 346 54 14.5 10.2-20.2 292 85.5 79.8-89.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 390 70 18.9 14.5-24.3 320 81.1 75.7-85.5
Non-Hispanic Black 121 24 16.7 10.4-25.5 97 83.3 74.5-89.6
Other 104 21 14.0 8.5-22.3 83 86.0 77.7-91.5
AGE
18-44 260 68 24.1 18.4-30.9 192 75.9 69.1-81.6
45-64 210 36 18.1 12.2-26.0 174 81.9 74.0-87.8
65+ 147 14 7.0 3.8-12.6 133 93.0 87.4-96.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 155 26 14.0 8.6-22.1 129 86.0 77.9-91.4
Some Post-H.S. 159 32 21.7 14.7-30.7 127 78.3 69.3-85.3
College Graduate 310 60 19.1 14.6-24.6 250 80.9 75.4-85.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 193 33 15.5 10.1-22.9 160 84.5 77.1-89.9
$50,000+ 300 64 22.6 17.4-28.7 236 77.4 71.3-82.6
Don't know/Not Sure 135 21 14.4 8.1-24.3 114 85.6 75.7-91.9

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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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