2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 Demographics

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Excessive Drinking*

View results for a demographic group:
 Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  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 6 361 58 17.8 13.2-23.6 303 82.2 76.4-86.8
GENDER
Male 167 35 24.1 16.5-33.6 132 75.9 66.4-83.5
Female 194 23 11.7 7.1-18.6 171 88.3 81.4-92.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 197 28 14.6 9.9-21.2 169 85.4 78.8-90.1
Non-Hispanic Black 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 154 32 22.2 14.8-31.8 122 77.8 68.2-85.2
45-64 97 16 16.2 9.1-27.1 81 83.8 72.9-90.9
65+ 105 *** *** *** 95 89.5 80.0-94.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 109 16 13.3 7.3-22.9 93 86.7 77.1-92.7
Some Post-H.S. 121 23 23.6 15.1-34.8 98 76.4 65.2-84.9
College Graduate 130 19 15.4 9.1-24.8 111 84.6 75.2-90.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 125 17 14.6 8.2-24.8 108 85.4 75.2-91.8
$50,000+ 160 33 22.0 15.0-31.1 127 78.0 68.9-85.0
Don't know/Not Sure 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***

Back to Derived Variables and Risk Factors.

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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 26JUN24.

SCHS Home | FAQs | Contacts