2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 656 96 18.7 14.6-23.6 560 81.3 76.4-85.4
GENDER
Male 307 63 25.2 18.8-32.9 244 74.8 67.1-81.2
Female 349 33 12.2 7.9-18.4 316 87.8 81.6-92.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 355 62 18.5 13.9-24.1 293 81.5 75.9-86.1
Non-Hispanic Black 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 185 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 224 52 27.3 20.0-36.1 172 72.7 63.9-80.0
45-64 231 27 13.0 8.1-20.4 204 87.0 79.6-91.9
65+ 195 16 9.1 4.9-16.6 179 90.9 83.4-95.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 248 37 19.4 12.8-28.3 211 80.6 71.7-87.2
Some Post-H.S. 211 33 19.8 13.5-28.2 178 80.2 71.8-86.5
College Graduate 197 26 15.3 9.9-22.7 171 84.7 77.3-90.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 270 35 19.2 13.0-27.5 235 80.8 72.5-87.0
$50,000+ 248 42 22.4 15.6-31.1 206 77.6 68.9-84.4
Don't know/Not Sure 138 19 11.8 6.5-20.5 119 88.2 79.5-93.5

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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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