2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 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 9 & 10 380 60 16.2 12.2-21.2 320 83.8 78.8-87.8
GENDER
Male 172 42 25.6 18.5-34.3 130 74.4 65.7-81.5
Female 208 18 7.4 4.4-12.2 190 92.6 87.8-95.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 252 52 20.9 15.5-27.7 200 79.1 72.3-84.5
Non-Hispanic Black 84 *** *** *** 78 90.1 78.8-95.7
Other 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 116 33 26.9 18.8-37.0 83 73.1 63.0-81.2
45-64 124 14 10.7 5.7-18.9 110 89.3 81.1-94.3
65+ 132 13 7.2 3.6-13.8 119 92.8 86.2-96.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 114 15 14.0 8.2-22.7 99 86.0 77.3-91.8
Some Post-H.S. 116 17 16.5 9.9-26.2 99 83.5 73.8-90.1
College Graduate 148 27 18.8 12.2-27.8 121 81.2 72.2-87.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 148 19 13.4 7.9-21.6 129 86.6 78.4-92.1
$50,000+ 161 34 21.9 15.3-30.4 127 78.1 69.6-84.7
Don't know/Not Sure 71 *** *** *** 64 89.2 76.8-95.3

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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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