2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

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
Western 475 81 16.8 12.8-21.6 394 83.2 78.4-87.2
GENDER
Male 215 45 19.5 13.4-27.4 170 80.5 72.6-86.6
Female 260 36 14.3 9.8-20.3 224 85.7 79.7-90.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 410 68 15.6 11.8-20.3 342 84.4 79.7-88.2
Non-Hispanic Black 12 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 103 15 11.5 6.6-19.4 88 88.5 80.6-93.4
75+ 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 144 24 19.8 12.4-30.2 120 80.2 69.8-87.6
College Graduate 205 44 22.2 16.1-29.9 161 77.8 70.1-83.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 163 20 12.2 7.0-20.5 143 87.8 79.5-93.0
No 306 61 19.8 14.6-26.2 245 80.2 73.8-85.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 418 69 16.7 12.5-21.9 349 83.3 78.1-87.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 244 56 22.5 16.4-30.0 188 77.5 70.0-83.6
Unemployed 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 163 16 9.8 5.5-16.9 147 90.2 83.1-94.5
Unable to Work 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 139 30 21.4 14.3-30.8 109 78.6 69.2-85.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 274 59 20.8 15.2-27.8 215 79.2 72.2-84.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 362 49 14.3 10.1-19.9 313 85.7 80.1-89.9
Rent 93 27 25.5 17.0-36.5 66 74.5 63.5-83.0
Other arrangement 18 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 175 34 18.8 12.7-26.8 141 81.2 73.2-87.3
Rural 300 47 15.8 11.0-22.1 253 84.2 77.9-89.0
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 122 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 165 32 20.2 13.7-28.6 133 79.8 71.4-86.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 188 36 18.0 12.3-25.5 152 82.0 74.5-87.7
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 280 53 17.6 13.0-23.4 227 82.4 76.6-87.0
2nd Quartile 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2022 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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