2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

Alcohol Consumption

Moderate Drinking Guidelines*

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  Total
Respond.^
No Drinks Meets Guidelines Exceeded Guidelines
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,774 1,995 52.5 50.3-54.7 675 17.0 15.4-18.7 1,104 30.5 28.5-32.6
Medicaid Region 1 464 240 57.8 51.5-63.9 103 20.0 15.5-25.4 121 22.2 17.8-27.3
GENDER
Male 195 *** *** *** 55 24.5 16.9-34.0 48 19.9 13.8-27.9
Female 269 148 59.9 51.8-67.5 48 15.8 10.9-22.2 73 24.3 18.3-31.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 381 184 56.3 49.4-63.0 96 20.6 15.8-26.3 101 23.1 18.2-28.8
Non-Hispanic Black 26 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 53 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 108 *** *** *** *** *** *** 38 26.3 18.2-36.4
45-64 154 *** *** *** 25 13.6 8.4-21.2 45 25.5 17.4-35.9
65+ 193 99 60.6 50.9-69.6 57 25.8 18.6-34.6 37 13.6 9.0-20.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 127 *** *** *** 16 12.5 6.6-22.2 24 16.3 9.9-25.6
Some Post-H.S. 142 *** *** *** 31 22.9 14.4-34.3 29 17.7 11.1-27.2
College Graduate 193 69 35.8 27.4-45.3 56 28.1 20.9-36.5 68 36.1 27.9-45.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 160 101 75.7 66.0-83.3 24 13.0 7.5-21.6 35 11.3 7.0-17.7
$50,000+ 195 77 38.1 29.7-47.2 49 24.6 17.9-32.9 69 37.3 29.0-46.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 109 *** *** *** *** *** *** 17 16.5 9.4-27.2

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*Moderate drinking guideline--MALES having a maximum of two drinks on one or more occasions within the past 30 days or FEMALES having a maximum of one drink on one or more occasions within the past 30 days.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2023 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 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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