2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

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 3,769 531 14.9 13.4-16.6 3,238 85.1 83.4-86.6
Medicaid Region 2 535 62 14.0 10.4-18.6 473 86.0 81.4-89.6
GENDER
Male 226 36 16.9 11.9-23.6 190 83.1 76.4-88.1
Female 309 26 11.5 6.8-18.8 283 88.5 81.2-93.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 384 44 14.8 10.3-20.8 340 85.2 79.2-89.7
Non-Hispanic Black 77 *** *** *** 69 87.0 74.4-93.9
Other 68 *** *** *** 58 87.8 75.7-94.3
AGE
18-44 171 35 21.9 15.1-30.8 136 78.1 69.2-84.9
45-64 193 21 10.0 5.7-16.9 172 90.0 83.1-94.3
65+ 162 *** *** *** 156 94.4 85.9-97.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 172 26 17.0 10.6-26.2 146 83.0 73.8-89.4
Some Post-H.S. 125 15 13.5 8.0-22.0 110 86.5 78.0-92.0
College Graduate 236 21 10.3 6.3-16.2 215 89.7 83.8-93.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 174 22 14.1 8.7-22.0 152 85.9 78.0-91.3
$50,000+ 236 34 16.7 11.4-23.7 202 83.3 76.3-88.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 125 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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 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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