2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 3

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 3 484 229 48.8 43.0-54.5 89 16.2 12.7-20.5 166 35.0 29.6-40.9
GENDER
Male 228 100 45.7 37.3-54.4 50 19.0 13.7-25.8 78 35.2 27.2-44.2
Female 256 129 51.5 43.8-59.2 39 13.6 9.3-19.4 88 34.9 27.8-42.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 277 120 46.5 39.1-54.0 52 15.3 11.1-20.8 105 38.2 31.1-45.9
Non-Hispanic Black 109 *** *** *** 25 21.1 13.5-31.4 *** *** ***
Other 88 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 193 78 42.4 34.0-51.2 22 9.5 6.0-14.6 93 48.2 39.4-57.0
45-64 156 76 51.7 41.5-61.8 35 23.5 15.9-33.3 45 24.8 17.4-34.1
65+ 126 *** *** *** 28 19.8 12.7-29.4 25 20.5 12.8-31.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 139 90 64.9 54.6-73.9 15 10.2 5.5-18.2 34 24.9 17.2-34.7
Some Post-H.S. 133 *** *** *** 26 16.6 10.5-25.2 *** *** ***
College Graduate 208 68 32.6 25.7-40.4 47 22.9 16.9-30.2 93 44.5 36.7-52.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 146 *** *** *** 14 8.5 4.8-14.6 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 230 80 35.9 28.4-44.1 48 20.4 14.7-27.7 102 43.7 35.8-51.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 108 *** *** *** 27 17.0 10.8-25.7 *** *** ***

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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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