2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

Alcohol Consumption

Binge Drinking
(CDC calculated variable)*

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  Total
Respond.^		 No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,787 3,324 86.4 84.8-87.9 463 13.6 12.1-15.2
Medicaid Region 4 899 786 85.2 81.8-88.0 113 14.8 12.0-18.2
GENDER
Male 411 345 80.2 74.6-84.8 66 19.8 15.2-25.4
Female 488 441 89.7 85.6-92.7 47 10.3 7.3-14.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 547 473 83.1 78.4-86.9 74 16.9 13.1-21.6
Non-Hispanic Black 174 156 87.9 79.9-93.0 18 12.1 7.0-20.1
Other 166 146 87.2 79.9-92.1 20 12.8 7.9-20.1
AGE
18-44 352 286 79.5 73.8-84.3 66 20.5 15.7-26.2
45-64 289 252 86.0 79.9-90.4 37 14.0 9.6-20.1
65+ 247 239 96.3 91.5-98.4 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 212 186 87.7 81.3-92.1 26 12.3 7.9-18.7
Some Post-H.S. 198 171 82.1 73.8-88.2 27 17.9 11.8-26.2
College Graduate 486 426 85.1 80.5-88.7 60 14.9 11.3-19.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 232 203 85.1 77.9-90.2 29 14.9 9.8-22.1
$50,000+ 505 435 83.8 79.0-87.6 70 16.2 12.4-21.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 162 148 89.4 81.9-94.0 14 10.6 6.0-18.1

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*Data in this table were derived from the alcohol consumption questions. This question was asked of all respondents.
Yes = Respondents who report they did drink in the past 30 days and who did have five or more drinks (for males) or four or more drinks (for females) on one or more occasions in the past month.
No = Respondents who report they did not drink in the past 30 days or did NOT have five or more drinks (for males) or four or more drinks (for females) on one or more occasions in the past month.

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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