2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

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 4 892 126 15.5 12.7-18.9 766 84.5 81.1-87.3
GENDER
Male 409 75 20.5 15.9-26.1 334 79.5 73.9-84.1
Female 483 51 10.9 7.8-15.1 432 89.1 84.9-92.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 544 90 18.8 14.9-23.6 454 81.2 76.4-85.1
Non-Hispanic Black 171 16 10.6 5.9-18.5 155 89.4 81.5-94.1
Other 165 19 12.3 7.5-19.6 146 87.7 80.4-92.5
AGE
18-44 345 63 20.0 15.2-25.9 282 80.0 74.1-84.8
45-64 289 40 14.6 10.1-20.6 249 85.4 79.4-89.9
65+ 247 21 7.3 4.3-12.2 226 92.7 87.8-95.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 209 24 12.1 7.6-18.7 185 87.9 81.3-92.4
Some Post-H.S. 196 28 18.4 12.2-26.7 168 81.6 73.3-87.8
College Graduate 484 74 16.4 12.8-20.9 410 83.6 79.1-87.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 228 27 14.3 9.3-21.6 201 85.7 78.4-90.7
$50,000+ 504 85 18.3 14.3-23.2 419 81.7 76.8-85.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 160 14 8.7 4.8-15.2 146 91.3 84.8-95.2

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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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