2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 5 904 530 50.2 44.9-55.5 142 16.1 13.0-19.8 232 33.7 28.9-38.9
GENDER
Male 381 191 47.9 39.6-56.3 69 15.3 11.2-20.5 121 36.8 29.4-45.0
Female 523 339 52.4 45.7-58.9 73 16.9 12.5-22.3 111 30.8 24.9-37.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 388 165 41.1 34.7-47.9 83 19.6 15.3-24.9 140 39.2 33.1-45.6
Non-Hispanic Black 150 *** *** *** 19 14.5 8.6-23.3 *** *** ***
Other 352 *** *** *** 40 8.5 4.2-16.2 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 298 125 39.4 31.3-48.2 51 16.4 11.9-22.2 122 44.2 36.0-52.7
45-64 322 204 54.2 45.2-62.9 43 13.9 9.1-20.6 75 32.0 24.3-40.7
65+ 272 190 63.7 53.8-72.6 47 17.4 11.9-24.8 35 18.8 12.3-27.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 297 208 59.5 49.7-68.7 32 14.7 9.8-21.5 57 25.8 17.9-35.6
Some Post-H.S. 285 158 40.5 31.9-49.7 43 16.3 11.3-23.1 84 43.2 34.8-52.0
College Graduate 320 162 48.7 41.0-56.4 67 18.0 13.2-24.1 91 33.3 26.7-40.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 342 235 62.9 54.1-70.9 40 12.8 8.3-19.3 67 24.3 17.8-32.3
$50,000+ 370 160 31.0 24.8-37.9 84 22.9 17.6-29.1 126 46.2 39.1-53.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 192 *** *** *** 18 9.5 5.3-16.6 *** *** ***

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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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