2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 6

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 6 495 266 53.2 47.6-58.7 83 16.3 12.8-20.6 146 30.5 25.5-36.0
GENDER
Male 214 96 44.4 36.4-52.8 50 22.2 16.4-29.4 68 33.3 25.8-41.8
Female 281 170 61.6 54.2-68.6 33 10.6 7.0-15.7 78 27.8 21.6-34.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 308 154 50.3 43.3-57.3 57 19.2 14.3-25.2 97 30.5 24.7-37.0
Non-Hispanic Black 111 *** *** *** 13 9.3 5.0-16.6 *** *** ***
Other 70 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 167 72 44.6 35.7-53.8 28 18.5 12.7-26.2 67 36.9 28.5-46.2
45-64 168 87 52.7 43.4-61.8 27 14.0 9.0-21.1 54 33.3 25.2-42.6
65+ 159 106 69.5 60.2-77.4 28 15.1 9.8-22.3 25 15.5 9.7-23.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 155 90 55.2 45.3-64.7 27 16.4 10.8-24.2 38 28.4 19.9-38.6
Some Post-H.S. 159 93 58.9 49.4-67.7 19 10.4 6.2-16.8 47 30.7 22.7-40.1
College Graduate 179 82 40.9 32.6-49.8 36 25.6 17.9-35.3 61 33.4 25.8-42.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 180 99 50.2 40.8-59.6 32 15.7 10.4-23.1 49 34.1 25.0-44.5
$50,000+ 224 109 49.3 41.4-57.3 39 20.0 14.3-27.2 76 30.7 24.2-38.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 91 *** *** *** 12 9.5 4.8-17.8 *** *** ***

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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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