2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

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 1 466 58 9.6 6.9-13.1 408 90.4 86.9-93.1
GENDER
Male 196 30 11.9 7.5-18.5 166 88.1 81.5-92.5
Female 270 28 7.3 4.5-11.6 242 92.7 88.4-95.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 382 44 9.7 6.7-13.7 338 90.3 86.3-93.3
Non-Hispanic Black 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 109 18 10.9 6.3-18.4 91 89.1 81.6-93.7
45-64 154 21 11.0 6.3-18.5 133 89.0 81.5-93.7
65+ 194 19 6.6 3.6-11.8 175 93.4 88.2-96.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 128 16 10.5 5.9-18.2 112 89.5 81.8-94.1
Some Post-H.S. 143 16 7.8 4.2-14.2 127 92.2 85.8-95.8
College Graduate 193 26 10.2 6.4-16.1 167 89.8 83.9-93.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 161 22 7.7 4.3-13.6 139 92.3 86.4-95.7
$50,000+ 196 27 12.5 7.9-19.2 169 87.5 80.8-92.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 109 *** *** *** 100 92.2 83.1-96.6

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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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