2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

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 4 894 425 48.1 43.9-52.2 168 17.7 14.7-21.1 301 34.2 30.5-38.3
GENDER
Male 410 170 41.9 36.0-47.9 97 22.3 17.4-28.0 143 35.9 30.3-41.9
Female 484 255 53.7 48.1-59.3 71 13.5 10.4-17.3 158 32.8 27.8-38.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 545 221 40.2 35.3-45.4 108 17.7 14.3-21.7 216 42.1 37.0-47.2
Non-Hispanic Black 173 101 56.0 46.3-65.2 30 20.5 13.2-30.4 42 23.5 16.6-32.3
Other 164 95 60.8 51.1-69.7 29 14.8 9.7-21.9 40 24.4 17.3-33.2
AGE
18-44 352 137 41.6 35.3-48.1 61 15.0 11.3-19.6 154 43.4 37.3-49.8
45-64 285 134 49.9 42.7-57.1 50 16.9 12.2-22.9 101 33.2 26.8-40.2
65+ 246 148 58.9 50.0-67.2 56 25.7 18.1-35.2 42 15.4 10.4-22.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 209 141 64.9 56.2-72.7 19 10.1 5.5-17.8 49 25.0 18.4-32.9
Some Post-H.S. 197 108 51.4 43.0-59.8 34 15.3 10.4-22.0 55 33.3 25.7-41.9
College Graduate 485 174 33.0 28.4-38.1 115 25.2 20.7-30.2 196 41.8 36.7-47.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 229 145 63.0 54.9-70.5 31 11.4 7.6-16.6 53 25.6 19.1-33.5
$50,000+ 505 189 39.8 34.4-45.5 113 20.0 16.1-24.4 203 40.2 35.0-45.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 160 91 52.5 42.9-61.9 24 19.4 11.7-30.4 45 28.1 20.5-37.3

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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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