2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 5 900 129 18.7 15.2-22.8 771 81.3 77.2-84.8
GENDER
Male 376 74 22.0 16.7-28.4 302 78.0 71.6-83.3
Female 524 55 15.8 11.4-21.5 469 84.2 78.5-88.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 389 82 23.2 18.3-29.0 307 76.8 71.0-81.7
Non-Hispanic Black 150 16 8.6 4.7-15.3 134 91.4 84.7-95.3
Other 347 30 15.8 8.9-26.5 317 84.2 73.5-91.1
AGE
18-44 292 67 24.7 18.8-31.8 225 75.3 68.2-81.2
45-64 323 39 16.5 10.9-24.1 284 83.5 75.9-89.1
65+ 273 23 12.2 7.2-19.7 250 87.8 80.3-92.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 291 27 11.2 6.8-18.1 264 88.8 81.9-93.2
Some Post-H.S. 284 47 25.8 19.0-34.1 237 74.2 65.9-81.0
College Graduate 323 55 20.2 15.0-26.8 268 79.8 73.2-85.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 340 42 14.8 10.0-21.5 298 85.2 78.5-90.0
$50,000+ 370 67 25.4 19.4-32.5 303 74.6 67.5-80.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 190 20 12.9 7.6-21.0 170 87.1 79.0-92.4

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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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