2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 6

Alcohol Consumption

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 6 495 83 17.4 13.4-22.4 412 82.6 77.6-86.6
GENDER
Male 213 52 24.2 17.7-32.3 161 75.8 67.7-82.3
Female 282 31 10.9 6.7-17.0 251 89.1 83.0-93.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 310 55 17.1 12.7-22.5 255 82.9 77.5-87.3
Non-Hispanic Black 111 11 13.8 6.5-26.7 100 86.2 73.3-93.5
Other 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 166 39 23.3 16.0-32.5 127 76.7 67.5-84.0
45-64 167 27 16.3 10.7-24.1 140 83.7 75.9-89.3
65+ 161 17 8.2 4.6-14.0 144 91.8 86.0-95.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 153 30 22.7 14.8-33.1 123 77.3 66.9-85.2
Some Post-H.S. 161 24 14.3 8.9-22.1 137 85.7 77.9-91.1
College Graduate 179 29 15.2 9.9-22.5 150 84.8 77.5-90.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 177 29 20.3 12.6-31.1 148 79.7 68.9-87.4
$50,000+ 227 44 17.3 12.5-23.5 183 82.7 76.5-87.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 91 *** *** *** 81 87.5 77.2-93.6

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*Data in this table were derived from the alcohol consumption questions. This question was asked of all respondents.

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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