2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 Demographics

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
Region 1 & 2 416 53 10.4 7.4-14.5 363 89.6 85.5-92.6
GENDER
Male 177 27 13.6 8.5-21.1 150 86.4 78.9-91.5
Female 239 26 7.4 4.5-12.1 213 92.6 87.9-95.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 343 40 10.8 7.4-15.5 303 89.2 84.5-92.6
Non-Hispanic Black 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 99 17 11.1 6.2-19.2 82 88.9 80.8-93.8
45-64 137 18 12.5 6.9-21.4 119 87.5 78.6-93.1
65+ 172 18 7.6 4.0-13.9 154 92.4 86.1-96.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 110 15 13.5 7.6-23.0 95 86.5 77.0-92.4
Some Post-H.S. 131 14 6.8 3.4-13.3 117 93.2 86.7-96.6
College Graduate 173 24 10.9 6.7-17.2 149 89.1 82.8-93.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 144 21 9.6 5.3-16.9 123 90.4 83.1-94.7
$50,000+ 177 24 12.6 7.7-20.1 153 87.4 79.9-92.3
Don't know/Not Sure 95 *** *** *** 87 92.4 82.4-96.9

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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 2021 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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