2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 537 81 16.7 12.9-21.4 456 83.3 78.6-87.1
GENDER
Male 237 47 21.2 15.6-28.0 190 78.8 72.0-84.4
Female 300 34 12.8 7.9-19.9 266 87.2 80.1-92.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 338 62 21.8 16.3-28.4 276 78.2 71.6-83.7
Non-Hispanic Black 99 *** *** *** 91 92.0 82.3-96.6
Other 91 11 10.8 5.3-20.7 80 89.2 79.3-94.7
AGE
18-44 192 41 22.6 15.8-31.3 151 77.4 68.7-84.2
45-64 182 29 15.8 10.4-23.1 153 84.2 76.9-89.6
65+ 151 *** *** *** 141 92.5 84.9-96.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 146 20 15.8 9.0-26.3 126 84.2 73.7-91.0
Some Post-H.S. 119 18 17.3 10.7-26.9 101 82.7 73.1-89.3
College Graduate 269 43 17.3 12.6-23.3 226 82.7 76.7-87.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 150 19 12.8 7.8-20.3 131 87.2 79.7-92.2
$50,000+ 272 51 19.5 14.3-26.1 221 80.5 73.9-85.7
Don't know/Not Sure 115 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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