2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

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
Region 8 646 395 48.7 42.5-54.9 92 14.3 10.7-18.8 159 37.0 31.0-43.4
GENDER
Male 267 136 39.3 30.7-48.7 50 17.8 12.2-25.2 81 42.9 33.6-52.6
Female 379 259 57.9 49.7-65.7 42 10.9 7.0-16.6 78 31.2 24.2-39.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 270 123 41.8 34.5-49.5 55 19.1 14.1-25.4 92 39.1 32.0-46.7
Non-Hispanic Black 79 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 290 *** *** *** 33 5.9 2.1-15.5 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 196 92 38.4 29.5-48.1 25 12.7 7.7-20.3 79 48.9 39.0-59.0
45-64 240 *** *** *** 33 14.0 8.3-22.5 51 27.9 20.0-37.3
65+ 204 *** *** *** 34 18.9 12.0-28.6 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 229 *** *** *** 21 13.8 8.4-21.9 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 197 *** *** *** 21 10.8 5.9-19.1 *** *** ***
College Graduate 218 110 43.8 34.1-54.0 49 19.4 12.7-28.3 59 36.9 28.1-46.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 250 *** *** *** 26 11.2 6.2-19.3 51 30.6 21.7-41.2
$50,000+ 254 124 38.2 29.5-47.7 51 17.4 11.9-24.9 79 44.4 35.5-53.7
Don't know/Not Sure 142 *** *** *** 15 13.4 7.1-23.9 *** *** ***

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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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