2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

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
Region 8 643 87 20.2 15.7-25.6 556 79.8 74.4-84.3
GENDER
Male 264 51 26.2 19.1-34.8 213 73.8 65.2-80.9
Female 379 36 14.6 9.6-21.5 343 85.4 78.5-90.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 271 55 23.6 17.7-30.6 216 76.4 69.4-82.3
Non-Hispanic Black 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 287 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 192 42 26.8 19.1-36.2 150 73.2 63.8-80.9
45-64 241 29 14.7 9.4-22.3 212 85.3 77.7-90.6
65+ 204 16 16.4 9.0-27.9 188 83.6 72.1-91.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 225 23 15.1 8.8-24.5 202 84.9 75.5-91.2
Some Post-H.S. 197 31 25.9 17.5-36.4 166 74.1 63.6-82.5
College Graduate 219 33 20.1 13.6-28.7 186 79.9 71.3-86.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 249 30 18.0 11.2-27.8 219 82.0 72.2-88.8
$50,000+ 254 41 23.3 16.3-32.1 213 76.7 67.9-83.7
Don't know/Not Sure 140 16 17.9 10.3-29.4 124 82.1 70.6-89.7

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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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