2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

Alcohol Consumption

Excessive Drinking*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,014 560 14.3 13.1-15.7 3,454 85.7 84.3-86.9
Medicaid Region 1 566 70 14.5 11.1-18.8 496 85.5 81.2-88.9
GENDER
Male 255 45 19.4 13.9-26.4 210 80.6 73.6-86.1
Female 311 25 9.9 6.4-15.2 286 90.1 84.8-93.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 466 60 14.6 11.0-19.3 406 85.4 80.7-89.0
Non-Hispanic Black 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 62 *** *** *** 56 92.5 83.1-96.9
AGE
18-44 148 29 22.2 15.0-31.5 119 77.8 68.5-85.0
45-64 178 25 13.8 9.1-20.3 153 86.2 79.7-90.9
65+ 235 16 6.2 3.6-10.5 219 93.8 89.5-96.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 173 21 14.5 8.8-22.9 152 85.5 77.1-91.2
Some Post-H.S. 161 12 11.3 6.3-19.6 149 88.7 80.4-93.7
College Graduate 231 37 18.6 13.3-25.2 194 81.4 74.8-86.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 203 21 14.9 8.9-23.8 182 85.1 76.2-91.1
$50,000+ 233 43 19.7 14.3-26.5 190 80.3 73.5-85.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 130 *** *** *** 124 96.0 91.0-98.3

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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 2024 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2024 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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