2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

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 4,013 2,167 54.4 52.5-56.2 607 14.3 13.1-15.7 1,239 31.3 29.6-33.0
Medicaid Region 2 568 317 53.4 48.3-58.4 88 17.5 13.9-21.9 163 29.1 24.7-33.8
GENDER
Male 255 123 48.9 41.7-56.1 50 20.5 15.2-27.0 82 30.6 24.4-37.5
Female 313 194 57.4 50.2-64.3 38 14.9 10.2-21.1 81 27.7 21.9-34.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 372 202 51.3 45.2-57.5 66 19.9 15.2-25.7 104 28.8 23.5-34.6
Non-Hispanic Black 93 *** *** *** 13 13.1 7.2-22.6 *** *** ***
Other 102 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 194 93 47.2 38.8-55.8 20 13.5 8.4-21.1 81 39.2 31.4-47.7
45-64 187 98 49.3 41.0-57.7 36 24.7 17.8-33.3 53 26.0 19.5-33.7
65+ 178 123 69.9 60.9-77.6 30 15.6 10.3-22.9 25 14.5 9.0-22.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 188 128 65.6 56.6-73.6 20 12.8 7.6-20.8 40 21.6 15.3-29.6
Some Post-H.S. 155 87 48.7 39.6-57.9 27 21.1 14.3-29.9 41 30.2 22.2-39.6
College Graduate 222 101 43.5 36.2-51.1 41 19.5 14.2-26.3 80 37.0 30.0-44.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 191 121 58.6 49.8-67.0 19 11.5 6.8-18.9 51 29.8 22.4-38.5
$50,000+ 235 93 40.0 32.4-48.1 53 25.8 19.4-33.5 89 34.2 27.3-41.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 142 103 71.9 62.5-79.6 16 9.9 5.7-16.7 23 18.2 11.8-27.2

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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 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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