2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 3

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, what is the largest number of drinks you had on any occasion?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Only one Two Three Four Five or more
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,808 412 21.2 19.1-23.6 506 26.7 24.4-29.2 322 18.5 16.5-20.7 185 10.5 9.0-12.2 383 23.1 20.8-25.5
Medicaid Region 3 394 72 15.3 11.9-19.6 120 29.7 24.6-35.3 75 21.2 16.8-26.3 41 11.0 7.9-15.2 86 22.8 18.3-28.0
GENDER
Male 206 22 8.5 5.1-13.9 54 24.2 18.1-31.6 45 24.6 18.2-32.3 23 11.7 7.5-17.9 62 30.9 24.1-38.8
Female 188 50 23.4 17.5-30.7 66 36.2 28.3-44.9 30 17.1 11.9-24.0 18 10.2 6.2-16.3 24 13.1 8.4-19.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 248 41 13.9 9.9-19.3 78 31.6 25.2-38.7 52 20.2 15.3-26.2 28 12.7 8.6-18.3 49 21.5 16.2-28.0
Non-Hispanic Black 70 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 74 11 11.8 5.9-22.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 186 19 9.5 5.6-15.6 44 23.1 16.8-30.9 38 23.6 17.2-31.6 26 14.4 9.5-21.1 59 29.4 22.8-37.1
45-64 136 31 18.6 12.7-26.5 49 37.9 28.6-48.3 24 16.7 11.0-24.5 *** *** *** 22 20.0 12.5-30.3
65+ 67 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 81 11 13.8 7.3-24.7 *** *** *** 13 16.2 9.0-27.5 11 13.0 6.6-24.0 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 86 18 16.6 10.1-26.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 11.8 6.4-20.9 14 17.7 10.3-28.9
College Graduate 226 43 15.5 11.2-21.0 68 29.6 23.5-36.6 45 22.7 17.1-29.6 19 9.4 5.9-14.8 51 22.7 17.3-29.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 78 16 14.8 8.3-24.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 247 37 12.9 8.9-18.3 72 28.1 22.2-34.7 57 23.8 18.4-30.2 24 10.1 6.7-14.9 57 25.1 19.5-31.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 69 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 15.3 8.4-26.1

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*This question asked only of respondents who reported drinking at least one drink in the last month.

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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