2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 3

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

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 3 816 123 15.3 12.7-18.4 693 84.7 81.6-87.3
GENDER
Male 385 73 19.3 15.1-24.3 312 80.7 75.7-84.9
Female 431 50 11.6 8.6-15.5 381 88.4 84.5-91.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 472 78 17.0 13.5-21.2 394 83.0 78.8-86.5
Non-Hispanic Black 158 17 9.6 5.8-15.6 141 90.4 84.4-94.2
Other 179 28 16.9 10.8-25.3 151 83.1 74.7-89.2
AGE
18-44 331 80 21.7 17.3-26.9 251 78.3 73.1-82.7
45-64 271 28 12.4 8.1-18.4 243 87.6 81.6-91.9
65+ 198 14 6.7 3.8-11.7 184 93.3 88.3-96.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 235 29 13.6 9.2-19.7 206 86.4 80.3-90.8
Some Post-H.S. 206 25 13.3 8.9-19.5 181 86.7 80.5-91.1
College Graduate 373 69 18.7 14.7-23.4 304 81.3 76.6-85.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 232 23 11.5 7.1-18.1 209 88.5 81.9-92.9
$50,000+ 405 78 19.5 15.6-24.2 327 80.5 75.8-84.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 179 22 10.9 6.7-17.0 157 89.1 83.0-93.3

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*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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