2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

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 4 1,062 532 51.4 47.8-54.9 173 15.5 13.1-18.2 357 33.1 29.9-36.5
GENDER
Male 469 213 47.3 42.0-52.6 96 18.3 14.6-22.6 160 34.4 29.6-39.6
Female 593 319 55.1 50.4-59.8 77 12.9 10.1-16.4 197 31.9 27.9-36.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 624 271 43.1 38.7-47.6 115 17.8 14.6-21.5 238 39.1 34.8-43.6
Non-Hispanic Black 187 106 59.1 50.6-67.0 26 13.6 8.7-20.6 55 27.3 20.7-35.1
Other 237 148 69.2 62.1-75.5 27 8.7 5.7-13.0 62 22.1 16.7-28.6
AGE
18-44 458 208 47.5 42.2-52.9 61 13.0 9.8-17.0 189 39.5 34.5-44.8
45-64 340 171 50.7 44.5-56.9 50 15.4 11.2-20.8 119 33.9 28.3-39.9
65+ 241 139 59.4 51.8-66.5 56 21.2 15.9-27.7 46 19.4 14.3-25.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 280 185 64.9 58.0-71.3 23 9.2 5.7-14.5 72 25.9 20.4-32.3
Some Post-H.S. 255 132 50.2 43.3-57.1 41 16.2 11.7-22.1 82 33.6 27.4-40.5
College Graduate 524 212 41.1 36.5-45.9 109 20.0 16.6-24.0 203 38.8 34.3-43.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 285 169 61.8 54.9-68.2 28 8.6 5.7-12.8 88 29.6 23.9-36.1
$50,000+ 518 201 39.8 35.0-44.8 101 18.9 15.3-23.2 216 41.2 36.4-46.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 259 162 64.2 57.1-70.7 44 15.6 11.1-21.4 53 20.3 15.2-26.5

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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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