2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 5 548 72 13.2 10.3-16.9 476 86.8 83.1-89.7
GENDER
Male 259 51 21.0 15.8-27.5 208 79.0 72.5-84.2
Female 289 21 6.0 3.8- 9.5 268 94.0 90.5-96.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 348 59 17.3 13.1-22.4 289 82.7 77.6-86.9
Non-Hispanic Black 97 *** *** *** 93 96.5 90.8-98.7
Other 97 *** *** *** 88 87.0 75.3-93.7
AGE
18-44 204 30 14.8 10.1-21.2 174 85.2 78.8-89.9
45-64 175 26 15.9 10.5-23.2 149 84.1 76.8-89.5
65+ 165 15 7.3 3.9-13.3 150 92.7 86.7-96.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 195 23 14.3 9.3-21.4 172 85.7 78.6-90.7
Some Post-H.S. 151 11 7.7 4.1-13.9 140 92.3 86.1-95.9
College Graduate 201 38 18.3 13.2-24.9 163 81.7 75.1-86.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 171 14 6.8 3.7-12.2 157 93.2 87.8-96.3
$50,000+ 258 53 21.0 15.8-27.3 205 79.0 72.7-84.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 119 *** *** *** 114 96.0 89.7-98.5

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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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