2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

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 2 570 79 14.6 11.3-18.7 491 85.4 81.3-88.7
GENDER
Male 255 45 17.1 12.4-23.1 210 82.9 76.9-87.6
Female 315 34 12.4 8.2-18.4 281 87.6 81.6-91.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 374 52 14.6 10.6-19.8 322 85.4 80.2-89.4
Non-Hispanic Black 93 13 14.1 7.8-24.2 80 85.9 75.8-92.2
Other 102 14 15.6 8.2-27.8 88 84.4 72.2-91.8
AGE
18-44 196 42 22.3 16.0-30.2 154 77.7 69.8-84.0
45-64 187 21 8.5 5.3-13.4 166 91.5 86.6-94.7
65+ 178 13 7.3 3.5-14.4 165 92.7 85.6-96.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 189 20 11.8 7.1-19.2 169 88.2 80.8-92.9
Some Post-H.S. 156 19 13.7 8.2-22.0 137 86.3 78.0-91.8
College Graduate 222 40 19.5 14.0-26.6 182 80.5 73.4-86.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 190 21 13.7 8.2-21.9 169 86.3 78.1-91.8
$50,000+ 235 45 18.0 12.7-24.8 190 82.0 75.2-87.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 145 13 9.5 5.3-16.4 132 90.5 83.6-94.7

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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 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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