2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 3

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 3 817 414 52.0 48.0-56.0 125 13.2 10.9-16.0 278 34.8 31.1-38.7
GENDER
Male 383 171 45.2 39.5-51.0 75 17.1 13.3-21.9 137 37.7 32.2-43.5
Female 434 243 58.3 52.7-63.6 50 9.6 7.1-13.0 141 32.1 27.1-37.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 471 219 48.3 43.2-53.6 75 14.4 11.1-18.4 177 37.3 32.4-42.3
Non-Hispanic Black 159 86 54.4 45.1-63.5 25 12.7 8.2-19.0 48 32.9 24.6-42.5
Other 180 104 61.2 52.5-69.3 24 10.0 6.4-15.3 52 28.8 21.3-37.5
AGE
18-44 332 141 45.6 39.4-51.9 38 10.7 7.5-15.1 153 43.7 37.7-49.9
45-64 271 132 48.9 42.1-55.8 53 17.9 13.3-23.6 86 33.2 26.8-40.2
65+ 199 131 70.3 62.6-77.0 33 12.3 8.3-17.8 35 17.4 12.2-24.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 238 153 63.9 56.5-70.8 26 11.4 7.4-17.0 59 24.7 18.9-31.6
Some Post-H.S. 203 115 53.2 45.2-60.9 26 10.3 6.6-15.6 62 36.6 29.1-44.7
College Graduate 374 145 39.3 33.8-45.0 72 17.3 13.5-21.8 157 43.4 37.9-49.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 234 153 64.5 56.6-71.7 27 9.0 5.9-13.5 54 26.5 19.9-34.4
$50,000+ 402 152 39.4 34.1-45.0 70 16.2 12.5-20.7 180 44.4 39.1-49.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 181 109 63.7 54.8-71.7 28 12.0 7.8-18.1 44 24.3 17.3-33.0

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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 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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