2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

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 4 1,064 156 13.9 11.7-16.4 908 86.1 83.6-88.3
GENDER
Male 474 84 15.9 12.6-20.0 390 84.1 80.0-87.4
Female 590 72 11.9 9.3-15.2 518 88.1 84.8-90.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 625 99 16.7 13.6-20.4 526 83.3 79.6-86.4
Non-Hispanic Black 186 19 8.1 4.8-13.2 167 91.9 86.8-95.2
Other 239 37 12.0 8.3-17.0 202 88.0 83.0-91.7
AGE
18-44 455 87 16.6 13.2-20.7 368 83.4 79.3-86.8
45-64 344 46 12.8 9.3-17.3 298 87.2 82.7-90.7
65+ 242 21 10.0 6.1-15.8 221 90.0 84.2-93.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 282 41 14.3 10.2-19.6 241 85.7 80.4-89.8
Some Post-H.S. 255 31 12.1 8.2-17.4 224 87.9 82.6-91.8
College Graduate 524 84 15.1 12.1-18.6 440 84.9 81.4-87.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 286 46 13.4 9.7-18.2 240 86.6 81.8-90.3
$50,000+ 521 92 17.8 14.3-21.9 429 82.2 78.1-85.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 257 18 6.1 3.6-10.3 239 93.9 89.7-96.4

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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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