2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, on the days when you drank, about how many drinks did you drink on the average?
(A 40 ounce beer would count as 3 drinks, or a cocktail drink with 2 shots would count as 2 drinks.)*

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  Total
Respond.^
Only one Two Three Four Five or more
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,853 708 35.7 33.2-38.3 660 35.4 32.8-38.0 222 13.0 11.2-15.0 112 6.5 5.2- 8.0 151 9.4 7.9-11.3
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 241 103 33.1 26.7-40.3 79 37.3 30.0-45.1 28 13.1 8.7-19.3 16 8.0 4.7-13.4 15 8.4 4.4-15.5
Region 3 143 64 45.1 35.5-55.1 42 28.8 20.9-38.1 17 11.8 6.7-20.2 *** *** *** 13 9.0 5.0-15.9
Region 4 403 131 29.0 24.2-34.2 164 42.7 37.1-48.5 49 13.2 9.7-17.8 22 5.5 3.4- 8.7 37 9.6 6.7-13.7
Region 5 279 120 43.1 36.3-50.1 95 32.8 26.8-39.4 27 10.4 6.8-15.6 16 4.9 2.9- 8.2 21 8.9 5.4-14.2
Region 6 112 *** *** *** 36 31.7 22.6-42.4 15 13.4 7.6-22.5 12 9.7 5.2-17.3 11 11.2 5.9-20.2
Region 7 371 143 36.8 31.5-42.5 133 34.9 29.6-40.6 45 13.8 10.0-18.7 23 7.4 4.6-11.7 27 7.1 4.7-10.6
Region 8 169 58 33.9 26.1-42.7 65 33.0 25.6-41.5 20 14.7 9.1-22.9 12 8.5 4.1-16.8 14 9.9 5.8-16.3
Region 9 & 10 135 51 35.7 26.7-45.9 46 32.5 24.1-42.3 21 16.2 10.1-24.9 *** *** *** 13 13.2 7.3-22.7
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 455 160 34.0 29.1-39.3 155 31.2 26.5-36.3 68 17.6 13.6-22.3 28 6.2 4.0- 9.5 44 11.1 8.1-15.0
Piedmont 1,109 420 36.0 32.8-39.4 417 37.8 34.6-41.2 119 11.4 9.3-13.8 65 6.3 4.8- 8.2 88 8.5 6.7-10.7
Western NC 289 128 36.8 30.0-44.1 88 32.7 26.2-39.9 35 13.6 9.4-19.2 19 7.4 4.4-12.1 19 9.6 5.5-16.3
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 217 96 36.2 29.1-43.9 71 36.7 29.2-44.9 26 12.4 8.0-18.6 12 7.2 3.9-13.0 12 7.6 3.6-15.1
Northwest 236 99 39.5 32.2-47.3 76 32.6 25.8-40.1 27 12.6 8.2-18.9 14 6.1 3.2-11.4 20 9.2 5.7-14.5
Charlotte 336 103 27.6 22.5-33.2 140 43.9 37.7-50.2 41 13.1 9.4-18.1 19 5.7 3.4- 9.4 33 9.8 6.6-14.3
Greensboro 202 85 40.4 32.5-48.8 71 33.9 26.8-41.9 19 10.3 6.3-16.4 *** *** *** 17 10.7 6.3-17.6
Southern Regional 120 *** *** *** 39 29.9 21.3-40.1 18 16.1 9.8-25.5 11 8.1 4.2-15.1 11 9.6 5.2-17.3
Southeast 106 *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 9.8 5.2-17.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Wake 425 173 39.6 34.5-45.0 151 34.6 29.7-39.9 45 11.4 8.2-15.7 30 7.6 5.0-11.2 26 6.8 4.4-10.2
Area L & Eastern 211 75 32.7 25.8-40.5 66 28.5 22.1-35.8 35 20.0 14.1-27.6 *** *** *** 25 12.8 8.3-19.3
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 241 103 33.1 26.7-40.3 79 37.3 30.0-45.1 28 13.1 8.7-19.3 16 8.0 4.7-13.4 15 8.4 4.4-15.5
Region 2 251 105 42.1 34.9-49.7 81 31.9 25.5-39.1 31 12.2 8.3-17.8 13 4.8 2.5- 9.1 21 8.8 5.3-14.5
Region 3 405 131 28.6 23.9-33.8 166 42.9 37.4-48.7 49 13.2 9.7-17.8 22 5.5 3.5- 8.7 37 9.7 6.7-13.8
Region 4 532 222 40.1 35.4-45.0 186 33.9 29.5-38.6 53 11.0 8.1-14.8 33 7.2 4.9-10.5 38 7.8 5.5-10.9
Region 5 231 77 33.8 26.9-41.4 86 35.5 28.7-42.9 29 12.7 8.4-18.7 19 7.2 4.3-11.6 20 10.9 6.8-16.8
Region 6 193 70 33.5 26.2-41.6 62 29.1 22.4-36.8 32 19.8 13.7-27.6 *** *** *** 20 11.8 7.3-18.6

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported drinking at least one drink in the last month.

See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.

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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