2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Alcohol Consumption

Considering all types of alcoholic beverages, how many times during the past 30 days did you have
[5 or more drinks for men or 4 or more drinks for women] on an occasion?*

View results for a demographic group:
 Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  Total
Respond.^		 None Once Twice 3-7 times 8-30 times
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,863 1,358 71.1 68.5-73.5 183 10.2 8.6-11.9 112 6.0 4.9- 7.4 155 9.5 8.0-11.3 55 3.3 2.4- 4.4
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 242 186 69.3 61.2-76.4 15 7.5 4.2-13.1 16 8.8 5.1-14.6 17 11.2 6.4-18.8 *** *** ***
Region 3 146 109 74.3 65.0-81.9 12 7.1 3.7-13.1 *** *** *** 12 9.9 5.0-18.5 *** *** ***
Region 4 403 290 70.8 65.4-75.7 44 10.3 7.4-14.2 31 8.1 5.5-11.9 29 8.0 5.4-11.7 *** *** ***
Region 5 279 197 70.1 63.2-76.2 37 14.3 9.9-20.1 19 5.4 3.0- 9.7 18 5.7 3.4- 9.4 *** *** ***
Region 6 111 79 69.1 58.3-78.2 13 14.2 7.9-24.4 *** *** *** 11 9.1 4.7-16.9 *** *** ***
Region 7 377 275 74.2 68.9-78.9 38 9.2 6.6-12.8 16 3.7 2.1- 6.4 35 9.6 6.6-13.9 13 3.2 1.8- 5.7
Region 8 169 121 67.8 58.8-75.7 14 7.8 4.2-13.8 11 7.8 4.0-14.5 18 14.1 8.5-22.5 *** *** ***
Region 9 & 10 136 101 69.7 59.4-78.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** 15 14.8 8.3-24.9 *** *** ***
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 457 323 67.6 62.3-72.5 42 10.4 7.5-14.3 23 4.8 3.0- 7.7 55 14.4 10.8-19.0 14 2.7 1.5- 4.7
Piedmont 1,114 812 72.5 69.4-75.5 121 10.6 8.7-12.9 71 6.1 4.7- 8.0 79 7.3 5.7- 9.2 31 3.4 2.3- 5.1
Western NC 292 223 69.7 62.2-76.3 20 7.6 4.5-12.3 18 7.9 4.7-12.9 21 11.4 6.8-18.3 *** *** ***
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 218 172 73.4 65.1-80.4 11 4.8 2.5- 9.1 14 8.7 4.9-15.0 14 10.3 5.5-18.3 *** *** ***
Northwest 237 173 69.8 62.2-76.4 20 8.7 5.2-14.0 17 8.3 4.8-14.0 20 9.7 5.9-15.4 *** *** ***
Charlotte 338 242 71.6 65.7-76.8 40 10.9 7.7-15.4 25 7.3 4.7-11.2 24 7.8 5.0-11.9 *** *** ***
Greensboro 201 140 67.8 59.3-75.2 24 13.2 8.2-20.6 15 6.4 3.4-11.8 14 6.4 3.6-11.3 *** *** ***
Southern Regional 120 87 69.3 58.8-78.1 11 11.2 5.9-20.2 *** *** *** 15 13.5 7.8-22.4 *** *** ***
Southeast 106 77 72.2 61.6-80.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Wake 432 322 75.4 70.5-79.7 47 10.6 7.7-14.4 17 3.1 1.8- 5.2 32 7.5 5.1-11.1 14 3.4 1.9- 6.0
Area L & Eastern 211 145 65.5 57.4-72.7 21 11.0 6.9-17.0 *** *** *** 29 16.3 10.9-23.6 *** *** ***
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 242 186 69.3 61.2-76.4 15 7.5 4.2-13.1 16 8.8 5.1-14.6 17 11.2 6.4-18.8 *** *** ***
Region 2 254 182 70.9 63.6-77.3 27 11.6 7.5-17.6 19 6.5 3.8-11.1 19 7.3 4.3-12.2 *** *** ***
Region 3 405 292 70.7 65.3-75.6 44 10.3 7.4-14.3 31 8.2 5.5-11.9 29 8.1 5.5-11.8 *** *** ***
Region 4 538 395 73.9 69.4-77.9 57 9.9 7.4-13.0 25 4.0 2.5- 6.4 43 8.6 6.1-11.9 18 3.6 2.2- 5.9
Region 5 231 166 69.8 62.4-76.3 22 10.8 6.7-16.8 14 6.3 3.6-10.7 22 10.2 6.5-15.8 *** *** ***
Region 6 193 137 67.1 58.6-74.7 18 10.4 6.3-16.7 *** *** *** 25 15.7 10.1-23.6 *** *** ***

Back to Alcohol Consumption.

*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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 18SEP25.

SCHS Home | FAQs | Contacts