2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 566 70 14.5 11.1-18.8 496 85.5 81.2-88.9
Region 3 319 41 13.1 9.3-18.3 278 86.9 81.7-90.7
Region 4 808 123 15.2 12.6-18.3 685 84.8 81.7-87.4
Region 5 592 87 15.3 12.1-19.2 505 84.7 80.8-87.9
Region 6 281 34 12.8 8.8-18.1 247 87.2 81.9-91.2
Region 7 752 113 13.7 11.2-16.7 639 86.3 83.3-88.8
Region 8 372 53 15.2 11.3-20.1 319 84.8 79.9-88.7
Region 9 & 10 324 39 14.3 10.1-19.9 285 85.7 80.1-89.9
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,100 147 14.2 11.9-16.9 953 85.8 83.1-88.1
Piedmont 2,225 326 14.6 13.0-16.4 1,899 85.4 83.6-87.0
Western NC 689 87 14.8 11.6-18.6 602 85.2 81.4-88.4
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 484 59 14.0 10.4-18.4 425 86.0 81.6-89.6
Northwest 563 71 13.9 10.8-17.8 492 86.1 82.2-89.2
Charlotte 654 104 15.7 12.8-19.2 550 84.3 80.8-87.2
Greensboro 449 65 15.6 11.8-20.3 384 84.4 79.7-88.2
Southern Regional 329 36 12.4 8.7-17.4 293 87.6 82.6-91.3
Southeast 210 33 14.4 9.9-20.4 177 85.6 79.6-90.1
Wake 818 122 14.0 11.5-17.0 696 86.0 83.0-88.5
Area L & Eastern 507 70 15.7 12.1-20.0 437 84.3 80.0-87.9
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 566 70 14.5 11.1-18.8 496 85.5 81.2-88.9
Region 2 570 79 14.6 11.3-18.7 491 85.4 81.3-88.7
Region 3 816 123 15.3 12.7-18.4 693 84.7 81.6-87.3
Region 4 1,064 156 13.9 11.7-16.4 908 86.1 83.6-88.3
Region 5 548 72 13.2 10.3-16.9 476 86.8 83.1-89.7
Region 6 450 60 15.5 11.7-20.2 390 84.5 79.8-88.3

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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.

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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