2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 Demographics

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
Region 4 808 123 15.2 12.6-18.3 685 84.8 81.7-87.4
GENDER
Male 382 73 19.3 15.1-24.3 309 80.7 75.7-84.9
Female 426 50 11.5 8.5-15.4 376 88.5 84.6-91.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 466 78 17.1 13.6-21.3 388 82.9 78.7-86.4
Non-Hispanic Black 156 17 9.7 5.8-15.7 139 90.3 84.3-94.2
Other 179 28 16.8 10.8-25.3 151 83.2 74.7-89.2
AGE
18-44 331 80 21.5 17.1-26.7 251 78.5 73.3-82.9
45-64 267 28 12.5 8.2-18.6 239 87.5 81.4-91.8
65+ 194 14 6.9 3.9-12.0 180 93.1 88.0-96.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 232 29 13.4 9.0-19.5 203 86.6 80.5-91.0
Some Post-H.S. 203 25 13.3 8.9-19.5 178 86.7 80.5-91.1
College Graduate 371 69 18.7 14.7-23.4 302 81.3 76.6-85.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 228 23 11.4 7.0-17.9 205 88.6 82.1-93.0
$50,000+ 402 78 19.5 15.5-24.1 324 80.5 75.9-84.5
Don't know/Not Sure 178 22 10.9 6.8-17.1 156 89.1 82.9-93.2

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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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