2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

Alcohol Consumption

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 5 592 87 15.3 12.1-19.2 505 84.7 80.8-87.9
GENDER
Male 252 41 15.3 10.8-21.2 211 84.7 78.8-89.2
Female 340 46 15.3 11.0-20.9 294 84.7 79.1-89.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 351 57 17.5 13.2-22.9 294 82.5 77.1-86.8
Non-Hispanic Black 111 13 11.0 5.9-19.8 98 89.0 80.2-94.1
Other 123 17 13.1 7.3-22.3 106 86.9 77.7-92.7
AGE
18-44 247 50 21.1 15.6-27.9 197 78.9 72.1-84.4
45-64 184 25 11.4 7.1-17.7 159 88.6 82.3-92.9
65+ 154 *** *** *** 144 92.1 84.1-96.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 173 26 15.6 10.1-23.2 147 84.4 76.8-89.9
Some Post-H.S. 143 18 14.1 8.5-22.6 125 85.9 77.4-91.5
College Graduate 273 43 16.3 11.8-22.0 230 83.7 78.0-88.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 183 27 15.4 10.0-23.0 156 84.6 77.0-90.0
$50,000+ 263 51 19.7 14.5-26.2 212 80.3 73.8-85.5
Don't know/Not Sure 146 *** *** *** 137 93.8 87.5-97.0

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*Data in this table were derived from the alcohol consumption questions. This question was asked of all respondents.

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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