2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 752 113 13.7 11.2-16.7 639 86.3 83.3-88.8
GENDER
Male 345 65 17.5 13.4-22.6 280 82.5 77.4-86.6
Female 407 48 10.2 7.6-13.7 359 89.8 86.3-92.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 433 68 15.6 12.1-19.8 365 84.4 80.2-87.9
Non-Hispanic Black 139 18 11.6 6.9-18.9 121 88.4 81.1-93.1
Other 172 26 10.8 6.9-16.5 146 89.2 83.5-93.1
AGE
18-44 312 58 14.9 11.1-19.6 254 85.1 80.4-88.9
45-64 253 34 12.8 9.0-18.0 219 87.2 82.0-91.0
65+ 166 19 13.7 8.2-21.8 147 86.3 78.2-91.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 205 28 13.4 8.8-19.8 177 86.6 80.2-91.2
Some Post-H.S. 186 21 10.6 6.7-16.5 165 89.4 83.5-93.3
College Graduate 359 64 16.8 13.1-21.3 295 83.2 78.7-86.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 193 31 13.2 8.9-19.2 162 86.8 80.8-91.1
$50,000+ 376 69 17.9 14.0-22.8 307 82.1 77.2-86.0
Don't know/Not Sure 183 13 5.4 2.8-10.0 170 94.6 90.0-97.2

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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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