BRFSS 2007 - North Carolina: (During the past 30 days, have you had at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage such as beer, wine, a malt beverage, or liquor?)

2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption--By Risks, Conditions, and Quality of Life Measures

During the past 30 days, have you had at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage such as beer, wine, a malt beverage, or liquor?

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	14,725	5,798	44.3	43.0-45.6	8,927	55.7	54.4-57.0
Have Health Insurance
Yes	12,842	5,109	44.8	43.5-46.1	7,733	55.2	53.9-56.5
No	1,851	684	42.5	38.9-46.2	1,167	57.5	53.8-61.1
Body Mass Index
Underweight	253	86	34.8	25.5-45.3	167	65.2	54.7-74.5
Recommended Range	4,577	2,111	51.2	48.9-53.5	2,466	48.8	46.5-51.1
Overweight	5,163	2,174	47.4	45.3-49.4	2,989	52.6	50.6-54.7
Obese	4,060	1,295	37.2	34.9-39.6	2,765	62.8	60.4-65.1
Current Smoker
No	11,721	4,396	41.4	40.1-42.8	7,325	58.6	57.2-59.9
Yes	2,963	1,387	54.1	51.2-57.0	1,576	45.9	43.0-48.8
COPD
Yes	1,198	319	30.5	26.4-34.9	879	69.5	65.1-73.6
No	12,846	5,260	45.6	44.3-46.9	7,586	54.4	53.1-55.7
Current Asthma
Yes	1,199	363	36.4	31.9-41.1	836	63.6	58.9-68.1
No	13,457	5,412	45.0	43.7-46.3	8,045	55.0	53.7-56.3
Diabetes
Yes	1,819	383	23.2	20.7-25.9	1,436	76.8	74.1-79.3
No	12,626	5,337	46.7	45.4-48.1	7,289	53.3	51.9-54.6
Disability
Yes	5,293	1,587	34.6	32.6-36.7	3,706	65.4	63.3-67.4
No	8,837	3,994	48.9	47.3-50.5	4,843	51.1	49.5-52.7
Hypertension
Yes	5,670	1,775	35.1	33.3-36.9	3,895	64.9	63.1-66.7
No	9,028	4,010	48.0	46.4-49.6	5,018	52.0	50.4-53.6

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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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