BRFSS 2008 - 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?)

2008 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	15,769	6,305	44.3	43.0-45.5	9,464	55.7	54.5-57.0
Have Health Insurance
Yes	13,856	5,646	45.4	44.2-46.7	8,210	54.6	53.3-55.8
No	1,888	650	39.1	35.3-43.0	1,238	60.9	57.0-64.7
Body Mass Index
Underweight	234	81	38.6	29.1-49.1	153	61.4	50.9-70.9
Recommended Range	4,912	2,208	48.3	46.1-50.6	2,704	51.7	49.4-53.9
Overweight	5,571	2,404	47.4	45.5-49.3	3,167	52.6	50.7-54.5
Obese	4,364	1,458	39.5	37.1-42.0	2,906	60.5	58.0-62.9
Current Smoker
No	12,847	4,940	41.4	40.1-42.8	7,907	58.6	57.2-59.9
Yes	2,865	1,344	54.5	51.7-57.3	1,521	45.5	42.7-48.3
History of CVD**
Yes	1,957	493	27.6	24.9-30.5	1,464	72.4	69.5-75.1
No	13,656	5,775	45.9	44.6-47.2	7,881	54.1	52.8-55.4
Current Asthma
Yes	1,313	376	33.8	29.9-38.1	937	66.2	61.9-70.1
No	14,385	5,904	45.2	43.9-46.5	8,481	54.8	53.5-56.1
Diabetes
Yes	1,960	400	23.5	20.8-26.5	1,560	76.5	73.5-79.2
No	13,803	5,904	46.4	45.1-47.7	7,899	53.6	52.3-54.9
Disability
Yes	5,876	1,755	34.5	32.6-36.5	4,121	65.5	63.5-67.4
No	9,469	4,381	48.9	47.3-50.4	5,088	51.1	49.6-52.7

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**History of Cardiovascular Disease: includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

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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