2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, what is the largest number of drinks you had on any occasion?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Only one Two Three Four Five or more
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,984 508 23.6 21.5-25.9 541 26.5 24.2-29.0 304 14.8 13.1-16.8 185 9.7 8.2-11.5 446 25.3 22.9-27.8
GENDER
Male 1,089 199 16.1 13.7-18.7 254 21.8 18.9-24.9 184 17.2 14.6-20.1 109 10.1 8.1-12.6 343 34.9 31.4-38.6
Female 895 309 33.3 29.7-37.1 287 32.6 28.9-36.6 120 11.9 9.6-14.5 76 9.3 7.1-12.0 103 13.0 10.5-15.9
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,754 472 24.6 22.3-27.1 492 26.6 24.2-29.2 276 15.4 13.5-17.6 159 9.8 8.2-11.8 355 23.5 21.1-26.1
No 230 35 15.2 10.3-21.8 50 26.1 19.2-34.3 30 11.7 7.8-17.0 26 9.1 5.7-14.3 89 38.0 30.5-46.1
Body Mass Index
Underweight 29 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 626 148 21.8 18.2-25.8 169 26.8 22.7-31.3 89 12.8 10.1-16.1 69 11.0 8.4-14.3 151 27.6 23.5-32.2
Overweight 731 176 22.3 19.0-26.1 204 25.5 21.9-29.4 125 18.2 15.0-21.9 71 10.5 7.9-13.8 155 23.5 19.9-27.5
Obese 524 151 26.0 21.7-30.7 144 28.7 24.0-33.9 75 13.4 10.3-17.4 40 8.7 6.1-12.4 114 23.1 18.7-28.2
Current Smoker
Yes 347 56 14.5 10.7-19.5 68 19.1 14.4-24.9 49 12.2 8.8-16.7 38 10.2 6.7-15.1 136 44.0 37.4-50.7
No 1,621 446 25.7 23.3-28.3 471 28.4 25.8-31.2 254 15.5 13.4-17.7 146 9.6 8.0-11.5 304 20.8 18.5-23.4
History of CVD**
Yes 177 53 28.5 21.2-37.0 61 34.9 26.5-44.2 16 7.8 4.4-13.7 *** *** *** 33 21.6 14.3-31.3
No 1,802 453 23.3 21.0-25.6 481 26.0 23.6-28.6 286 15.4 13.5-17.5 170 9.9 8.3-11.7 412 25.5 23.1-28.1
Binge Drinker
Yes 527 *** *** *** 19 3.1 1.9- 5.1 *** *** *** 80 14.4 11.2-18.4 400 77.5 72.9-81.5
No 1,432 494 33.1 30.3-36.1 520 37.0 33.9-40.2 288 20.4 18.0-23.0 101 7.2 5.8- 9.1 29 2.2 1.4- 3.6
Heavy Drinker
Yes 236 *** *** *** 26 9.7 6.4-14.6 28 9.7 6.2-14.8 28 12.3 7.9-18.7 151 67.1 59.6-73.8
No 1,715 500 27.2 24.8-29.8 510 29.2 26.6-32.0 272 15.7 13.7-17.9 151 9.0 7.5-10.9 282 18.9 16.6-21.3
COPD
Yes 117 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 21 21.4 13.2-32.9
No 1,867 464 23.0 20.8-25.3 506 26.4 24.0-28.9 293 15.2 13.3-17.2 180 10.1 8.5-11.9 424 25.4 23.0-28.0
Current Asthma
Yes 131 35 26.2 18.1-36.2 40 26.7 18.4-36.9 21 20.6 12.7-31.7 *** *** *** 27 18.0 11.7-26.8
No 1,845 473 23.6 21.3-25.9 499 26.5 24.0-29.0 284 14.5 12.7-16.6 174 9.8 8.2-11.6 415 25.7 23.2-28.3
Diabetes
Yes 163 59 31.8 23.6-41.2 48 27.2 19.4-36.7 16 7.2 4.1-12.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,824 449 23.0 20.8-25.3 494 26.4 24.0-29.0 290 15.5 13.6-17.6 177 10.0 8.4-11.9 414 25.0 22.6-27.6
Functional Disability
Yes 441 137 28.3 23.4-33.7 124 28.6 23.3-34.6 59 12.0 8.9-16.1 28 5.4 3.4- 8.3 93 25.7 20.6-31.6
No 1,538 370 22.5 20.1-25.0 416 26.0 23.4-28.7 246 15.7 13.7-18.0 157 10.9 9.1-13.0 349 24.9 22.3-27.7
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 495 161 29.9 25.3-35.0 151 29.1 24.1-34.6 75 15.2 11.5-19.8 35 6.7 4.4- 9.9 73 19.1 14.6-24.8
No 1,492 347 22.0 19.6-24.6 391 25.9 23.2-28.7 231 14.9 12.9-17.1 150 10.5 8.7-12.6 373 26.8 24.1-29.6

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*This question asked only of respondents who reported drinking at least one drink in the last month.

**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 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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