2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Usual Type of Alcoholic Beverage Consumed

During the past 30 days, what type of alcohol did you usually drink?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Beer Wine Liquor** Some other type of alcohol^
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,548 675 45.0 41.9-48.1 543 32.1 29.4-35.0 287 19.7 17.2-22.3 43 3.2 2.3- 4.5
GENDER
Male 834 514 63.5 59.3-67.4 137 13.2 10.8-16.0 162 20.6 17.3-24.4 21 2.8 1.7- 4.5
Female 714 161 22.2 18.6-26.2 406 55.6 51.0-60.1 125 18.5 15.1-22.4 22 3.8 2.4- 6.0
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,353 549 42.1 38.8-45.4 517 34.7 31.6-37.8 247 19.8 17.2-22.7 40 3.4 2.4- 4.9
No 194 125 64.5 55.6-72.5 26 14.9 9.3-23.1 40 18.8 13.1-26.4 *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 20 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 456 187 42.4 36.9-48.1 190 37.6 32.4-43.1 67 16.8 12.8-21.6 *** *** ***
Overweight 569 257 49.2 44.2-54.2 194 31.2 26.9-35.9 101 16.5 13.0-20.6 17 3.1 1.8- 5.3
Obese 442 198 43.9 38.1-49.8 129 26.8 22.0-32.2 103 26.3 21.2-32.0 *** *** ***
Current Smoker
Yes 291 166 57.6 50.3-64.6 61 18.3 13.6-24.1 57 21.0 15.3-28.1 *** *** ***
No 1,241 500 41.6 38.2-45.1 477 35.7 32.5-39.1 228 19.4 16.7-22.3 36 3.3 2.3- 4.7
History of CVD**
Yes 146 59 38.6 29.3-48.9 49 32.5 23.8-42.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,397 614 45.4 42.2-48.7 492 32.2 29.3-35.2 254 19.2 16.7-22.0 37 3.1 2.2- 4.5
Binge Drinker
Yes 405 230 54.5 48.4-60.4 82 19.1 14.9-24.3 85 24.3 19.3-30.2 *** *** ***
No 1,109 419 39.3 35.8-43.0 457 38.7 35.2-42.3 198 18.2 15.5-21.2 35 3.8 2.6- 5.5
Heavy Drinker
Yes 189 90 46.6 38.0-55.4 59 24.2 18.1-31.5 39 29.0 21.0-38.6 *** *** ***
No 1,323 565 44.3 40.9-47.6 475 33.6 30.5-36.8 241 18.4 15.9-21.2 42 3.8 2.7- 5.3
COPD
Yes 104 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,443 635 45.3 42.1-48.5 505 32.1 29.2-35.1 265 19.7 17.1-22.5 38 3.0 2.1- 4.2
Current Asthma
Yes 103 *** *** *** *** *** *** 21 21.9 13.3-33.9 *** *** ***
No 1,439 629 45.2 42.0-48.4 505 31.9 29.1-35.0 264 19.6 17.0-22.4 41 3.3 2.3- 4.7
Diabetes
Yes 140 68 48.4 38.1-58.9 36 20.0 13.7-28.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,409 608 44.7 41.5-48.0 507 33.1 30.2-36.2 256 18.9 16.4-21.7 38 3.2 2.3- 4.6
Functional Disability
Yes 378 170 45.9 39.5-52.4 117 29.0 23.6-35.1 78 20.9 15.9-27.1 *** *** ***
No 1,165 503 44.7 41.2-48.3 426 33.2 30.0-36.5 206 19.1 16.4-22.2 30 3.0 2.0- 4.4
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 421 145 32.6 27.2-38.5 165 37.1 31.5-43.1 100 27.0 21.4-33.5 *** *** ***
No 1,128 531 48.5 44.9-52.1 378 30.7 27.6-34.1 187 17.6 15.0-20.5 32 3.2 2.2- 4.7

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*Asked of respondents that had alcohol within the past 30 days.
**Such as vodka, rum, scotch, bourbon, or whisky.
^Including flavored alcoholic beverages.

**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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