2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, how many days per week or per month did you have at least one drink of any
alcoholic beverage such as beer, wine, a malt beverage or liquor?

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  Total
Respond.^
No drinks 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-29 days Everyday
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,419 2,336 52.0 50.2-53.9 532 13.0 11.8-14.3 606 13.8 12.6-15.1 712 16.2 14.9-17.6 233 5.0 4.3- 5.9
GENDER
Male 2,043 891 43.1 40.5-45.8 228 11.8 10.2-13.7 334 16.6 14.7-18.7 429 21.0 18.9-23.2 161 7.5 6.2- 9.0
Female 2,376 1,445 60.1 57.6-62.6 304 14.1 12.4-16.0 272 11.2 9.8-12.8 283 11.8 10.3-13.5 72 2.8 2.1- 3.7
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,858 2,029 51.1 49.1-53.1 466 13.2 11.9-14.6 531 14.0 12.7-15.4 635 16.8 15.4-18.3 197 4.9 4.1- 5.9
No 559 304 57.1 52.0-62.1 66 11.9 8.8-15.9 75 13.0 10.0-16.7 77 12.2 9.4-15.8 37 5.8 4.0- 8.3
Body Mass Index
Underweight 76 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,215 555 43.5 40.1-46.9 145 13.3 11.0-15.9 185 15.8 13.5-18.5 240 19.8 17.3-22.7 90 7.6 5.9- 9.7
Overweight 1,462 710 49.7 46.5-52.9 177 11.8 9.9-13.9 199 13.9 11.9-16.3 303 20.6 18.2-23.3 73 4.0 3.0- 5.3
Obese 1,351 794 56.7 53.3-60.1 176 14.9 12.6-17.6 187 13.3 11.2-15.7 138 10.9 8.9-13.3 56 4.1 2.9- 5.8
Current Smoker
Yes 726 349 46.4 41.8-51.1 77 11.4 8.7-14.8 108 14.3 11.6-17.6 134 19.4 15.8-23.5 58 8.5 6.2-11.5
No 3,665 1,975 53.3 51.3-55.3 449 13.2 11.9-14.7 492 13.6 12.3-15.1 575 15.6 14.3-17.1 174 4.3 3.5- 5.2
History of CVD**
Yes 564 380 69.6 64.6-74.2 51 7.5 5.4-10.4 47 8.8 6.3-12.2 58 10.4 7.5-14.3 28 3.6 2.3- 5.7
No 3,836 1,941 49.8 47.8-51.8 481 13.7 12.4-15.2 556 14.4 13.1-15.8 652 16.9 15.5-18.4 206 5.2 4.4- 6.2
Binge Drinker
Yes 568 *** *** *** 56 10.3 7.5-13.9 140 23.8 19.9-28.2 268 47.8 42.8-52.8 104 18.1 14.6-22.3
No 3,804 2,338 61.7 59.8-63.6 468 13.4 12.1-14.9 452 11.8 10.6-13.1 429 10.5 9.4-11.7 117 2.6 2.1- 3.3
Heavy Drinker
Yes 257 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 151 63.2 55.9-70.0 97 34.1 27.5-41.4
No 4,099 2,338 56.4 54.5-58.3 520 13.9 12.6-15.3 577 14.2 13.0-15.6 538 12.6 11.4-13.9 126 2.8 2.2- 3.6
COPD
Yes 400 277 68.7 62.3-74.5 43 12.7 8.7-18.0 33 7.2 4.8-10.8 27 7.1 4.3-11.7 20 4.2 2.4- 7.3
No 4,008 2,049 50.5 48.6-52.4 490 13.1 11.8-14.5 571 14.4 13.1-15.7 685 17.0 15.6-18.4 213 5.1 4.3- 6.0
Current Asthma
Yes 401 266 67.6 61.5-73.2 45 13.0 9.2-18.0 43 9.9 6.8-14.2 35 7.7 5.2-11.2 *** *** ***
No 4,004 2,063 50.5 48.5-52.4 488 13.1 11.8-14.5 560 14.2 12.9-15.5 675 17.1 15.7-18.5 218 5.3 4.4- 6.2
Diabetes
Yes 638 467 73.5 68.7-77.8 59 8.5 6.3-11.4 53 6.9 5.0- 9.4 37 8.2 5.4-12.4 22 2.9 1.6- 5.0
No 3,787 1,871 49.0 47.0-50.9 474 13.6 12.3-15.1 553 14.7 13.4-16.2 677 17.3 15.9-18.8 212 5.3 4.5- 6.3
Functional Disability
Yes 1,391 915 64.8 61.4-68.0 138 10.1 8.3-12.4 134 10.1 8.2-12.4 130 9.3 7.5-11.4 74 5.7 4.2- 7.7
No 3,014 1,411 46.8 44.6-49.1 393 14.2 12.7-15.8 469 15.2 13.7-16.8 582 19.0 17.4-20.8 159 4.7 3.9- 5.7
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,474 954 65.7 62.5-68.8 150 11.0 9.1-13.4 141 8.9 7.2-10.8 152 9.9 8.1-12.1 77 4.5 3.3- 6.0
No 2,951 1,384 46.6 44.4-48.9 383 13.8 12.3-15.4 465 15.7 14.2-17.4 562 18.7 17.0-20.4 157 5.2 4.3- 6.3

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**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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