2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

One drink is equivalent to a 12 ounce beer, a 5 ounce glass of wine, or a drink with one shot of liquor.
During the past 30 days, on the days when you drank, about how many drinks did you drink on the average?*

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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 2,018 864 38.5 36.0-41.1 596 31.6 29.0-34.2 249 13.1 11.3-15.0 118 5.9 4.8- 7.3 191 11.0 9.4-12.9
GENDER
Male 1,110 379 29.4 26.4-32.7 329 31.3 28.0-34.8 173 16.6 14.0-19.6 80 6.9 5.3- 8.9 149 15.8 13.2-18.7
Female 908 485 50.1 46.1-54.1 267 31.9 28.1-35.9 76 8.5 6.5-10.9 38 4.6 3.2- 6.7 42 4.9 3.5- 6.9
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,783 804 40.5 37.8-43.3 526 31.4 28.7-34.1 208 12.7 10.8-14.7 101 5.8 4.6- 7.3 144 9.7 8.0-11.6
No 235 60 22.4 16.8-29.2 70 33.2 25.9-41.4 42 17.0 11.9-23.8 17 6.6 3.7-11.3 46 20.8 15.0-28.1
Body Mass Index
Underweight 31 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 644 282 39.4 35.0-44.0 187 30.5 26.3-35.1 85 14.8 11.6-18.6 42 6.9 4.9- 9.8 48 8.4 6.1-11.4
Overweight 739 310 37.4 33.4-41.6 227 32.3 28.3-36.6 92 13.6 10.8-17.1 35 5.0 3.4- 7.3 75 11.7 9.0-14.9
Obese 531 227 38.3 33.3-43.5 152 32.8 27.8-38.3 67 12.1 9.1-16.0 33 5.6 3.7- 8.4 52 11.1 8.1-15.2
Current Smoker
Yes 356 91 22.1 17.5-27.6 97 30.4 24.5-37.0 63 15.5 11.5-20.5 29 6.9 4.5-10.5 76 25.1 19.6-31.5
No 1,646 765 42.4 39.5-45.3 495 32.0 29.2-34.9 186 12.5 10.6-14.7 88 5.6 4.3- 7.1 112 7.6 6.2- 9.3
History of CVD**
Yes 177 85 47.0 38.0-56.2 50 27.0 19.7-35.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** 20 14.9 8.8-24.3
No 1,836 778 37.9 35.3-40.6 543 31.8 29.2-34.5 238 13.7 11.8-15.8 108 5.9 4.8- 7.4 169 10.7 9.0-12.6
Binge Drinker
Yes 546 62 11.5 8.5-15.4 147 26.4 22.2-31.0 113 20.2 16.4-24.6 75 12.5 9.6-16.2 149 29.4 24.9-34.3
No 1,445 800 51.1 47.9-54.2 441 33.7 30.7-36.9 131 9.8 8.0-11.9 38 2.7 1.9- 3.9 35 2.7 1.8- 3.9
Heavy Drinker
Yes 257 *** *** *** 57 17.9 13.2-23.8 54 22.0 16.2-29.1 40 14.0 9.8-19.6 106 46.2 38.7-53.8
No 1,761 864 44.6 41.8-47.4 539 33.7 31.0-36.6 195 11.6 9.9-13.6 78 4.6 3.5- 6.0 85 5.4 4.3- 6.9
COPD
Yes 116 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,901 802 37.9 35.4-40.6 567 31.6 29.1-34.3 241 13.4 11.6-15.4 113 6.1 4.9- 7.5 178 11.0 9.3-12.9
Current Asthma
Yes 132 57 40.1 30.4-50.6 *** *** *** 18 16.3 9.9-25.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,879 804 38.3 35.7-41.0 554 31.5 28.9-34.2 232 12.9 11.2-15.0 113 6.0 4.9- 7.5 176 11.2 9.5-13.2
Diabetes
Yes 166 86 46.4 36.7-56.4 33 18.0 11.8-26.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** 24 20.5 12.7-31.3
No 1,855 779 37.9 35.3-40.5 563 32.5 29.9-35.2 232 13.2 11.4-15.3 114 6.1 4.9- 7.5 167 10.3 8.7-12.2
Functional Disability
Yes 457 210 42.7 37.0-48.6 124 28.4 23.2-34.4 42 9.3 6.5-13.2 24 4.8 2.9- 7.8 57 14.8 11.0-19.5
No 1,556 653 37.5 34.7-40.3 471 32.4 29.6-35.4 207 14.1 12.1-16.4 93 6.1 4.8- 7.7 132 9.9 8.2-12.0
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 501 265 49.7 44.0-55.3 126 26.4 21.4-32.0 50 10.3 7.4-14.3 18 3.4 1.9- 6.0 42 10.2 7.0-14.7
No 1,520 600 35.6 32.8-38.5 470 32.8 29.9-35.8 201 13.9 11.9-16.2 100 6.5 5.2- 8.1 149 11.2 9.4-13.3

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*This question was 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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