2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

Considering all types of alcoholic beverages, how many times during the past 30 days did you have
[5 or more drinks for men or 4 or more drinks for women] on an occasion?*

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  Total
Respond.^
None Once Twice 3-7 times 8-30 times
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,031 1,463 68.8 66.2-71.3 193 11.0 9.4-12.9 119 5.7 4.6- 6.9 174 9.5 7.9-11.3 82 5.0 3.9- 6.5
GENDER
Male 1,114 747 63.1 59.4-66.6 117 11.5 9.3-14.1 67 5.7 4.3- 7.5 120 12.7 10.4-15.5 63 6.9 5.2- 9.3
Female 917 716 76.2 72.6-79.4 76 10.3 8.0-13.2 52 5.6 4.1- 7.6 54 5.3 3.9- 7.3 19 2.6 1.5- 4.4
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,793 1,335 70.6 67.8-73.2 166 11.0 9.3-13.0 97 5.5 4.4- 6.8 126 8.2 6.6-10.0 69 4.8 3.6- 6.3
No 238 130 56.2 48.2-63.8 25 10.2 6.3-16.0 22 7.1 4.4-11.3 48 19.5 14.0-26.5 *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 30 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 646 452 64.9 60.2-69.3 70 13.7 10.6-17.4 44 7.0 5.0- 9.7 57 10.0 7.4-13.3 23 4.5 2.7- 7.2
Overweight 743 542 71.0 66.9-74.8 74 10.5 8.1-13.6 41 5.6 4.0- 7.9 60 8.8 6.6-11.8 26 4.0 2.6- 6.1
Obese 535 393 72.7 67.6-77.3 37 7.0 4.8-10.1 30 4.1 2.6- 6.2 51 10.3 7.3-14.3 24 6.0 3.6- 9.7
Current Smoker
Yes 357 183 48.0 41.6-54.6 40 11.2 7.7-15.9 22 5.4 3.3- 8.6 73 21.7 16.7-27.8 39 13.7 9.4-19.5
No 1,658 1,270 73.7 71.0-76.3 152 10.9 9.1-13.0 95 5.7 4.5- 7.1 99 6.7 5.3- 8.4 42 3.0 2.1- 4.3
History of CVD**
Yes 178 136 73.6 64.1-81.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** 17 13.4 7.4-23.0 *** *** ***
No 1,848 1,323 68.5 65.8-71.1 183 11.5 9.8-13.5 114 5.9 4.8- 7.3 157 9.2 7.7-11.0 71 4.9 3.7- 6.4
Binge Drinker
Yes 568 *** *** *** 193 35.3 30.7-40.2 119 18.1 14.9-22.0 174 30.4 25.9-35.2 82 16.2 12.6-20.5
No 1,466 1,466 100 . - . *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Heavy Drinker
Yes 251 70 24.6 19.0-31.2 29 12.2 8.0-18.3 21 7.1 4.3-11.4 67 26.4 20.3-33.6 64 29.7 22.9-37.5
No 1,737 1,372 76.4 73.8-78.9 160 10.9 9.1-12.9 93 5.3 4.2- 6.7 100 6.6 5.2- 8.3 *** *** ***
COPD
Yes 119 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,910 1,372 68.7 66.1-71.3 183 11.1 9.4-13.0 116 5.8 4.7- 7.2 166 9.6 8.1-11.5 73 4.7 3.6- 6.2
Current Asthma
Yes 133 95 74.8 65.0-82.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,890 1,365 68.6 65.9-71.2 180 11.1 9.4-13.0 113 5.8 4.7- 7.1 160 9.5 7.9-11.4 72 5.1 3.9- 6.6
Diabetes
Yes 167 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,867 1,339 68.9 66.2-71.4 185 11.4 9.7-13.4 112 5.8 4.7- 7.1 160 9.5 7.9-11.4 71 4.4 3.4- 5.8
Functional Disability
Yes 460 334 68.7 62.9-74.0 34 9.1 6.2-13.2 *** *** *** 44 10.5 7.3-15.1 35 9.5 6.4-13.7
No 1,567 1,128 69.0 66.1-71.8 159 11.5 9.7-13.7 106 6.6 5.3- 8.2 127 9.0 7.3-10.9 47 3.9 2.7- 5.5
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 506 400 74.9 69.2-79.9 31 6.2 4.0- 9.6 16 3.0 1.7- 5.3 37 10.0 6.5-15.0 22 5.8 3.5- 9.7
No 1,528 1,066 67.3 64.4-70.2 162 12.2 10.3-14.4 103 6.3 5.1- 7.9 137 9.3 7.7-11.3 60 4.8 3.6- 6.5

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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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