2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Screening & Brief Intervention (ASBI)

Healthcare providers may also advise patients to drink less for various reasons.
At your last routine checkup, were you advised to reduce or quit your drinking?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,246 207 9.4 8.0-10.9 2,039 90.6 89.1-92.0
GENDER
Male 997 117 12.1 10.0-14.8 880 87.9 85.2-90.0
Female 1,249 90 7.1 5.6- 8.9 1,159 92.9 91.1-94.4
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,048 158 7.8 6.6- 9.3 1,890 92.2 90.7-93.4
No 196 48 22.9 16.9-30.1 148 77.1 69.9-83.1
Body Mass Index
Underweight 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 547 55 10.4 7.7-13.9 492 89.6 86.1-92.3
Overweight 764 67 9.1 7.0-11.8 697 90.9 88.2-93.0
Obese 767 64 8.0 6.1-10.5 703 92.0 89.5-93.9
Current Smoker
Yes 356 58 17.9 13.6-23.3 298 82.1 76.7-86.4
No 1,878 149 7.7 6.4- 9.1 1,729 92.3 90.9-93.6
History of CVD**
Yes 290 35 11.5 8.0-16.4 255 88.5 83.6-92.0
No 1,939 168 8.9 7.5-10.5 1,771 91.1 89.5-92.5
Binge Drinker
Yes 268 51 19.2 14.3-25.3 217 80.8 74.7-85.7
No 1,890 139 7.4 6.2- 8.9 1,751 92.6 91.1-93.8
COPD
Yes 200 23 13.5 8.7-20.4 177 86.5 79.6-91.3
No 2,041 182 8.9 7.6-10.5 1,859 91.1 89.5-92.4
Current Asthma
Yes 227 25 9.7 6.4-14.6 202 90.3 85.4-93.6
No 2,015 182 9.3 7.9-10.9 1,833 90.7 89.1-92.1
Functional Disability
Yes 761 85 11.8 9.3-14.9 676 88.2 85.1-90.7
No 1,476 121 8.2 6.7-10.0 1,355 91.8 90.0-93.3
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 787 82 10.9 8.6-13.7 705 89.1 86.3-91.4
No 1,459 125 8.7 7.1-10.5 1,334 91.3 89.5-92.9

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*Asked of respondents that had a checkup within the past 2 years and answered yes to Question 1, 2 or 3 of this module.

**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 2019 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2019 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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