2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, what is the largest number of drinks you had on any occasion?*

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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 1,870 508 25.2 23.1-27.5 474 25.3 23.1-27.6 331 17.6 15.7-19.6 163 9.1 7.6-10.8 394 22.9 20.7-25.2
GENDER
Male 977 206 19.5 16.8-22.4 198 19.9 17.2-22.9 195 19.9 17.1-22.9 93 10.1 7.9-12.8 285 30.7 27.4-34.2
Female 893 302 31.7 28.3-35.2 276 31.3 27.9-34.9 136 15.0 12.6-17.8 70 7.9 6.1-10.2 109 14.1 11.5-17.1
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,649 459 25.7 23.4-28.2 430 25.6 23.3-28.1 300 18.1 16.1-20.3 140 9.0 7.4-11.0 320 21.5 19.3-24.0
No 218 48 21.3 15.8-28.0 43 22.6 16.5-30.0 30 14.0 9.5-20.0 23 9.3 6.0-14.2 74 32.9 26.1-40.4
Body Mass Index
Underweight 24 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 535 130 21.6 18.0-25.6 145 25.0 21.1-29.2 86 16.0 12.8-19.8 43 9.4 6.6-13.2 131 28.1 23.8-32.8
Overweight 720 191 24.5 21.0-28.2 175 24.5 21.1-28.4 129 17.3 14.5-20.6 62 8.8 6.6-11.7 163 24.9 21.3-28.8
Obese 499 135 25.8 21.7-30.4 130 27.2 22.8-32.0 95 19.5 15.7-23.9 49 9.5 6.9-13.1 90 18.0 14.5-22.2
Current Smoker
Yes 343 55 14.8 10.9-19.7 81 24.3 19.2-30.2 55 16.3 12.2-21.4 37 10.2 7.1-14.4 115 34.5 28.8-40.7
No 1,517 448 27.7 25.3-30.3 393 25.7 23.3-28.3 273 17.8 15.7-20.1 126 8.8 7.2-10.8 277 19.9 17.6-22.3
History of CVD**
Yes 132 49 36.8 28.0-46.6 29 23.9 16.4-33.5 22 18.1 11.7-27.0 *** *** *** 22 13.6 8.6-20.9
No 1,727 454 24.3 22.1-26.7 445 25.5 23.2-28.0 308 17.6 15.6-19.7 152 9.2 7.6-11.0 368 23.4 21.1-25.8
Binge Drinker
Yes 489 30 4.5 3.0- 6.7 17 3.1 1.8- 5.4 19 4.5 2.7- 7.4 77 15.1 11.7-19.4 346 72.7 67.9-77.0
No 1,347 474 33.7 30.9-36.7 455 34.5 31.6-37.5 309 22.8 20.4-25.5 83 6.8 5.3- 8.7 26 2.2 1.4- 3.4
COPD
Yes 121 35 25.2 17.7-34.6 27 27.6 18.6-38.8 24 19.0 12.4-28.0 *** *** *** 25 20.8 13.8-30.2
No 1,747 472 25.2 23.0-27.5 447 25.2 22.9-27.6 307 17.5 15.6-19.6 153 9.2 7.6-11.0 368 23.0 20.8-25.4
Current Asthma
Yes 143 46 26.4 19.3-35.0 39 32.5 23.8-42.7 23 16.8 11.1-24.6 *** *** *** 20 12.3 7.7-19.2
No 1,719 460 25.1 22.9-27.5 434 24.7 22.5-27.1 306 17.6 15.6-19.8 148 8.9 7.4-10.6 371 23.7 21.4-26.2
Functional Disability
Yes 446 127 26.5 22.0-31.5 100 22.6 18.2-27.7 76 17.6 13.8-22.3 33 6.7 4.4-10.2 110 26.6 21.9-31.9
No 1,416 380 24.9 22.5-27.5 370 26.0 23.4-28.6 255 17.6 15.5-20.0 130 9.8 8.0-11.9 281 21.7 19.3-24.4
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 447 157 32.3 27.7-37.4 114 28.6 23.8-34.0 80 18.6 14.8-23.0 29 6.9 4.5-10.4 67 13.5 10.4-17.2
No 1,423 351 23.4 21.0-25.9 360 24.4 22.0-27.0 251 17.3 15.2-19.7 134 9.6 7.9-11.7 327 25.3 22.8-28.1

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*This question 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 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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