2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

Excessive Drinking*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,924 611 15.6 14.3-16.9 3,313 84.4 83.1-85.7
GENDER
Male 1,785 360 19.3 17.3-21.4 1,425 80.7 78.6-82.7
Female 2,139 251 12.3 10.8-14.0 1,888 87.7 86.0-89.2
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,447 517 15.5 14.2-17.0 2,930 84.5 83.0-85.8
No 471 93 15.7 12.6-19.4 378 84.3 80.6-87.4
Body Mass Index
Underweight 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,025 204 20.3 17.7-23.3 821 79.7 76.7-82.3
Overweight 1,326 237 17.8 15.5-20.4 1,089 82.2 79.6-84.5
Obese 1,230 148 12.2 10.2-14.4 1,082 87.8 85.6-89.8
Current Smoker
Yes 636 152 22.8 19.3-26.8 484 77.2 73.2-80.7
No 3,266 455 13.9 12.6-15.3 2,811 86.1 84.7-87.4
History of CVD**
Yes 456 42 7.5 5.3-10.4 414 92.5 89.6-94.7
No 3,433 565 16.5 15.1-18.0 2,868 83.5 82.0-84.9
Binge Drinker
Yes 503 503 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 3,421 108 2.6 2.1- 3.2 3,313 97.4 96.8-97.9
COPD
Yes 331 44 11.8 8.4-16.1 287 88.2 83.9-91.6
No 3,583 566 15.9 14.6-17.3 3,017 84.1 82.7-85.4
Current Asthma
Yes 342 38 10.3 7.4-14.2 304 89.7 85.8-92.6
No 3,565 569 16.0 14.6-17.4 2,996 84.0 82.6-85.4
Functional Disability
Yes 1,294 172 12.6 10.6-14.8 1,122 87.4 85.2-89.4
No 2,603 435 16.9 15.4-18.7 2,168 83.1 81.3-84.6
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,244 133 9.8 8.1-11.8 1,111 90.2 88.2-91.9
No 2,680 478 17.8 16.2-19.5 2,202 82.2 80.5-83.8

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*Data in this table were derived from the alcohol consumption questions. This question was asked of all respondents.

Yes refers to respondents who said they had drank in the past 30 days and had at least one binge drinking episode (5 or more drinks on one occasion for men 4 or more drinks for women)
or were heavy drinkers (2 or more drinks per day for men, more than 1 drink per day for women).

No refers to respondents who said they did not drink in the past 30 days or who were not heavy drinkers and had no binge drinking episodes.

**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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