2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

Binge Drinking*
(CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^		 No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,964 3,449 86.5 85.2-87.7 515 13.5 12.3-14.8
GENDER
Male 1,810 1,501 83.0 80.9-85.0 309 17.0 15.0-19.1
Female 2,154 1,948 89.5 87.8-90.9 206 10.5 9.1-12.2
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,476 3,049 86.7 85.3-88.0 427 13.3 12.0-14.7
No 482 395 85.2 81.5-88.2 87 14.8 11.8-18.5
Body Mass Index
Underweight 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,034 861 82.3 79.4-84.8 173 17.7 15.2-20.6
Overweight 1,340 1,147 84.7 82.2-86.9 193 15.3 13.1-17.8
Obese 1,240 1,108 89.1 86.9-91.0 132 10.9 9.0-13.1
Current Smoker
Yes 646 510 79.1 75.2-82.5 136 20.9 17.5-24.8
No 3,295 2,920 88.2 86.9-89.4 375 11.8 10.6-13.1
History of CVD**
Yes 458 427 94.6 92.1-96.4 31 5.4 3.6- 7.9
No 3,471 2,991 85.6 84.1-86.9 480 14.4 13.1-15.9
Binge Drinker
Yes 515 *** *** *** 515 100 . - .
No 3,449 3,449 100 . - . *** *** ***
COPD
Yes 333 303 91.4 87.5-94.2 30 8.6 5.8-12.5
No 3,621 3,137 86.0 84.6-87.3 484 14.0 12.7-15.4
Current Asthma
Yes 344 310 90.8 87.0-93.6 34 9.2 6.4-13.0
No 3,603 3,125 86.1 84.7-87.4 478 13.9 12.6-15.3
Functional Disability
Yes 1,305 1,159 88.9 86.7-90.7 146 11.1 9.3-13.3
No 2,632 2,266 85.3 83.7-86.8 366 14.7 13.2-16.3
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,252 1,155 92.8 91.1-94.2 97 7.2 5.8- 8.9
No 2,712 2,294 84.0 82.4-85.6 418 16.0 14.4-17.6

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*Data in this table were derived from the alcohol consumption questions. This question was asked of all respondents.
Yes = Respondents who report they did drink in the past 30 days and who did have five or more drinks (for males) or four or more drinks (for females) on one or more occasions in the past month.
No = Respondents who report they did not drink in the past 30 days or did NOT have five or more drinks (for males) or four or more drinks (for females) on one or more occasions in the past 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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