2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, how many days per week or per month did you have at least one drink of any
alcoholic beverage such as beer, wine, a malt beverage or liquor?

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  Total
Respond.^		 No drinks 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-29 days Everyday
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,017 2,066 52.1 50.3-53.9 528 13.3 12.1-14.5 585 15.0 13.7-16.3 616 14.7 13.5-16.0 222 5.0 4.3- 5.8
GENDER
Male 1,854 826 45.7 43.1-48.4 230 12.9 11.1-14.8 298 16.0 14.1-18.0 352 18.1 16.2-20.2 148 7.3 6.1- 8.8
Female 2,163 1,240 57.8 55.3-60.2 298 13.6 12.0-15.4 287 14.0 12.4-15.9 264 11.7 10.3-13.3 74 2.9 2.2- 3.7
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,517 1,807 51.4 49.5-53.4 448 12.8 11.6-14.2 513 15.3 13.9-16.7 545 15.2 13.9-16.6 204 5.2 4.5- 6.1
No 494 256 56.0 50.9-61.0 79 15.6 12.3-19.6 72 13.2 10.3-16.9 70 12.0 9.3-15.4 17 3.1 1.8- 5.4
Body Mass Index
Underweight 60 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,047 487 47.8 44.3-51.4 120 10.4 8.6-12.6 172 17.5 14.9-20.5 201 18.5 16.0-21.3 67 5.7 4.3- 7.4
Overweight 1,357 616 46.3 43.2-49.4 185 14.3 12.2-16.8 223 15.8 13.8-18.1 237 17.0 14.8-19.4 96 6.5 5.2- 8.2
Obese 1,257 732 57.3 54.1-60.5 174 14.6 12.4-17.0 150 13.1 11.0-15.5 155 11.8 9.9-14.0 46 3.2 2.3- 4.6
Current Smoker
Yes 662 294 45.2 40.7-49.7 84 12.9 10.1-16.2 110 17.3 14.1-21.1 121 16.5 13.5-19.9 53 8.2 6.0-11.0
No 3,332 1,760 53.7 51.7-55.7 439 13.2 11.9-14.6 473 14.5 13.1-15.9 492 14.3 13.0-15.7 168 4.3 3.6- 5.1
History of CVD**
Yes 461 321 72.8 67.9-77.1 44 9.7 7.0-13.4 33 6.7 4.6- 9.7 34 5.9 4.1- 8.6 29 4.9 3.2- 7.3
No 3,521 1,721 49.7 47.8-51.7 481 13.6 12.4-15.0 549 15.9 14.5-17.4 580 15.8 14.4-17.2 190 5.0 4.2- 5.8
Binge Drinker
Yes 515 *** *** *** 57 11.5 8.5-15.3 130 26.5 22.3-31.1 237 45.0 40.1-50.0 91 17.0 13.6-21.0
No 3,449 2,066 61.1 59.2-63.0 464 13.4 12.2-14.8 440 12.9 11.6-14.2 362 9.8 8.8-11.0 117 2.7 2.2- 3.3
COPD
Yes 336 209 64.6 58.4-70.3 31 9.2 6.2-13.5 37 10.4 7.2-14.7 40 11.1 7.8-15.4 19 4.8 2.8- 7.9
No 3,671 1,850 51.0 49.1-52.9 496 13.6 12.3-15.0 547 15.4 14.0-16.8 575 15.1 13.8-16.4 203 5.0 4.3- 5.9
Current Asthma
Yes 349 202 56.1 50.0-62.1 50 13.2 9.7-17.7 49 16.7 12.1-22.7 31 9.6 6.7-13.7 17 4.2 2.5- 7.1
No 3,651 1,856 51.8 49.9-53.7 474 13.2 12.0-14.6 534 14.8 13.5-16.1 582 15.2 13.9-16.6 205 5.1 4.3- 5.9
Functional Disability
Yes 1,321 846 64.7 61.5-67.7 131 10.6 8.8-12.8 143 11.1 9.2-13.3 128 8.8 7.2-10.7 73 4.9 3.7- 6.4
No 2,669 1,201 46.1 43.9-48.3 396 14.6 13.1-16.2 438 16.7 15.2-18.4 487 17.6 16.0-19.2 147 5.0 4.2- 6.0
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,261 796 64.3 61.1-67.4 143 11.1 9.3-13.3 125 10.2 8.4-12.3 120 9.3 7.6-11.3 77 5.1 4.0- 6.5
No 2,756 1,270 47.5 45.3-49.6 385 14.1 12.6-15.6 460 16.7 15.2-18.4 496 16.8 15.3-18.4 145 4.9 4.1- 5.9

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**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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