2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

One drink is equivalent to a 12 ounce beer, a 5 ounce glass of wine, or a drink with one shot of liquor.
During the past 30 days, on the days when you drank, about how many drinks did you drink on the average?*

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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 1,900 777 37.7 35.3-40.2 620 33.6 31.1-36.1 246 13.9 12.1-15.8 95 5.6 4.5- 7.0 162 9.3 7.8-10.9
GENDER
Male 996 315 28.7 25.7-32.0 338 35.4 31.9-39.0 152 15.3 12.9-18.2 64 6.7 5.1- 8.7 127 13.9 11.6-16.6
Female 904 462 48.0 44.3-51.8 282 31.5 28.1-35.0 94 12.2 9.8-15.0 31 4.4 3.0- 6.4 35 3.9 2.7- 5.7
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,675 719 39.6 37.0-42.4 553 33.9 31.3-36.6 214 14.0 12.1-16.2 78 5.2 4.1- 6.6 111 7.2 5.9- 8.8
No 222 58 25.1 19.2-32.1 64 30.0 23.5-37.4 32 13.0 8.8-18.8 17 8.4 4.8-14.1 51 23.5 17.8-30.4
Body Mass Index
Underweight 25 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 550 225 35.8 31.5-40.3 171 30.7 26.5-35.2 66 15.8 12.1-20.3 37 7.7 5.4-11.0 51 10.1 7.5-13.3
Overweight 726 288 37.9 34.0-42.1 239 34.4 30.4-38.6 106 14.0 11.4-17.1 31 5.1 3.5- 7.4 62 8.5 6.5-11.2
Obese 506 200 36.7 32.0-41.6 182 37.0 32.3-42.1 62 12.5 9.5-16.3 24 4.6 3.0- 7.1 38 9.2 6.5-12.8
Current Smoker
Yes 353 82 21.3 16.6-26.7 120 34.7 29.1-40.8 59 16.8 12.7-21.8 32 10.0 6.8-14.6 60 17.2 13.1-22.3
No 1,537 690 42.1 39.3-44.9 498 33.3 30.6-36.1 187 13.2 11.3-15.4 63 4.5 3.4- 5.8 99 7.0 5.7- 8.7
History of CVD**
Yes 138 60 44.5 35.3-54.1 45 30.5 22.6-39.8 15 12.8 7.5-21.0 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,751 712 37.2 34.7-39.8 573 33.9 31.4-36.6 229 13.9 12.0-15.9 87 5.6 4.5- 7.1 150 9.4 7.9-11.1
Binge Drinker
Yes 503 72 11.7 9.1-15.0 142 27.8 23.4-32.5 112 23.6 19.5-28.2 63 12.7 9.8-16.5 114 24.2 20.1-28.8
No 1,362 698 48.6 45.6-51.7 467 35.8 32.9-38.8 128 10.0 8.2-12.1 30 2.5 1.7- 3.8 39 3.1 2.2- 4.4
COPD
Yes 124 48 34.4 25.7-44.2 36 32.3 23.0-43.2 19 16.1 9.9-25.0 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,773 728 37.9 35.4-40.5 583 33.6 31.1-36.3 226 13.7 11.9-15.8 86 5.4 4.3- 6.9 150 9.3 7.8-11.0
Current Asthma
Yes 146 68 43.9 34.7-53.5 44 30.5 22.6-39.7 18 15.3 8.6-25.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,745 705 37.2 34.7-39.8 574 33.9 31.3-36.5 227 13.8 11.9-15.8 87 5.7 4.5- 7.1 152 9.5 8.0-11.3
Functional Disability
Yes 462 178 35.4 30.4-40.6 149 31.6 26.7-36.9 52 12.8 9.4-17.1 29 7.5 5.0-11.1 54 12.8 9.5-17.0
No 1,430 596 38.4 35.6-41.3 470 34.2 31.4-37.1 193 14.2 12.2-16.5 64 4.9 3.7- 6.4 107 8.2 6.7-10.0
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 456 220 45.3 40.1-50.6 140 31.3 26.6-36.5 48 12.5 9.2-16.8 19 4.8 2.9- 7.9 29 6.0 4.0- 8.9
No 1,444 557 35.8 33.0-38.6 480 34.1 31.3-37.0 198 14.2 12.2-16.5 76 5.8 4.5- 7.4 133 10.1 8.4-12.1

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*This question was 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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