2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

Considering all types of alcoholic beverages, how many times during the past 30 days did you have
[5 or more drinks for men or 4 or more drinks for women] on an occasion?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 None Once Twice 3-7 times 8-30 times
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,898 1,383 71.3 68.8-73.6 192 10.4 8.8-12.1 115 6.2 5.0- 7.6 146 8.3 6.9- 9.8 62 3.9 3.0- 5.1
GENDER
Male 984 675 68.0 64.5-71.3 107 10.2 8.2-12.6 70 7.1 5.5- 9.2 86 9.1 7.2-11.4 46 5.6 4.1- 7.6
Female 914 708 74.9 71.4-78.1 85 10.6 8.4-13.3 45 5.2 3.7- 7.2 60 7.3 5.5- 9.7 16 2.0 1.2- 3.4
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,669 1,242 72.2 69.6-74.7 167 10.5 8.9-12.5 94 5.8 4.6- 7.3 116 7.8 6.4- 9.5 50 3.6 2.7- 4.8
No 226 139 65.3 58.1-71.9 25 9.5 6.2-14.3 20 8.0 4.8-13.1 30 11.3 7.7-16.2 *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 25 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 547 374 65.5 60.8-70.0 60 11.9 9.0-15.5 32 6.4 4.4- 9.3 54 10.7 8.1-14.1 27 5.5 3.6- 8.2
Overweight 724 531 71.2 67.1-75.0 74 10.5 8.0-13.6 44 6.2 4.4- 8.7 54 8.4 6.3-11.1 21 3.7 2.3- 6.0
Obese 508 376 74.0 69.4-78.2 54 10.3 7.7-13.8 36 7.0 4.9- 9.9 31 6.1 4.1- 9.1 *** *** ***
Current Smoker
Yes 352 216 61.0 54.9-66.8 44 12.6 9.1-17.3 22 5.9 3.6- 9.4 34 9.2 6.2-13.4 36 11.3 8.0-15.7
No 1,535 1,160 74.1 71.5-76.6 145 9.5 7.9-11.4 93 6.3 5.0- 7.9 111 8.1 6.6- 9.8 26 2.0 1.3- 3.0
History of CVD**
Yes 137 106 80.1 71.9-86.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,750 1,270 70.8 68.2-73.2 180 10.6 9.0-12.5 106 6.2 5.0- 7.7 136 8.4 7.0-10.0 58 4.0 3.0- 5.3
Binge Drinker
Yes 515 *** *** *** 192 36.1 31.5-41.1 115 21.6 17.8-25.9 146 28.8 24.5-33.5 62 13.5 10.4-17.4
No 1,383 1,383 100 . - . *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
COPD
Yes 124 94 75.4 65.9-83.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,771 1,287 71.0 68.5-73.5 183 10.6 9.0-12.5 107 6.2 5.0- 7.7 140 8.6 7.1-10.2 54 3.6 2.7- 4.8
Current Asthma
Yes 142 108 78.8 70.7-85.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,747 1,269 70.7 68.1-73.2 180 10.7 9.0-12.5 108 6.4 5.2- 7.9 133 8.4 7.0-10.1 57 3.8 2.9- 5.1
Functional Disability
Yes 459 313 67.8 62.5-72.7 47 10.0 7.2-13.8 37 6.4 4.4- 9.1 39 9.1 6.4-12.9 23 6.7 4.3-10.3
No 1,431 1,065 72.4 69.6-75.0 144 10.5 8.7-12.5 77 6.1 4.8- 7.8 106 8.0 6.5- 9.8 39 3.1 2.2- 4.3
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 456 359 79.6 75.2-83.4 31 5.5 3.7- 8.0 24 4.9 3.2- 7.4 20 4.2 2.5- 7.1 22 5.8 3.8- 8.9
No 1,442 1,024 69.1 66.2-71.8 161 11.7 9.8-13.8 91 6.5 5.2- 8.2 126 9.3 7.7-11.2 40 3.4 2.4- 4.7

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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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