2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, what is the largest number of drinks you had on any occasion?*

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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 2,225 548 22.8 20.8-25.0 602 26.7 24.5-29.0 353 16.7 14.9-18.7 206 9.3 7.9-10.9 516 24.5 22.4-26.7
GENDER
Male 1,182 224 17.2 14.7-20.0 265 21.3 18.7-24.3 215 19.5 16.9-22.4 107 9.6 7.6-12.0 371 32.4 29.3-35.7
Female 1,043 324 29.2 26.0-32.7 337 32.8 29.4-36.4 138 13.5 11.1-16.3 99 9.0 7.1-11.2 145 15.5 12.9-18.4
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,006 516 23.9 21.7-26.3 543 26.8 24.5-29.2 331 16.9 15.0-19.0 184 9.5 8.0-11.3 432 22.9 20.7-25.2
No 192 22 11.3 7.2-17.3 57 29.3 22.5-37.2 21 16.1 10.4-24.1 21 8.2 5.1-13.1 71 35.1 27.8-43.2
Body Mass Index
Underweight 21 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 684 152 21.3 17.7-25.4 197 29.1 25.0-33.4 98 14.6 11.7-18.1 78 11.1 8.6-14.1 159 24.0 20.3-28.0
Overweight 754 185 21.6 18.4-25.2 190 25.4 21.8-29.4 126 17.0 14.0-20.4 64 8.9 6.7-11.7 189 27.1 23.4-31.2
Obese 648 170 24.9 21.0-29.2 167 24.6 20.8-28.8 112 18.6 15.1-22.7 53 8.0 5.7-11.1 146 23.9 20.2-28.1
Current Smoker
Yes 324 58 13.5 9.7-18.5 63 21.4 16.2-27.7 38 12.4 8.7-17.5 35 12.3 8.3-17.8 130 40.4 34.1-47.1
No 1,897 487 24.5 22.2-27.0 538 27.8 25.4-30.3 315 17.6 15.5-19.8 171 8.7 7.3-10.4 386 21.4 19.3-23.7
History of CVD**
Yes 148 51 32.1 24.0-41.5 48 33.0 24.6-42.7 17 12.1 7.0-20.1 *** *** *** 25 17.7 11.1-26.9
No 2,063 492 22.1 20.0-24.4 550 26.3 24.1-28.7 333 17.0 15.1-19.1 199 9.6 8.1-11.3 489 25.0 22.8-27.3
Binge Drinker
Yes 629 23 4.1 2.4- 6.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** 99 14.1 11.3-17.4 485 78.7 74.7-82.2
No 1,578 525 31.0 28.3-33.9 589 37.6 34.7-40.6 338 23.2 20.7-25.9 105 7.2 5.7- 9.1 21 1.0 0.7- 1.7
Heavy Drinker
Yes 237 *** *** *** 32 12.4 8.5-17.8 25 9.7 6.3-14.6 34 11.6 7.9-16.8 146 66.3 59.2-72.6
No 1,962 541 25.4 23.1-27.8 568 28.6 26.2-31.1 325 17.6 15.6-19.8 169 9.1 7.6-10.8 359 19.3 17.3-21.5
COPD
Yes 109 34 22.2 14.9-31.6 *** *** *** 22 20.8 12.9-31.7 *** *** *** 16 15.4 8.8-25.7
No 2,111 512 22.8 20.7-25.1 573 26.3 24.1-28.6 331 16.5 14.7-18.6 198 9.5 8.0-11.2 497 24.9 22.7-27.2
Current Asthma
Yes 175 47 26.1 18.6-35.5 49 30.5 22.6-39.8 30 14.7 9.4-22.2 *** *** *** 35 20.3 14.1-28.5
No 2,047 501 22.5 20.4-24.8 552 26.4 24.1-28.7 323 16.9 15.0-19.0 192 9.4 7.9-11.1 479 24.8 22.6-27.2
Diabetes
Yes 174 53 31.1 23.6-39.8 58 31.4 24.0-40.0 31 19.6 13.3-27.9 15 7.6 4.3-13.0 17 10.3 6.0-17.0
No 2,050 494 22.1 20.0-24.4 544 26.4 24.1-28.8 322 16.5 14.6-18.6 191 9.4 8.0-11.1 499 25.6 23.4-28.0
Functional Disability
Yes 538 174 28.5 24.1-33.2 147 28.1 23.7-33.0 70 15.2 11.6-19.7 43 7.1 5.0- 9.9 104 21.2 17.2-25.8
No 1,671 369 20.9 18.6-23.4 451 26.3 23.8-29.0 281 17.2 15.1-19.5 160 10.0 8.3-12.0 410 25.6 23.2-28.3
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 526 172 29.6 25.3-34.4 166 33.1 28.3-38.2 75 16.0 12.3-20.5 32 5.1 3.5- 7.5 81 16.2 12.8-20.4
No 1,699 376 21.0 18.7-23.5 436 25.0 22.6-27.6 278 16.9 14.9-19.2 174 10.4 8.7-12.4 435 26.7 24.2-29.3

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*This question 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 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 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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