2021 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 4,618 3,948 84.7 83.4-85.9 670 15.3 14.1-16.6
GENDER
Male 2,141 1,730 80.1 78.0-82.1 411 19.9 17.9-22.0
Female 2,477 2,218 88.9 87.2-90.3 259 11.1 9.7-12.8
Have Health Insurance
Yes 4,095 3,525 85.0 83.6-86.3 570 15.0 13.7-16.4
No 427 344 81.2 76.6-85.1 83 18.8 14.9-23.4
Body Mass Index
Underweight 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,222 1,008 83.3 80.7-85.6 214 16.7 14.4-19.3
Overweight 1,465 1,236 82.2 79.6-84.6 229 17.8 15.4-20.4
Obese 1,523 1,328 86.2 83.9-88.2 195 13.8 11.8-16.1
Current Smoker
Yes 614 459 72.5 67.8-76.7 155 27.5 23.3-32.2
No 3,987 3,474 86.7 85.4-88.0 513 13.3 12.0-14.6
History of CVD**
Yes 502 475 94.3 91.3-96.3 27 5.7 3.7- 8.7
No 4,070 3,430 83.6 82.2-84.9 640 16.4 15.1-17.8
Binge Drinker
Yes 670 *** *** *** 670 100 . - .
No 3,948 3,948 100 . - . *** *** ***
Heavy Drinker
Yes 245 68 25.3 19.7-31.8 177 74.7 68.2-80.3
No 4,339 3,868 88.4 87.2-89.6 471 11.6 10.4-12.8
COPD
Yes 354 327 91.4 86.6-94.5 27 8.6 5.5-13.4
No 4,248 3,607 84.1 82.7-85.4 641 15.9 14.6-17.3
Current Asthma
Yes 403 357 87.9 83.5-91.3 46 12.1 8.7-16.5
No 4,199 3,576 84.4 83.0-85.7 623 15.6 14.3-17.0
Diabetes
Yes 639 606 94.7 92.3-96.4 33 5.3 3.6- 7.7
No 3,977 3,340 83.2 81.8-84.6 637 16.8 15.4-18.2
Functional Disability
Yes 1,438 1,289 88.4 86.1-90.4 149 11.6 9.6-13.9
No 3,148 2,631 83.1 81.4-84.6 517 16.9 15.4-18.6
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,439 1,327 91.6 89.7-93.2 112 8.4 6.8-10.3
No 3,179 2,621 82.0 80.3-83.5 558 18.0 16.5-19.7

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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 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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