2021 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 4,661 2,345 50.2 48.4-52.0 618 13.6 12.4-14.9 736 15.9 14.6-17.2 719 15.6 14.4-16.9 243 4.7 4.1- 5.5
GENDER
Male 2,169 926 43.8 41.2-46.4 291 14.0 12.2-16.1 387 17.2 15.4-19.2 414 18.5 16.6-20.5 151 6.5 5.4- 7.8
Female 2,492 1,419 56.1 53.6-58.6 327 13.2 11.6-15.0 349 14.6 13.0-16.5 305 12.9 11.4-14.6 92 3.1 2.5- 4.0
Have Health Insurance
Yes 4,125 2,050 49.3 47.3-51.2 526 13.1 11.8-14.5 662 16.4 15.1-17.9 667 16.3 15.0-17.8 220 4.9 4.2- 5.7
No 440 227 49.3 43.7-55.0 84 21.1 16.7-26.4 66 13.8 10.5-17.8 42 11.4 8.1-15.8 21 4.4 2.7- 7.0
Body Mass Index
Underweight 53 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,240 527 45.3 41.7-48.9 132 11.0 8.9-13.5 206 16.0 13.7-18.6 262 20.8 18.2-23.6 113 7.0 5.6- 8.7
Overweight 1,477 699 44.7 41.6-47.8 199 15.0 12.8-17.6 250 17.1 14.9-19.6 253 17.9 15.7-20.4 76 5.2 4.0- 6.7
Obese 1,530 858 55.7 52.5-58.8 218 14.0 11.9-16.3 239 15.9 13.8-18.3 168 11.0 9.1-13.1 47 3.4 2.5- 4.7
Current Smoker
Yes 631 284 41.6 36.9-46.5 84 13.8 10.5-17.9 98 16.4 13.0-20.3 105 19.4 15.8-23.7 60 8.8 6.6-11.7
No 4,012 2,050 51.6 49.7-53.6 533 13.6 12.3-15.0 635 15.8 14.5-17.2 613 15.0 13.7-16.3 181 4.0 3.3- 4.7
History of CVD**
Yes 507 355 68.7 63.4-73.5 41 8.7 6.1-12.3 48 10.2 7.4-14.1 39 8.2 5.5-11.9 24 4.2 2.7- 6.6
No 4,108 1,959 48.0 46.1-49.9 574 14.2 12.9-15.7 687 16.6 15.3-18.1 677 16.5 15.2-17.9 211 4.7 4.0- 5.4
Binge Drinker
Yes 670 *** *** *** 74 11.9 9.0-15.6 208 31.1 27.0-35.4 286 42.1 37.8-46.6 102 14.9 12.0-18.3
No 3,948 2,345 59.9 58.0-61.8 538 13.9 12.5-15.3 514 12.9 11.6-14.2 420 10.6 9.5-11.8 131 2.8 2.3- 3.4
Heavy Drinker
Yes 254 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 137 53.4 46.2-60.4 105 41.3 34.5-48.5
No 4,356 2,345 53.7 51.8-55.5 610 14.4 13.1-15.8 707 16.2 14.9-17.6 568 13.2 12.0-14.5 126 2.5 2.0- 3.1
COPD
Yes 358 241 66.9 60.3-72.9 37 9.2 5.9-13.9 32 10.6 7.1-15.5 26 7.9 4.7-12.8 22 5.4 3.4- 8.7
No 4,285 2,092 48.7 46.9-50.6 579 14.0 12.7-15.4 704 16.4 15.1-17.8 691 16.3 15.0-17.6 219 4.7 4.0- 5.4
Current Asthma
Yes 405 227 54.6 48.3-60.7 53 13.2 9.4-18.2 54 15.5 11.5-20.6 55 13.9 10.1-18.8 16 2.8 1.6- 4.9
No 4,240 2,105 49.7 47.8-51.6 564 13.7 12.4-15.0 682 16.0 14.7-17.3 662 15.8 14.5-17.1 227 4.9 4.2- 5.7
Diabetes
Yes 642 460 71.6 67.1-75.6 64 9.9 7.5-12.9 66 10.3 7.7-13.5 38 5.9 4.0- 8.6 14 2.4 1.3- 4.2
No 4,016 1,884 47.1 45.2-49.1 553 14.1 12.8-15.6 670 16.7 15.3-18.2 681 17.0 15.6-18.5 228 5.1 4.3- 5.9
Functional Disability
Yes 1,455 891 60.5 57.3-63.6 187 12.1 10.2-14.4 185 13.4 11.3-15.7 121 9.3 7.5-11.3 71 4.8 3.6- 6.3
No 3,174 1,440 45.8 43.6-48.0 422 14.1 12.6-15.7 548 17.0 15.5-18.7 594 18.4 16.8-20.1 170 4.7 4.0- 5.6
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,449 906 62.4 59.3-65.5 162 10.6 8.8-12.6 163 11.4 9.5-13.6 140 10.6 8.6-12.8 78 5.0 3.9- 6.5
No 3,212 1,439 45.4 43.2-47.6 456 14.8 13.3-16.5 573 17.6 16.1-19.3 579 17.6 16.1-19.2 165 4.6 3.8- 5.5

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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 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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