2021 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 2,254 892 36.8 34.5-39.3 733 32.9 30.6-35.3 291 13.8 12.1-15.7 118 5.9 4.7- 7.4 220 10.6 9.1-12.3
GENDER
Male 1,204 376 28.4 25.5-31.6 390 31.5 28.5-34.8 192 17.5 14.9-20.4 78 7.5 5.7- 9.9 168 15.0 12.6-17.7
Female 1,050 516 46.7 43.0-50.4 343 34.5 31.0-38.1 99 9.5 7.6-11.7 40 4.0 2.7- 6.0 52 5.4 3.9- 7.3
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,033 833 38.1 35.6-40.7 667 33.2 30.8-35.8 262 13.5 11.8-15.5 102 5.6 4.4- 7.2 169 9.5 8.0-11.3
No 195 46 24.4 18.1-32.1 61 31.1 24.0-39.1 27 16.0 10.5-23.6 *** *** *** 47 20.1 14.5-27.0
Body Mass Index
Underweight 21 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 699 295 40.1 35.7-44.6 225 33.0 28.8-37.4 90 13.4 10.6-16.7 37 6.0 4.0- 8.9 52 7.6 5.7-10.2
Overweight 755 300 35.9 32.0-40.1 244 33.7 29.8-38.0 96 13.3 10.6-16.5 38 5.8 3.9- 8.6 77 11.3 8.7-14.5
Obese 658 240 34.2 29.9-38.7 212 31.4 27.3-35.9 94 15.5 12.3-19.5 36 5.9 4.0- 8.7 76 13.0 10.0-16.7
Current Smoker
Yes 330 85 21.1 16.5-26.5 89 27.8 22.2-34.1 54 16.7 12.3-22.2 36 12.7 8.3-18.7 66 21.8 16.6-28.1
No 1,919 804 40.0 37.3-42.6 643 34.0 31.5-36.6 237 13.2 11.5-15.3 82 4.6 3.5- 6.0 153 8.2 6.9- 9.8
History of CVD**
Yes 148 73 44.8 35.4-54.5 40 27.7 19.8-37.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,092 811 36.2 33.7-38.7 689 33.3 30.9-35.9 276 13.9 12.2-15.9 111 5.9 4.6- 7.4 205 10.6 9.1-12.4
Binge Drinker
Yes 646 67 9.5 7.2-12.5 172 26.6 22.8-30.8 148 21.4 18.0-25.3 75 11.7 8.9-15.2 184 30.7 26.6-35.3
No 1,582 821 49.4 46.4-52.4 556 36.1 33.2-39.1 136 10.1 8.2-12.2 40 2.9 2.0- 4.3 29 1.5 1.0- 2.3
Heavy Drinker
Yes 254 *** *** *** 60 22.2 17.0-28.4 59 21.0 16.0-27.1 37 13.3 9.3-18.7 98 43.5 36.5-50.8
No 2,000 892 41.4 38.8-44.0 673 34.2 31.7-36.8 232 12.9 11.1-14.9 81 5.0 3.8- 6.6 122 6.5 5.2- 8.0
COPD
Yes 111 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,138 835 36.6 34.1-39.1 701 32.7 30.3-35.1 277 14.0 12.2-15.9 113 6.0 4.8- 7.6 212 10.8 9.2-12.5
Current Asthma
Yes 174 77 41.7 32.8-51.2 62 38.0 29.4-47.4 19 9.7 5.5-16.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,078 814 36.4 33.9-38.9 671 32.5 30.1-35.0 272 14.1 12.4-16.1 112 6.1 4.8- 7.7 209 10.9 9.3-12.7
Diabetes
Yes 175 72 41.0 32.7-49.8 64 32.1 24.7-40.7 20 15.0 9.3-23.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,078 819 36.5 34.0-39.0 669 33.0 30.6-35.5 271 13.7 12.0-15.6 108 5.9 4.7- 7.5 211 10.9 9.4-12.7
Functional Disability
Yes 548 250 41.1 36.2-46.1 154 29.9 25.3-34.9 62 11.6 8.5-15.6 26 5.6 3.6- 8.7 56 11.9 8.8-15.9
No 1,689 635 35.4 32.7-38.2 574 34.0 31.3-36.8 227 14.4 12.5-16.6 91 6.0 4.6- 7.8 162 10.1 8.5-12.0
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 527 252 43.7 38.7-48.9 160 33.5 28.6-38.6 54 9.9 7.1-13.8 23 4.4 2.6- 7.3 38 8.4 6.0-11.7
No 1,727 640 35.0 32.3-37.8 573 32.8 30.1-35.5 237 14.8 12.9-17.0 95 6.3 4.9- 8.1 182 11.1 9.4-13.1

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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 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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