2021 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 2,273 1,603 68.9 66.6-71.2 231 10.8 9.3-12.4 143 6.9 5.7- 8.3 214 9.4 8.1-10.9 82 4.0 3.1- 5.1
GENDER
Male 1,215 804 64.2 60.9-67.4 128 11.6 9.6-14.1 90 7.8 6.1- 9.8 139 11.2 9.3-13.5 54 5.2 3.8- 7.0
Female 1,058 799 74.4 71.1-77.5 103 9.8 7.8-12.1 53 5.9 4.2- 8.1 75 7.3 5.7- 9.4 28 2.6 1.7- 4.0
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,045 1,475 70.3 67.7-72.6 199 10.5 9.0-12.3 115 6.2 5.0- 7.7 190 9.4 7.9-11.0 66 3.7 2.8- 4.8
No 200 117 61.1 53.2-68.5 27 13.3 8.7-19.7 21 10.7 6.7-16.6 22 9.4 5.9-14.5 *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 22 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 695 481 69.1 64.8-73.0 72 10.9 8.4-14.0 43 6.0 4.3- 8.3 74 10.3 7.9-13.2 25 3.8 2.4- 6.0
Overweight 766 537 67.6 63.4-71.5 77 11.2 8.6-14.3 49 7.7 5.5-10.5 74 9.5 7.3-12.2 29 4.1 2.7- 6.2
Obese 665 470 68.7 64.1-72.9 68 10.3 7.9-13.4 43 7.1 4.9-10.3 58 9.6 7.1-12.8 26 4.3 2.8- 6.6
Current Smoker
Yes 330 175 51.6 44.9-58.2 43 13.2 9.5-18.1 35 11.8 7.9-17.4 45 14.0 10.1-19.1 32 9.4 6.3-13.8
No 1,937 1,424 72.4 69.9-74.7 188 10.3 8.8-12.1 108 6.0 4.8- 7.4 169 8.6 7.2-10.2 48 2.7 2.0- 3.8
History of CVD**
Yes 147 120 81.4 72.6-87.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,111 1,471 68.1 65.7-70.5 223 11.1 9.6-12.8 138 7.2 6.0- 8.8 206 9.8 8.4-11.4 73 3.8 2.9- 4.9
Binge Drinker
Yes 670 *** *** *** 231 34.7 30.5-39.1 143 22.2 18.6-26.3 214 30.3 26.4-34.6 82 12.8 10.0-16.1
No 1,603 1,603 100 . - . *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Heavy Drinker
Yes 245 68 25.3 19.7-31.8 24 8.1 5.3-12.4 22 9.7 6.1-15.0 68 28.8 22.7-35.9 63 28.1 21.8-35.3
No 1,994 1,523 74.9 72.4-77.1 204 11.2 9.6-13.0 116 6.4 5.1- 7.9 137 6.6 5.5- 8.0 *** *** ***
COPD
Yes 113 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,156 1,515 68.7 66.3-71.1 225 11.0 9.5-12.7 136 6.9 5.7- 8.4 209 9.6 8.2-11.2 71 3.8 2.9- 5.0
Current Asthma
Yes 176 130 73.2 64.5-80.4 19 13.0 8.0-20.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,094 1,471 68.6 66.1-70.9 212 10.6 9.1-12.3 132 7.0 5.8- 8.6 206 9.9 8.4-11.5 73 3.9 3.0- 5.1
Diabetes
Yes 179 146 81.3 73.7-87.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,093 1,456 67.9 65.4-70.3 220 11.1 9.6-12.9 137 7.2 5.9- 8.8 200 9.6 8.2-11.2 80 4.2 3.2- 5.4
Functional Disability
Yes 547 398 70.2 65.1-74.8 48 9.8 7.1-13.4 32 6.9 4.4-10.5 38 7.0 4.9- 9.9 31 6.1 4.0- 9.2
No 1,708 1,191 68.5 65.7-71.1 181 11.1 9.4-13.0 111 7.0 5.6- 8.6 174 10.1 8.5-12.0 51 3.3 2.4- 4.6
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 533 421 77.5 72.9-81.5 32 7.3 5.0-10.5 28 5.1 3.3- 7.8 29 5.6 3.5- 8.6 23 4.6 2.8- 7.3
No 1,740 1,182 66.6 63.9-69.3 199 11.7 10.0-13.7 115 7.4 6.0- 9.1 185 10.5 8.9-12.3 59 3.8 2.8- 5.1

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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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