2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Excessive Drinking*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,584 745 16.7 15.4-18.0 3,839 83.3 82.0-84.6
GENDER
Male 2,117 443 21.1 19.1-23.3 1,674 78.9 76.7-80.9
Female 2,467 302 12.6 11.1-14.3 2,165 87.4 85.7-88.9
Have Health Insurance
Yes 4,072 651 16.7 15.3-18.1 3,421 83.3 81.9-84.7
No 418 79 18.1 14.3-22.8 339 81.9 77.2-85.7
Body Mass Index
Underweight 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,217 253 19.2 16.8-22.0 964 80.8 78.0-83.2
Overweight 1,451 245 19.1 16.6-21.7 1,206 80.9 78.3-83.4
Obese 1,513 211 14.4 12.4-16.7 1,302 85.6 83.3-87.6
Current Smoker
Yes 605 157 28.1 23.8-32.8 448 71.9 67.2-76.2
No 3,963 587 14.8 13.5-16.2 3,376 85.2 83.8-86.5
History of CVD**
Yes 501 38 7.9 5.5-11.3 463 92.1 88.7-94.5
No 4,038 702 17.7 16.3-19.2 3,336 82.3 80.8-83.7
Binge Drinker
Yes 648 648 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 3,936 97 2.1 1.7- 2.6 3,839 97.9 97.4-98.3
Heavy Drinker
Yes 245 245 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 4,339 500 12.1 10.9-13.3 3,839 87.9 86.7-89.1
COPD
Yes 352 31 8.9 6.0-13.2 321 91.1 86.8-94.0
No 4,216 712 17.3 16.0-18.8 3,504 82.7 81.2-84.0
Current Asthma
Yes 402 53 13.8 10.1-18.4 349 86.2 81.6-89.9
No 4,167 691 17.0 15.6-18.4 3,476 83.0 81.6-84.4
Diabetes
Yes 637 50 7.9 5.8-10.7 587 92.1 89.3-94.2
No 3,945 695 18.0 16.6-19.5 3,250 82.0 80.5-83.4
Functional Disability
Yes 1,433 166 12.7 10.7-15.1 1,267 87.3 84.9-89.3
No 3,119 574 18.4 16.8-20.1 2,545 81.6 79.9-83.2
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,433 154 11.2 9.4-13.3 1,279 88.8 86.7-90.6
No 3,151 591 18.8 17.2-20.5 2,560 81.2 79.5-82.8

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Yes refers to respondents who said they had drank in the past 30 days and had at least one binge drinking episode (5 or more drinks on one occasion for men 4 or more drinks for women)
or were heavy drinkers (2 or more drinks per day for men, more than 1 drink per day for women).
No refers to respondents who said they did not drink in the past 30 days or who were not heavy drinkers and had no binge drinking episodes.

**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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