2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

Excessive Drinking*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,066 714 18.1 16.6-19.6 3,352 81.9 80.4-83.4
GENDER
Male 1,886 430 23.5 21.1-26.0 1,456 76.5 74.0-78.9
Female 2,180 284 13.2 11.5-15.1 1,896 86.8 84.9-88.5
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,568 480 18.8 17.0-20.7 2,088 81.2 79.3-83.0
Non-Hispanic Black 718 101 16.1 12.9-20.0 617 83.9 80.0-87.1
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 152 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 87 *** *** *** 79 91.1 82.0-95.8
Hispanic 388 80 19.8 15.5-24.9 308 80.2 75.1-84.5
AGE
18-34 913 265 27.1 23.8-30.8 648 72.9 69.2-76.2
35-44 610 144 24.1 20.1-28.5 466 75.9 71.5-79.9
45-54 629 106 17.5 14.1-21.6 523 82.5 78.4-85.9
55-64 735 88 11.0 8.6-14.1 647 89.0 85.9-91.4
65-74 692 80 11.9 9.1-15.5 612 88.1 84.5-90.9
75+ 410 26 5.3 2.8- 9.8 384 94.7 90.2-97.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 308 44 12.9 8.9-18.3 264 87.1 81.7-91.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 893 144 16.0 13.3-19.2 749 84.0 80.8-86.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,167 200 19.7 16.9-22.8 967 80.3 77.2-83.1
College Graduate 1,686 324 20.0 17.8-22.4 1,362 80.0 77.6-82.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,285 173 13.5 11.2-16.2 1,112 86.5 83.8-88.8
No 2,746 537 20.5 18.7-22.5 2,209 79.5 77.5-81.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 528 98 19.6 15.8-24.2 430 80.4 75.8-84.2
Non-Veteran 3,528 614 17.8 16.3-19.5 2,914 82.2 80.5-83.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,319 518 23.3 21.2-25.5 1,801 76.7 74.5-78.8
Unemployed 150 27 16.8 10.4-25.9 123 83.2 74.1-89.6
Retired 1,038 93 8.5 6.5-11.1 945 91.5 88.9-93.5
Unable to Work 286 26 9.1 5.6-14.5 260 90.9 85.5-94.4
Other not in Labor Force 242 42 17.3 12.2-23.9 200 82.7 76.1-87.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 202 28 14.3 9.1-21.7 174 85.7 78.3-90.9
$15,000- 24,999 352 41 12.3 8.6-17.3 311 87.7 82.7-91.4
$25,000- 34,999 408 70 19.8 15.2-25.4 338 80.2 74.6-84.8
$35,000- 49,999 427 78 18.0 13.7-23.3 349 82.0 76.7-86.3
$50,000-74,999 510 101 21.0 16.7-26.1 409 79.0 73.9-83.3
$75,000-100,000 452 94 20.6 16.5-25.4 358 79.4 74.6-83.5
$100,000-150,000 423 85 20.9 16.5-26.0 338 79.1 74.0-83.5
$150,000+ 445 110 26.7 22.0-32.0 335 73.3 68.0-78.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 847 107 12.6 9.9-15.7 740 87.4 84.3-90.1
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 93 13 12.4 6.5-22.4 80 87.6 77.6-93.5
50% to 100% 354 49 14.9 10.6-20.4 305 85.1 79.6-89.4
101% to 150% 265 40 15.7 11.2-21.7 225 84.3 78.3-88.8
151% to 200% 319 44 14.7 10.1-21.0 275 85.3 79.0-89.9
More than 200% 2,165 455 22.4 20.2-24.7 1,710 77.6 75.3-79.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 847 107 12.6 9.9-15.7 740 87.4 84.3-90.1
HOUSING
Own 2,661 402 15.9 14.1-17.7 2,259 84.1 82.3-85.9
Rent 1,095 249 22.6 19.8-25.7 846 77.4 74.3-80.2
Other arrangement 269 57 24.1 17.8-31.6 212 75.9 68.4-82.2
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,366 297 21.1 18.6-23.8 1,069 78.9 76.2-81.4
Regional City or Suburban County 1,080 199 18.9 16.2-22.0 881 81.1 78.0-83.8
Rural 1,620 218 14.3 12.1-16.8 1,402 85.7 83.2-87.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,012 123 13.8 10.9-17.3 889 86.2 82.7-89.1
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,281 228 17.9 15.4-20.6 1,053 82.1 79.4-84.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,773 363 20.2 18.0-22.6 1,410 79.8 77.4-82.0
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,282 258 20.0 17.5-22.7 1,024 80.0 77.3-82.5
2nd Quartile 1,123 212 19.4 16.7-22.5 911 80.6 77.5-83.3
3rd Quartile 1,022 176 16.7 13.9-19.8 846 83.3 80.2-86.1
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 639 68 11.4 8.3-15.5 571 88.6 84.5-91.7

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*Data in this table were derived from the alcohol consumption questions. This question was asked of all respondents.

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.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2022 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on 2022 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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