2022 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 4,144 2,049 50.9 48.9-52.9 568 14.1 12.7-15.7 646 15.2 13.9-16.7 697 15.4 14.1-16.7 184 4.4 3.6- 5.3
GENDER
Male 1,941 839 44.7 41.8-47.6 247 12.3 10.6-14.2 346 18.2 16.1-20.5 378 18.1 16.1-20.3 131 6.8 5.5- 8.4
Female 2,203 1,210 56.6 53.7-59.4 321 15.8 13.7-18.3 300 12.5 11.0-14.3 319 12.8 11.3-14.6 53 2.2 1.5- 3.1
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,600 1,187 48.6 46.1-51.1 323 12.6 11.0-14.4 433 15.8 14.2-17.6 515 17.5 15.9-19.3 142 5.5 4.4- 6.8
Non-Hispanic Black 737 424 56.7 52.2-61.2 104 13.9 11.2-17.3 99 14.6 11.5-18.3 90 12.1 9.5-15.3 20 2.6 1.6- 4.3
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 155 *** *** *** 23 12.5 6.7-21.9 13 4.7 2.4- 8.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 69 *** *** *** 14 13.1 6.9-23.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 88 *** *** *** 13 13.9 7.9-23.5 *** *** *** 12 15.7 8.5-27.1 *** *** ***
Hispanic 406 212 53.7 47.4-59.9 80 21.1 16.4-26.6 59 13.2 9.9-17.3 46 9.6 6.9-13.2 *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 939 361 41.4 37.3-45.5 161 17.1 14.2-20.3 202 21.0 18.0-24.4 192 17.4 14.8-20.3 23 3.2 2.0- 5.1
35-44 622 260 44.7 39.7-49.8 97 15.1 12.0-19.0 108 15.9 12.7-19.6 139 21.3 17.7-25.4 18 3.0 1.8- 5.1
45-54 647 289 45.6 40.7-50.7 103 16.9 13.6-20.9 115 16.9 13.6-20.9 111 15.4 12.4-19.0 29 5.1 3.3- 7.8
55-64 743 399 54.8 50.0-59.5 97 12.2 9.6-15.4 92 13.6 10.7-17.2 112 14.0 11.1-17.4 43 5.4 3.8- 7.7
65-74 701 412 63.9 59.2-68.3 72 8.1 6.2-10.6 80 9.0 6.8-11.6 91 12.7 9.8-16.2 46 6.4 4.5- 8.9
75+ 413 285 74.0 67.6-79.5 27 7.3 4.2-12.6 37 6.6 4.4- 9.9 39 6.4 4.2- 9.6 25 5.6 3.0-10.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 326 216 66.3 58.9-72.9 33 12.5 8.1-18.8 37 10.4 7.1-14.9 27 7.5 4.6-12.0 13 3.3 1.7- 6.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 915 557 61.0 56.9-65.0 106 11.6 9.2-14.5 104 11.5 9.1-14.5 111 12.2 9.9-15.1 37 3.7 2.4- 5.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,191 636 50.0 46.4-53.7 166 15.4 12.6-18.7 171 15.0 12.6-17.7 165 14.2 11.9-16.8 53 5.3 3.8- 7.3
College Graduate 1,700 631 36.7 34.0-39.5 262 15.7 13.7-18.0 332 20.6 18.3-23.1 394 22.5 20.2-24.9 81 4.5 3.5- 5.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,316 781 60.4 56.6-64.2 180 15.0 12.2-18.5 157 10.4 8.6-12.6 141 9.7 7.9-12.0 57 4.3 3.1- 6.2
No 2,791 1,250 46.0 43.7-48.4 379 13.5 12.0-15.2 486 17.7 16.0-19.6 549 18.2 16.6-20.0 127 4.5 3.6- 5.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 541 246 46.5 41.2-51.9 54 10.7 7.9-14.3 105 19.4 15.6-24.0 95 17.6 14.0-22.0 41 5.7 4.0- 8.1
Non-Veteran 3,593 1,796 51.4 49.2-53.6 514 14.6 13.1-16.4 539 14.7 13.3-16.2 601 15.0 13.7-16.5 143 4.2 3.4- 5.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,366 939 40.3 37.9-42.8 393 17.0 15.2-18.9 440 18.5 16.7-20.5 495 19.8 17.9-21.8 99 4.4 3.5- 5.6
Unemployed 153 *** *** *** 17 10.4 6.0-17.5 21 13.7 7.5-23.7 20 11.2 6.4-19.1 *** *** ***
Retired 1,049 638 63.7 59.3-67.8 97 9.9 6.8-14.1 123 10.3 8.2-12.9 128 10.5 8.4-13.0 63 5.7 4.0- 7.9
Unable to Work 293 228 78.6 71.5-84.3 23 7.6 4.5-12.4 17 5.9 3.4-10.2 17 5.5 2.8-10.5 *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 250 139 57.0 48.8-64.8 33 13.6 8.5-21.1 44 17.3 12.4-23.5 31 9.8 6.6-14.4 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 203 133 63.9 53.8-73.0 24 14.1 8.5-22.4 18 10.7 5.7-19.2 19 7.4 4.4-12.2 *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 358 248 71.9 65.6-77.4 46 9.8 6.8-13.8 32 9.7 6.5-14.4 23 5.9 3.5- 9.9 *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 418 242 55.4 49.1-61.5 54 13.5 9.5-18.7 59 13.2 9.9-17.5 49 12.9 9.3-17.7 14 4.9 2.5- 9.4
$35,000- 49,999 439 219 49.8 43.7-55.9 65 16.7 12.5-21.9 59 13.7 9.6-19.0 73 14.2 11.0-18.2 23 5.6 3.3- 9.4
$50,000-74,999 519 225 45.2 39.8-50.8 69 14.0 10.1-19.1 94 14.3 11.3-17.9 98 20.2 16.0-25.1 33 6.3 4.0- 9.8
$75,000-100,000 458 179 40.3 34.6-46.2 84 19.7 15.5-24.6 86 18.5 14.6-23.2 91 18.3 14.5-22.8 18 3.3 1.9- 5.6
$100,000-150,000 430 157 36.1 30.7-41.9 58 14.0 10.4-18.7 86 22.4 17.6-28.1 104 21.7 17.5-26.5 25 5.8 3.6- 9.2
$150,000+ 446 127 30.5 25.4-36.1 71 14.3 10.9-18.6 95 23.2 18.8-28.3 128 26.1 21.7-31.1 25 5.9 3.8- 9.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 873 519 61.6 56.9-66.0 97 12.3 9.1-16.4 117 12.5 10.0-15.5 112 11.1 8.7-14.0 28 2.5 1.6- 4.1
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 94 *** *** *** 12 14.5 7.0-27.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 358 237 68.0 61.2-74.0 48 13.0 9.0-18.3 29 6.8 4.4-10.2 31 9.0 5.9-13.5 13 3.4 1.8- 6.2
101% to 150% 271 165 58.2 50.1-65.9 31 14.8 8.9-23.5 40 14.5 10.2-20.2 23 7.5 4.7-11.8 12 5.0 2.7- 9.2
151% to 200% 326 199 59.2 51.9-66.2 48 15.4 10.8-21.5 34 11.0 6.9-17.2 33 9.8 6.4-14.7 12 4.5 2.2- 9.2
More than 200% 2,197 855 39.6 37.1-42.2 329 14.9 13.2-16.8 415 19.0 17.1-21.2 482 20.9 19.0-23.0 116 5.5 4.3- 6.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 873 519 61.6 56.9-66.0 97 12.3 9.1-16.4 117 12.5 10.0-15.5 112 11.1 8.7-14.0 28 2.5 1.6- 4.1
HOUSING
Own 2,697 1,329 51.1 48.5-53.6 369 14.3 12.5-16.4 404 14.2 12.6-16.0 457 15.3 13.8-17.0 138 5.1 4.1- 6.3
Rent 1,132 546 47.7 44.1-51.3 157 14.5 12.1-17.2 194 17.9 15.3-20.8 201 17.3 14.8-20.0 34 2.7 1.8- 4.0
Other arrangement 274 151 57.2 48.8-65.3 37 12.0 8.1-17.6 40 16.3 11.1-23.1 35 11.2 7.1-17.2 11 3.3 1.5- 6.8
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,397 572 42.0 38.8-45.2 215 17.3 14.6-20.4 250 18.0 15.7-20.6 303 18.9 16.7-21.4 57 3.8 2.8- 5.2
Regional City or Suburban County 1,094 532 52.2 48.3-56.1 149 12.9 10.5-15.8 175 15.2 12.8-18.1 191 14.9 12.5-17.5 47 4.8 3.4- 6.7
Rural 1,653 945 58.8 55.4-62.1 204 12.0 10.1-14.2 221 12.5 10.5-14.7 203 12.2 10.3-14.4 80 4.6 3.4- 6.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,036 639 62.1 57.7-66.4 143 12.4 10.0-15.3 122 10.8 8.4-13.8 99 10.6 8.2-13.7 33 4.1 2.5- 6.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,297 698 55.3 51.8-58.7 158 13.5 11.1-16.3 186 13.4 11.4-15.7 182 12.7 10.6-15.0 73 5.1 4.0- 6.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,811 712 42.4 39.4-45.4 267 15.4 13.2-18.0 338 18.6 16.5-21.0 416 19.6 17.6-21.7 78 4.0 3.0- 5.3
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,307 525 44.4 40.9-47.9 175 13.3 11.3-15.7 231 17.8 15.3-20.6 308 20.3 17.9-22.9 68 4.2 3.1- 5.7
2nd Quartile 1,142 546 48.1 44.3-51.9 168 16.1 13.2-19.5 187 15.6 13.3-18.3 184 15.3 12.9-17.9 57 4.9 3.6- 6.7
3rd Quartile 1,039 544 56.4 52.4-60.3 142 13.4 10.9-16.4 157 13.7 11.4-16.4 154 11.8 9.8-14.3 42 4.7 3.2- 6.9
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 656 434 65.5 59.6-70.9 83 12.0 8.8-16.0 71 10.2 7.0-14.6 51 9.9 6.7-14.3 17 2.5 1.3- 4.7

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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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