2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, what is the largest number of drinks you had on any occasion?*

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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 2,010 447 20.6 18.3-23.2 519 25.8 23.4-28.3 348 17.1 15.1-19.4 180 8.7 7.3-10.3 516 27.8 25.4-30.4
GENDER
Male 1,055 165 14.4 12.0-17.3 217 20.9 17.9-24.2 196 18.5 15.7-21.5 97 7.9 6.2-10.0 380 38.3 34.7-42.1
Female 955 282 27.8 23.8-32.2 302 31.4 27.7-35.4 152 15.6 12.8-19.0 83 9.5 7.4-12.2 136 15.6 12.9-18.8
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,835 422 20.3 18.2-22.7 487 27.1 24.6-29.8 319 17.3 15.2-19.6 168 8.8 7.4-10.5 439 26.4 24.0-29.1
No 149 20 18.1 10.7-29.0 27 15.9 10.3-23.7 24 17.3 11.0-26.1 *** *** *** 66 39.1 30.0-49.1
Body Mass Index
Underweight 23 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 576 130 19.0 15.5-23.0 152 26.8 22.4-31.6 110 19.9 15.6-25.1 51 9.7 6.8-13.7 133 24.7 20.6-29.2
Overweight 733 152 19.7 16.2-23.8 170 22.9 19.3-26.8 131 18.1 15.0-21.8 70 8.5 6.5-11.0 210 30.8 26.7-35.2
Obese 557 126 22.3 17.1-28.5 154 27.6 22.9-32.8 89 14.6 11.6-18.3 46 7.5 5.4-10.5 142 27.9 23.4-33.0
Current Smoker
Yes 262 34 12.6 7.9-19.6 38 14.8 9.6-22.0 40 18.0 11.6-26.7 23 10.9 6.7-17.2 127 43.8 36.0-52.0
No 1,725 407 22.2 19.6-25.1 476 27.7 25.1-30.4 305 17.1 15.1-19.3 155 8.3 6.9- 9.9 382 24.7 22.2-27.4
History of CVD**
Yes 135 *** *** *** 37 28.2 19.1-39.5 *** *** *** 14 8.3 4.6-14.6 25 17.0 10.7-26.1
No 1,863 404 20.0 17.6-22.6 477 25.6 23.2-28.2 330 17.4 15.3-19.6 165 8.7 7.2-10.4 487 28.3 25.8-31.0
Binge Drinker
Yes 601 *** *** *** *** *** *** 19 2.7 1.6- 4.5 77 12.0 9.2-15.4 476 80.5 76.3-84.2
No 1,378 434 30.2 26.9-33.8 498 37.2 33.9-40.6 324 24.4 21.5-27.5 100 6.8 5.4- 8.7 22 1.4 0.9- 2.3
Heavy Drinker
Yes 243 *** *** *** 24 9.1 5.6-14.5 24 7.3 4.5-11.7 34 11.3 7.8-16.2 161 72.2 65.3-78.2
No 1,747 442 23.3 20.7-26.2 494 28.4 25.7-31.2 322 18.6 16.3-21.1 143 8.2 6.7- 9.9 346 21.6 19.2-24.1
COPD
Yes 86 16 12.4 6.8-21.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,923 431 20.9 18.5-23.6 494 25.6 23.2-28.2 338 17.1 15.1-19.3 172 8.7 7.3-10.4 488 27.6 25.2-30.3
Current Asthma
Yes 140 38 22.8 15.8-31.7 34 22.3 15.2-31.5 22 14.6 9.0-22.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,862 406 20.4 17.9-23.2 484 26.1 23.6-28.8 324 17.3 15.2-19.6 172 9.0 7.6-10.8 476 27.1 24.7-29.8
Diabetes
Yes 158 59 37.3 28.4-47.1 48 34.0 25.3-44.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** 29 17.4 11.4-25.7
No 1,850 387 18.7 16.6-21.1 471 25.4 22.9-28.0 334 18.0 15.9-20.4 171 9.1 7.6-10.8 487 28.8 26.3-31.5
Functional Disability
Yes 506 128 25.1 19.4-31.8 118 22.5 18.1-27.6 98 21.0 16.3-26.7 33 5.0 3.4- 7.4 129 26.4 21.5-31.9
No 1,485 312 18.9 16.6-21.5 399 26.9 24.2-29.9 245 15.6 13.6-17.9 147 10.1 8.3-12.2 382 28.4 25.6-31.4
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 442 123 25.0 20.1-30.6 125 28.8 23.6-34.5 58 14.2 10.3-19.4 36 6.0 4.1- 8.9 100 25.9 20.7-31.9
No 1,568 324 19.5 16.8-22.5 394 25.0 22.4-27.9 290 17.9 15.6-20.4 144 9.3 7.7-11.3 416 28.3 25.6-31.2

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*This question 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 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.

^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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