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
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,714 1,810 50.8 48.7-52.9 507 13.9 12.5-15.4 587 15.3 13.9-16.8 644 15.7 14.3-17.1 166 4.3 3.6- 5.3
No 362 199 51.3 44.5-58.0 51 13.8 10.0-18.6 50 15.8 11.3-21.8 46 13.1 9.4-18.0 *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 61 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,093 500 48.9 44.8-52.9 146 13.7 11.2-16.8 177 15.6 13.1-18.5 222 17.9 15.3-20.8 48 3.9 2.6- 5.7
Overweight 1,378 613 45.8 42.5-49.2 175 13.1 11.0-15.5 248 18.2 15.8-20.9 263 17.7 15.3-20.3 79 5.2 3.9- 6.8
Obese 1,277 695 53.6 49.7-57.3 206 16.8 13.8-20.2 167 13.1 10.8-15.7 160 11.8 9.9-14.0 49 4.8 3.4- 6.6
Current Smoker
Yes 526 243 44.1 37.9-50.5 67 14.5 10.4-19.7 79 15.6 11.6-20.6 89 15.4 12.0-19.5 48 10.4 7.2-14.8
No 3,583 1,796 52.2 50.1-54.3 499 14.1 12.6-15.7 557 15.1 13.7-16.6 596 15.2 13.8-16.7 135 3.4 2.8- 4.2
History of CVD**
Yes 442 304 70.2 63.8-75.9 39 8.6 5.6-13.2 38 9.6 6.5-13.8 35 6.0 3.9- 9.0 26 5.6 3.2- 9.9
No 3,670 1,727 48.6 46.5-50.8 528 14.9 13.3-16.5 606 16.0 14.6-17.6 653 16.3 14.9-17.8 156 4.2 3.4- 5.1
Binge Drinker
Yes 642 *** *** *** 71 11.6 8.9-15.1 185 28.0 24.0-32.5 300 45.7 41.0-50.5 86 14.6 11.4-18.5
No 3,448 2,049 61.8 59.6-63.9 489 14.6 13.0-16.4 449 12.6 11.2-14.1 375 9.0 7.9-10.1 86 2.1 1.5- 2.7
Heavy Drinker
Yes 262 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 168 58.6 50.8-66.1 89 39.3 32.0-47.2
No 3,840 2,049 54.8 52.7-56.9 560 15.0 13.5-16.7 625 15.9 14.4-17.4 517 12.3 11.1-13.6 89 2.0 1.5- 2.7
COPD
Yes 322 231 75.9 69.1-81.7 19 4.2 2.5- 7.0 26 6.5 3.8-11.0 23 5.5 3.4- 8.8 23 7.9 4.5-13.5
No 3,812 1,811 48.7 46.6-50.8 549 15.0 13.5-16.7 619 16.0 14.6-17.5 672 16.2 14.8-17.7 161 4.1 3.4- 5.0
Current Asthma
Yes 378 231 65.0 58.4-71.0 52 11.9 8.5-16.4 36 9.1 6.1-13.3 40 10.2 7.0-14.8 19 3.8 2.2- 6.3
No 3,750 1,811 49.2 47.1-51.4 514 14.4 12.9-16.1 606 15.9 14.5-17.5 655 16.0 14.6-17.4 164 4.5 3.7- 5.4
Diabetes
Yes 553 390 72.1 67.0-76.8 71 12.1 9.1-15.8 45 7.6 5.3-10.8 32 5.3 3.2- 8.5 *** *** ***
No 3,583 1,653 48.0 45.9-50.2 496 14.1 12.7-15.6 601 16.4 14.9-18.0 665 16.9 15.4-18.4 168 4.6 3.8- 5.6
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
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,239 776 64.7 61.0-68.3 140 11.0 8.9-13.5 129 9.7 7.8-11.9 128 9.5 7.6-12.0 66 5.0 3.7- 6.9
No 2,905 1,273 45.3 43.0-47.7 428 15.4 13.6-17.3 517 17.5 15.8-19.3 569 17.7 16.1-19.4 118 4.1 3.3- 5.2

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**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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