2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

One drink is equivalent to a 12 ounce beer, a 5 ounce glass of wine, or a drink with one shot of liquor.
During the past 30 days, on the days when you drank, about how many drinks did you drink on the average?*

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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 2,051 767 34.0 31.4-36.7 671 34.3 31.7-37.0 293 15.2 13.2-17.4 108 5.3 4.2- 6.6 212 11.2 9.5-13.1
GENDER
Male 1,070 302 24.6 21.7-27.7 357 35.7 32.1-39.5 179 17.3 14.5-20.4 66 6.2 4.7- 8.1 166 16.3 13.7-19.2
Female 981 465 44.7 40.5-49.0 314 32.8 29.1-36.7 114 12.9 10.2-16.1 42 4.3 2.9- 6.4 46 5.4 3.7- 7.7
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,871 731 35.3 32.6-38.0 617 34.9 32.2-37.7 262 14.8 12.8-17.1 96 5.0 4.0- 6.4 165 10.0 8.4-11.9
No 153 29 17.9 11.8-26.0 43 29.4 21.4-39.0 25 19.2 11.7-29.8 *** *** *** 44 23.8 16.7-32.8
Body Mass Index
Underweight 23 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 578 228 34.4 29.8-39.2 202 36.8 31.8-42.0 74 15.1 11.1-20.0 28 5.3 3.4- 8.0 46 8.6 6.1-12.0
Overweight 752 259 29.9 26.1-34.1 240 34.1 30.0-38.5 130 17.9 14.6-21.9 37 5.5 3.7- 8.0 86 12.5 9.8-15.9
Obese 571 211 35.6 30.1-41.4 183 32.4 27.6-37.7 75 13.9 10.8-17.7 36 5.3 3.6- 7.8 66 12.8 9.6-16.9
Current Smoker
Yes 272 53 15.6 11.1-21.5 68 29.5 22.5-37.6 57 22.2 15.6-30.7 26 8.8 5.3-14.1 68 23.9 17.9-31.1
No 1,758 701 37.3 34.4-40.3 598 35.1 32.4-38.0 235 14.0 12.1-16.1 82 4.7 3.7- 6.0 142 8.8 7.3-10.7
History of CVD**
Yes 135 *** *** *** *** *** *** 17 9.5 5.5-16.0 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,902 696 33.4 30.7-36.2 630 34.5 31.8-37.3 275 15.5 13.4-17.8 102 5.1 4.1- 6.4 199 11.5 9.8-13.5
Binge Drinker
Yes 628 49 7.3 5.3- 9.9 166 26.5 22.4-31.1 155 23.5 19.8-27.7 73 12.2 9.4-15.7 185 30.5 26.2-35.2
No 1,387 715 48.3 44.8-51.9 495 38.4 35.1-41.8 131 10.8 8.6-13.5 30 1.7 1.1- 2.5 *** *** ***
Heavy Drinker
Yes 262 *** *** *** 63 21.6 16.4-28.0 61 22.8 17.0-29.8 35 14.6 9.8-21.1 103 41.0 33.6-48.8
No 1,789 767 38.9 36.0-41.9 608 36.2 33.3-39.1 232 14.1 12.1-16.5 73 4.0 3.0- 5.2 109 6.9 5.5- 8.5
COPD
Yes 88 29 22.7 14.6-33.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,960 737 34.4 31.7-37.2 644 34.2 31.6-37.0 277 15.1 13.1-17.3 101 5.1 4.1- 6.5 201 11.2 9.5-13.1
Current Asthma
Yes 142 60 38.4 29.3-48.5 46 29.9 22.0-39.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,900 702 33.6 30.9-36.5 623 34.6 31.9-37.5 278 15.3 13.3-17.6 97 5.2 4.1- 6.6 200 11.2 9.5-13.1
Diabetes
Yes 159 79 48.0 38.4-57.7 44 32.1 23.5-42.1 17 9.3 5.5-15.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,890 687 32.4 29.9-35.1 627 34.8 32.1-37.6 275 15.7 13.7-18.1 99 5.3 4.2- 6.6 202 11.8 10.1-13.8
Functional Disability
Yes 517 201 36.2 30.2-42.6 145 29.2 24.1-34.7 78 16.4 12.1-21.7 23 4.2 2.4- 7.3 70 14.1 10.5-18.6
No 1,516 557 33.0 30.2-35.9 523 36.3 33.3-39.4 213 14.9 12.8-17.3 82 5.6 4.4- 7.2 141 10.2 8.4-12.3
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 450 188 37.8 32.2-43.7 135 32.5 27.0-38.4 66 15.9 11.9-20.9 26 5.4 3.4- 8.6 35 8.5 5.5-12.9
No 1,601 579 33.0 30.1-36.1 536 34.8 31.9-37.9 227 15.0 12.8-17.5 82 5.3 4.1- 6.8 177 11.9 10.0-14.0

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*This question was 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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