2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

Considering all types of alcoholic beverages, how many times during the past 30 days did you have
[5 or more drinks for men or 4 or more drinks for women] on an occasion?*

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  Total
Respond.^
None Once Twice 3-7 times 8-30 times
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,041 1,399 65.8 63.1-68.4 199 10.4 8.8-12.2 151 7.7 6.4- 9.2 210 11.0 9.4-12.9 82 5.2 4.0- 6.7
GENDER
Male 1,066 665 59.3 55.5-62.9 118 12.0 9.7-14.7 82 8.1 6.2-10.4 142 14.0 11.6-16.9 59 6.7 4.9- 8.9
Female 975 734 73.2 69.5-76.7 81 8.5 6.6-11.0 69 7.2 5.5- 9.4 68 7.6 5.7-10.1 23 3.4 2.1- 5.6
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,862 1,308 67.5 64.7-70.1 176 10.2 8.6-12.1 127 7.4 6.1- 9.0 181 10.2 8.6-12.0 70 4.8 3.6- 6.3
No 151 77 51.1 41.1-61.0 19 12.7 7.1-21.5 19 9.5 5.4-16.1 24 16.4 10.4-24.7 *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 23 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 577 404 67.4 62.4-72.0 52 9.8 7.1-13.3 44 8.4 6.1-11.5 58 10.8 8.0-14.4 19 3.7 2.1- 6.6
Overweight 744 497 64.7 60.2-68.9 74 10.2 7.8-13.1 61 8.3 6.2-11.1 78 10.5 8.1-13.5 34 6.4 4.3- 9.5
Obese 567 389 65.4 60.0-70.4 56 10.9 7.8-14.9 33 6.1 4.0- 9.3 62 11.6 8.8-15.3 27 6.0 3.9- 9.0
Current Smoker
Yes 265 122 48.1 39.9-56.4 29 13.7 8.7-20.9 33 10.3 6.5-15.8 60 18.5 13.7-24.4 21 9.5 5.5-15.9
No 1,754 1,260 69.0 66.2-71.7 168 9.7 8.1-11.5 116 7.2 5.9- 8.9 149 9.7 8.0-11.7 61 4.4 3.3- 5.9
History of CVD**
Yes 138 105 77.6 68.1-84.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,890 1,289 65.4 62.6-68.1 191 10.8 9.2-12.8 139 7.5 6.2- 9.0 197 11.4 9.7-13.4 74 4.9 3.8- 6.4
Binge Drinker
Yes 642 *** *** *** 199 30.3 26.1-34.8 151 22.4 18.8-26.5 210 32.3 28.0-36.9 82 15.1 11.8-19.1
No 1,399 1,399 100 . - . *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Heavy Drinker
Yes 248 57 18.3 13.4-24.4 18 6.8 4.0-11.1 36 16.6 11.1-24.2 71 25.2 19.3-32.1 66 33.2 25.8-41.4
No 1,769 1,332 72.8 70.1-75.4 179 10.8 9.1-12.8 114 6.5 5.3- 8.0 132 8.8 7.2-10.7 *** *** ***
COPD
Yes 87 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,952 1,343 65.8 63.1-68.5 194 10.6 9.0-12.5 144 7.6 6.3- 9.1 197 11.1 9.4-13.0 74 4.9 3.7- 6.4
Current Asthma
Yes 144 92 56.0 45.6-65.9 17 14.0 8.0-23.4 16 15.8 8.9-26.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,888 1,301 66.6 63.8-69.3 182 10.1 8.5-12.0 134 7.0 5.8- 8.5 196 11.1 9.4-13.0 75 5.2 4.0- 6.8
Diabetes
Yes 159 120 74.8 65.4-82.3 *** *** *** 14 8.7 4.9-15.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,881 1,278 64.9 62.1-67.6 194 11.0 9.3-12.9 137 7.6 6.3- 9.3 193 11.3 9.6-13.2 79 5.2 4.0- 6.8
Functional Disability
Yes 514 360 69.6 64.0-74.7 38 6.6 4.4- 9.7 37 6.4 4.2- 9.5 50 10.2 7.3-14.2 29 7.2 4.5-11.2
No 1,510 1,025 64.2 61.1-67.2 160 11.8 9.8-14.0 114 8.2 6.7-10.1 158 11.4 9.5-13.6 53 4.5 3.3- 6.1
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 450 322 67.8 61.7-73.3 28 6.3 3.9-10.2 41 10.5 7.2-14.9 38 9.0 6.1-13.2 21 6.3 3.7-10.7
No 1,591 1,077 65.3 62.2-68.2 171 11.4 9.5-13.5 110 6.9 5.6- 8.6 172 11.5 9.7-13.7 61 4.8 3.6- 6.5

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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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