2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Excessive Drinking*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,066 714 18.1 16.6-19.6 3,352 81.9 80.4-83.4
Non-Hispanic White 2,568 480 18.8 17.0-20.7 2,088 81.2 79.3-83.0
GENDER
Male 1,203 288 24.0 21.2-27.1 915 76.0 72.9-78.8
Female 1,365 192 14.1 12.0-16.5 1,173 85.9 83.5-88.0
AGE
18-34 513 168 30.1 25.7-34.9 345 69.9 65.1-74.3
35-44 326 92 28.5 23.2-34.4 234 71.5 65.6-76.8
45-54 380 68 18.4 14.1-23.6 312 81.6 76.4-85.9
55-64 491 64 12.4 9.2-16.5 427 87.6 83.5-90.8
65-74 492 65 11.9 8.8-15.7 427 88.1 84.3-91.2
75+ 326 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 509 79 15.4 12.0-19.4 430 84.6 80.6-88.0
Some Post-H.S. 761 142 20.9 17.6-24.7 619 79.1 75.3-82.4
College Graduate 1,195 248 21.6 18.9-24.4 947 78.4 75.6-81.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 95 14 13.7 7.5-23.8 81 86.3 76.2-92.5
$15,000- 24,999 157 15 10.5 5.9-18.1 142 89.5 81.9-94.1
$25,000- 34,999 223 38 20.6 14.4-28.6 185 79.4 71.4-85.6
$35,000- 49,999 273 48 16.7 11.9-23.0 225 83.3 77.0-88.1
$50,000- 74,999 344 73 21.2 16.3-27.1 271 78.8 72.9-83.7
$75,000+ 988 232 24.4 21.3-27.7 756 75.6 72.3-78.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 815 102 12.8 10.1-16.1 713 87.2 83.9-89.9
No 1,729 375 22.2 19.9-24.7 1,354 77.8 75.3-80.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 343 61 19.9 15.1-25.8 282 80.1 74.2-84.9
Non-Veteran 2,222 419 18.6 16.7-20.7 1,803 81.4 79.3-83.3
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 782 187 24.2 20.8-27.9 595 75.8 72.1-79.2
Regional City or Suburban County 749 122 16.5 13.5-19.9 627 83.5 80.1-86.5
Rural 1,037 171 16.7 13.9-19.8 866 83.3 80.2-86.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,414 348 25.3 22.6-28.1 1,066 74.7 71.9-77.4
Unemployed 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 777 73 8.5 6.2-11.5 704 91.5 88.5-93.8
Unable to Work 159 14 7.2 4.0-12.7 145 92.8 87.3-96.0
Other not in Labor Force 130 29 22.5 15.0-32.4 101 77.5 67.6-85.0
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 127 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 132 18 13.8 8.4-22.0 114 86.2 78.0-91.6
151% to 200% 189 28 15.0 9.7-22.6 161 85.0 77.4-90.3
More than 200% 1,574 349 23.3 20.8-25.9 1,225 76.7 74.1-79.2
HOUSING
Own 1,885 319 17.1 15.1-19.3 1,566 82.9 80.7-84.9
Rent 525 132 25.5 21.4-30.0 393 74.5 70.0-78.6
Other arrangement 140 28 23.4 15.8-33.1 112 76.6 66.9-84.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 497 66 13.4 9.7-18.0 431 86.6 82.0-90.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 897 170 19.2 16.2-22.5 727 80.8 77.5-83.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,174 244 20.8 18.2-23.8 930 79.2 76.2-81.8
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 958 196 20.1 17.3-23.3 762 79.9 76.7-82.7
2nd Quartile 731 143 20.5 17.2-24.3 588 79.5 75.7-82.8
3rd Quartile 616 101 15.9 12.6-20.0 515 84.1 80.0-87.4
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 263 40 14.5 10.1-20.6 223 85.5 79.4-89.9

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Yes refers to respondents who said they had drank in the past 30 days and had at least one binge drinking episode (5 or more drinks on one occasion for men 4 or more drinks for women)
or were heavy drinkers (2 or more drinks per day for men, more than 1 drink per day for women).
No refers to respondents who said they did not drink in the past 30 days or who were not heavy drinkers and had no binge drinking episodes.

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 U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2022 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. 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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