2023 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%)
TOTAL 3,769 531 14.9 13.4-16.6 3,238 85.1 83.4-86.6
GENDER
Male 1,646 311 19.2 16.8-21.9 1,335 80.8 78.1-83.2
Female 2,123 220 11.1 9.3-13.2 1,903 88.9 86.8-90.7
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,282 356 15.9 14.0-17.9 1,926 84.1 82.1-86.0
Non-Hispanic Black 645 66 12.3 8.8-17.0 579 87.7 83.0-91.2
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 314 30 12.2 6.7-21.3 284 87.8 78.7-93.3
Non-Hispanic Other 150 18 14.3 8.3-23.5 132 85.7 76.5-91.7
Hispanic 326 54 16.0 11.9-21.2 272 84.0 78.8-88.1
AGE
18-34 752 173 21.9 18.3-26.1 579 78.1 73.9-81.7
35-44 524 95 19.5 15.4-24.4 429 80.5 75.6-84.6
45-54 577 97 15.5 12.2-19.5 480 84.5 80.5-87.8
55-64 704 70 10.0 7.3-13.4 634 90.0 86.6-92.7
65-74 668 63 8.9 6.5-12.0 605 91.1 88.0-93.5
75+ 493 28 4.8 2.8- 8.1 465 95.2 91.9-97.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 284 39 13.6 8.9-20.4 245 86.4 79.6-91.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 808 96 12.9 10.1-16.4 712 87.1 83.6-89.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,039 150 16.3 13.5-19.7 889 83.7 80.3-86.5
College Graduate 1,623 246 15.8 13.6-18.3 1,377 84.2 81.7-86.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,241 175 15.7 12.9-19.0 1,066 84.3 81.0-87.1
No 2,497 354 14.7 12.9-16.6 2,143 85.3 83.4-87.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 488 97 18.8 14.7-23.6 391 81.2 76.4-85.3
Non-Veteran 3,274 434 14.4 12.8-16.2 2,840 85.6 83.8-87.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,007 366 19.6 17.3-22.1 1,641 80.4 77.9-82.7
Unemployed 165 28 18.2 10.7-29.2 137 81.8 70.8-89.3
Retired 1,072 85 6.6 5.0- 8.8 987 93.4 91.2-95.0
Unable to Work 273 20 6.7 3.7-11.8 253 93.3 88.2-96.3
Other not in Labor Force 218 28 10.2 6.8-15.2 190 89.8 84.8-93.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 150 19 11.3 6.1-19.9 131 88.7 80.1-93.9
$15,000- 24,999 259 28 11.9 7.1-19.3 231 88.1 80.7-92.9
$25,000- 34,999 352 47 13.0 9.0-18.6 305 87.0 81.4-91.0
$35,000- 49,999 467 62 15.0 10.9-20.1 405 85.0 79.9-89.1
$50,000-74,999 517 71 14.8 10.9-19.8 446 85.2 80.2-89.1
$75,000-100,000 403 64 19.0 14.2-25.1 339 81.0 74.9-85.8
$100,000-150,000 440 83 17.3 13.5-21.9 357 82.7 78.1-86.5
$150,000+ 401 90 24.7 19.5-30.7 311 75.3 69.3-80.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 780 67 9.5 6.7-13.3 713 90.5 86.7-93.3
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 288 32 10.0 6.0-16.2 256 90.0 83.8-94.0
101% to 150% 237 36 18.4 12.1-27.1 201 81.6 72.9-87.9
151% to 200% 284 37 13.8 8.5-21.7 247 86.2 78.3-91.5
More than 200% 2,096 347 17.5 15.5-19.8 1,749 82.5 80.2-84.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 780 67 9.5 6.7-13.3 713 90.5 86.7-93.3
HOUSING
Own 2,496 314 13.4 11.6-15.4 2,182 86.6 84.6-88.4
Rent 990 177 18.8 15.7-22.3 813 81.2 77.7-84.3
Other arrangement 244 36 17.7 12.2-25.2 208 82.3 74.8-87.8
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,162 186 16.5 14.0-19.3 976 83.5 80.7-86.0
Regional City or Suburban County 932 135 15.0 12.1-18.6 797 85.0 81.4-87.9
Rural 1,675 210 13.3 11.1-15.9 1,465 86.7 84.1-88.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,209 144 13.8 11.0-17.1 1,065 86.2 82.9-89.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,062 142 12.6 10.2-15.6 920 87.4 84.4-89.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,498 245 17.1 14.7-19.8 1,253 82.9 80.2-85.3
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,158 185 17.0 14.3-20.0 973 83.0 80.0-85.7
2nd Quartile 994 134 13.4 10.8-16.6 860 86.6 83.4-89.2
3rd Quartile 956 148 16.1 13.2-19.5 808 83.9 80.5-86.8
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 661 64 10.2 7.1-14.3 597 89.8 85.7-92.9

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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 2023 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on 2023 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2023 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 2023 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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