2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Seatbelt Use and Drinking and Driving

During the past 30 days, how many times have you driven when you've had
perhaps too much to drink?*

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  Total
Respond.^
One or more times Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,922 44 2.2 1.6- 3.1 1,878 97.8 96.9-98.4
GENDER
Male 947 27 2.7 1.7- 4.1 920 97.3 95.9-98.3
Female 975 17 1.7 1.0- 2.9 958 98.3 97.1-99.0
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,764 38 2.0 1.4- 2.9 1,726 98.0 97.1-98.6
No 139 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 542 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Overweight 674 19 2.3 1.4- 3.8 655 97.7 96.2-98.6
Obese 569 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Current Smoker
Yes 242 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,664 30 1.8 1.2- 2.7 1,634 98.2 97.3-98.8
History of CVD**
Yes 153 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,763 40 2.2 1.6- 3.1 1,723 97.8 96.9-98.4
Binge Drinker
Yes 454 28 6.4 4.3- 9.5 426 93.6 90.5-95.7
No 1,319 16 0.9 0.5- 1.5 1,303 99.1 98.5-99.5
Heavy Drinker
Yes 190 17 9.5 5.6-15.5 173 90.5 84.5-94.4
No 1,589 26 1.5 1.0- 2.3 1,563 98.5 97.7-99.0
COPD
Yes 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,815 42 2.2 1.6- 3.1 1,773 97.8 96.9-98.4
Current Asthma
Yes 180 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,732 39 2.2 1.5- 3.1 1,693 97.8 96.9-98.5
Diabetes
Yes 166 *** *** *** 166 100 . - .
No 1,754 44 2.4 1.7- 3.4 1,710 97.6 96.6-98.3
Functional Disability
Yes 544 15 3.1 1.8- 5.5 529 96.9 94.5-98.2
No 1,363 29 1.9 1.3- 2.9 1,334 98.1 97.1-98.7
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 411 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,510 36 2.3 1.6- 3.3 1,474 97.7 96.7-98.4

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*This question was asked only of those who had at least one drink in the past 30 days.

**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 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.

^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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