2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, what is the largest number of drinks you had on any occasion?*

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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 1,739 470 25.7 22.9-28.8 509 27.6 24.9-30.4 269 16.7 14.3-19.4 126 7.5 5.9- 9.4 365 22.6 20.1-25.3
GENDER
Male 852 161 19.2 15.6-23.3 217 25.4 21.6-29.5 150 16.9 13.5-20.9 68 8.0 6.0-10.5 256 30.6 26.8-34.7
Female 887 309 32.4 28.2-36.9 292 29.8 26.1-33.9 119 16.5 13.2-20.5 58 6.9 4.7-10.1 109 14.3 11.4-17.9
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,605 444 26.2 23.3-29.4 482 28.3 25.4-31.3 245 16.5 13.9-19.4 118 7.6 6.0- 9.6 316 21.4 18.8-24.2
No 117 24 21.6 13.0-33.6 27 22.3 14.7-32.2 21 18.6 11.0-29.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 25 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 509 140 27.8 22.5-33.8 162 27.4 22.9-32.3 69 14.5 10.4-19.8 33 6.9 4.6-10.2 105 23.5 19.0-28.7
Overweight 610 149 22.9 18.4-28.1 169 26.7 22.1-31.8 110 18.2 14.6-22.5 46 8.6 5.5-13.1 136 23.6 19.5-28.2
Obese 521 147 24.2 19.8-29.2 149 29.7 24.7-35.4 77 18.4 13.5-24.7 43 7.7 5.4-10.7 105 20.0 15.9-24.8
Current Smoker
Yes 211 27 14.4 8.8-22.9 40 18.1 12.2-26.2 30 17.0 10.7-25.9 19 9.3 5.4-15.4 95 41.1 33.0-49.8
No 1,518 439 27.5 24.4-30.8 466 28.8 25.9-31.8 238 16.8 14.2-19.7 107 7.2 5.6- 9.3 268 19.7 17.2-22.6
History of CVD**
Yes 135 *** *** *** *** *** *** 20 18.4 10.7-29.7 *** *** *** 22 12.0 7.4-19.0
No 1,598 424 25.3 22.4-28.5 465 27.1 24.3-30.0 249 16.6 14.1-19.5 121 7.8 6.2- 9.8 339 23.2 20.6-26.1
Binge Drinker
Yes 428 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 56 12.4 8.4-17.9 346 78.6 71.6-84.3
No 1,299 460 33.6 30.1-37.2 504 37.8 34.3-41.5 255 21.8 18.7-25.3 67 5.6 4.2- 7.3 *** *** ***
Heavy Drinker
Yes 181 *** *** *** *** *** *** 32 16.9 10.1-26.9 21 9.7 5.6-16.4 103 58.9 48.3-68.8
No 1,547 462 28.1 25.0-31.3 489 30.4 27.4-33.5 236 16.4 13.9-19.3 105 7.3 5.6- 9.4 255 17.8 15.4-20.5
COPD
Yes 79 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,653 438 25.6 22.7-28.7 488 27.7 25.0-30.7 260 16.7 14.2-19.5 122 7.5 5.9- 9.5 345 22.4 19.9-25.2
Current Asthma
Yes 163 *** *** *** 47 27.5 18.8-38.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** 32 20.2 12.8-30.5
No 1,567 421 25.8 23.0-28.9 459 27.6 24.8-30.5 235 16.0 13.7-18.6 119 7.7 6.1- 9.8 333 22.9 20.3-25.8
Diabetes
Yes 141 *** *** *** 49 33.1 24.1-43.5 15 6.4 3.5-11.4 *** *** *** 21 20.9 13.0-31.7
No 1,596 420 24.9 22.0-28.1 459 27.1 24.3-30.1 254 17.5 14.9-20.4 120 7.8 6.1- 9.8 343 22.7 20.1-25.5
Functional Disability
Yes 476 141 27.4 21.8-33.8 132 25.1 20.4-30.3 60 16.2 11.0-23.3 27 4.8 3.1- 7.5 116 26.5 21.4-32.3
No 1,252 326 25.1 21.9-28.6 370 28.3 25.0-31.7 209 17.0 14.4-20.0 99 8.5 6.5-11.0 248 21.2 18.4-24.3
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 368 131 33.4 27.2-40.2 115 30.6 24.8-37.0 44 13.8 9.3-19.9 18 5.0 2.8- 8.6 60 17.3 12.9-22.9
No 1,370 339 24.1 21.0-27.5 393 26.9 23.9-30.1 225 17.3 14.6-20.5 108 8.0 6.2-10.2 305 23.7 20.9-26.8

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*This question 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 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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