2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

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
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,425 474 14.8 13.2-16.6 2,951 85.2 83.4-86.8
No 281 43 14.3 10.0-20.0 238 85.7 80.0-90.0
Body Mass Index
Underweight 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 962 149 15.3 12.6-18.5 813 84.7 81.5-87.4
Overweight 1,236 206 19.4 16.3-22.9 1,030 80.6 77.1-83.7
Obese 1,263 148 12.1 9.9-14.6 1,115 87.9 85.4-90.1
Current Smoker
Yes 457 123 27.0 21.8-32.9 334 73.0 67.1-78.2
No 3,289 404 13.1 11.6-14.9 2,885 86.9 85.1-88.4
History of CVD**
Yes 412 40 7.8 5.2-11.8 372 92.2 88.2-94.8
No 3,333 488 15.8 14.1-17.6 2,845 84.2 82.4-85.9
Binge Drinker
Yes 450 450 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 3,319 81 2.1 1.5- 2.9 3,238 97.9 97.1-98.5
Heavy Drinker
Yes 187 187 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 3,582 344 10.5 9.2-12.0 3,238 89.5 88.0-90.8
COPD
Yes 296 30 11.0 6.7-17.6 266 89.0 82.4-93.3
No 3,460 499 15.2 13.7-17.0 2,961 84.8 83.0-86.3
Current Asthma
Yes 416 49 12.0 8.3-17.0 367 88.0 83.0-91.7
No 3,337 482 15.3 13.7-17.1 2,855 84.7 82.9-86.3
Diabetes
Yes 529 31 6.9 4.4-10.6 498 93.1 89.4-95.6
No 3,234 499 16.1 14.4-17.9 2,735 83.9 82.1-85.6
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
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,065 105 10.3 7.9-13.2 960 89.7 86.8-92.1
No 2,702 426 16.4 14.6-18.4 2,276 83.6 81.6-85.4

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*Data in this table were derived from the alcohol consumption questions. This question was asked of all respondents.

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.

**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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