2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, how many days per week or per month did you have at least one drink of any
alcoholic beverage?

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  Total
Respond.^
No drinks 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-29 days Everyday
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,821 1,995 51.6 49.4-53.9 493 12.8 11.4-14.3 570 15.3 13.7-16.9 608 15.9 14.4-17.6 155 4.4 3.5- 5.5
GENDER
Male 1,680 771 47.2 43.9-50.6 206 11.3 9.6-13.3 286 16.3 14.0-18.9 324 18.9 16.5-21.5 93 6.2 4.7- 8.2
Female 2,141 1,224 55.6 52.6-58.6 287 14.1 12.1-16.4 284 14.3 12.4-16.5 284 13.2 11.4-15.3 62 2.7 1.9- 3.9
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,468 1,786 50.7 48.3-53.1 442 12.9 11.4-14.6 520 15.3 13.7-17.1 577 16.7 15.0-18.4 143 4.4 3.5- 5.6
No 289 164 57.9 50.4-65.2 46 12.8 9.1-17.5 42 14.9 9.8-21.9 26 9.7 6.2-14.7 *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 63 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 975 451 47.9 43.6-52.3 116 12.6 9.8-16.0 168 16.6 13.8-19.8 184 17.5 14.7-20.8 56 5.4 3.7- 7.8
Overweight 1,256 612 47.0 43.0-51.1 160 12.9 10.5-15.7 190 15.3 12.8-18.3 235 18.7 15.9-21.8 59 6.1 4.2- 8.8
Obese 1,278 730 55.3 51.4-59.1 182 13.7 11.5-16.2 174 14.6 11.9-17.8 161 13.8 11.3-16.8 31 2.6 1.7- 4.0
Current Smoker
Yes 472 238 48.6 41.7-55.6 59 11.2 8.1-15.2 64 13.7 10.0-18.4 65 15.7 11.3-21.3 46 10.9 7.6-15.3
No 3,323 1,744 52.2 49.8-54.5 432 13.1 11.6-14.8 501 15.5 13.8-17.3 539 15.8 14.3-17.5 107 3.4 2.5- 4.5
History of CVD**
Yes 413 272 65.9 59.2-72.1 40 9.3 6.1-13.8 32 7.2 4.5-11.2 48 13.3 9.4-18.6 21 4.3 2.4- 7.5
No 3,384 1,705 49.8 47.5-52.2 451 13.2 11.8-14.9 536 16.2 14.6-18.0 559 16.3 14.7-18.1 133 4.4 3.4- 5.6
Binge Drinker
Yes 463 *** *** *** 41 10.3 6.7-15.7 129 26.8 22.1-32.1 228 49.1 43.1-55.2 65 13.7 10.2-18.2
No 3,324 1,995 60.7 58.3-63.0 446 13.1 11.6-14.7 430 13.0 11.5-14.7 370 10.7 9.4-12.1 83 2.5 1.8- 3.6
Heavy Drinker
Yes 194 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 113 52.6 42.7-62.2 78 45.3 35.6-55.3
No 3,601 1,995 55.0 52.7-57.3 489 13.5 12.0-15.1 560 15.9 14.3-17.6 486 13.6 12.1-15.1 71 2.0 1.4- 2.8
COPD
Yes 301 211 70.3 62.1-77.4 28 5.8 3.4- 9.6 28 10.4 6.2-17.0 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,506 1,778 50.2 47.9-52.5 462 13.3 11.8-14.9 540 15.7 14.0-17.4 586 16.6 15.0-18.3 140 4.3 3.4- 5.4
Current Asthma
Yes 422 250 55.9 48.2-63.3 63 17.3 11.9-24.7 43 10.7 6.1-18.0 55 13.6 9.5-19.2 *** *** ***
No 3,381 1,737 51.1 48.7-53.5 429 12.3 11.0-13.8 521 15.7 14.1-17.5 551 16.2 14.6-18.0 143 4.6 3.6- 5.8
Diabetes
Yes 531 381 70.4 64.7-75.6 58 11.3 8.3-15.2 45 9.0 5.9-13.5 38 6.8 4.6-10.1 *** *** ***
No 3,284 1,610 48.9 46.5-51.3 435 13.0 11.5-14.7 524 16.1 14.5-18.0 569 17.2 15.5-19.0 146 4.7 3.7- 5.9
Functional Disability
Yes 1,262 755 59.3 55.3-63.1 144 10.1 8.3-12.4 136 11.0 8.7-13.9 157 12.8 10.3-15.8 70 6.8 4.9- 9.3
No 2,527 1,221 48.0 45.3-50.8 341 13.9 12.1-15.9 433 17.2 15.3-19.3 447 17.5 15.7-19.6 85 3.4 2.4- 4.6
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,074 686 64.7 60.5-68.6 132 11.8 9.5-14.5 99 9.1 7.0-11.7 118 10.4 8.3-13.1 39 4.0 2.5- 6.4
No 2,745 1,308 47.5 44.9-50.1 361 13.1 11.5-15.0 470 17.2 15.3-19.2 490 17.7 15.8-19.7 116 4.5 3.5- 5.8

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**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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