2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, on the days when you drank, about how many drinks did you drink on the average?*

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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 1,788 716 36.9 33.9-40.0 642 35.7 32.7-38.8 209 12.5 10.5-14.9 94 6.0 4.6- 7.9 127 8.8 7.1-10.8
GENDER
Male 886 263 27.5 23.7-31.7 328 35.8 31.7-40.2 124 14.4 11.4-18.0 65 7.8 5.8-10.3 106 14.4 11.5-17.9
Female 902 453 46.9 42.4-51.5 314 35.6 31.4-40.1 85 10.4 7.9-13.7 29 4.2 2.3- 7.4 21 2.8 1.7- 4.8
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,650 679 37.8 34.7-41.0 594 36.0 32.9-39.2 191 12.4 10.3-14.9 85 6.2 4.6- 8.2 101 7.6 6.1- 9.6
No 119 *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 11.7 6.5-20.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 25 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 512 222 43.1 37.4-49.1 189 33.1 28.1-38.6 44 10.7 7.5-14.9 24 5.5 3.4- 8.9 33 7.5 5.1-11.1
Overweight 632 239 33.3 28.5-38.6 219 35.3 30.4-40.5 81 13.4 9.9-17.9 37 7.2 4.5-11.4 56 10.7 7.8-14.7
Obese 541 212 35.2 30.1-40.7 194 36.8 31.2-42.7 73 13.9 10.2-18.7 31 6.1 4.0- 9.3 31 8.0 5.2-12.0
Current Smoker
Yes 225 43 19.5 13.3-27.7 68 29.4 22.4-37.6 40 18.0 12.3-25.6 26 11.8 7.4-18.3 48 21.3 15.3-28.9
No 1,554 670 39.9 36.6-43.3 570 36.4 33.2-39.8 168 11.7 9.5-14.2 67 5.1 3.7- 7.1 79 6.9 5.3- 8.9
History of CVD**
Yes 140 *** *** *** 41 27.4 19.0-37.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,642 651 36.0 32.9-39.2 600 36.4 33.3-39.7 189 12.4 10.3-14.9 89 6.4 4.8- 8.4 113 8.8 7.0-10.9
Binge Drinker
Yes 451 28 4.6 3.0- 7.0 129 26.2 21.4-31.7 111 24.3 19.2-30.3 66 15.4 11.2-20.9 117 29.5 24.2-35.3
No 1,312 685 49.9 46.1-53.6 504 39.9 36.3-43.7 94 7.7 6.0- 9.9 25 2.3 1.4- 3.7 *** *** ***
Heavy Drinker
Yes 194 *** *** *** 50 19.8 13.1-28.7 60 30.6 22.3-40.3 33 16.3 10.6-24.4 51 33.3 24.7-43.1
No 1,594 716 41.5 38.2-44.8 592 37.7 34.5-41.0 149 10.3 8.3-12.6 61 4.8 3.4- 6.7 76 5.8 4.4- 7.6
COPD
Yes 88 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,692 673 37.0 33.9-40.2 619 36.2 33.1-39.4 194 12.1 10.0-14.4 88 6.0 4.5- 8.0 118 8.7 7.0-10.8
Current Asthma
Yes 170 *** *** *** *** *** *** 18 9.0 4.9-15.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,609 649 37.6 34.5-40.7 568 34.3 31.3-37.4 190 12.9 10.7-15.4 84 6.1 4.5- 8.1 118 9.2 7.4-11.4
Diabetes
Yes 150 *** *** *** 46 24.7 17.3-34.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,636 642 36.0 32.9-39.2 595 36.6 33.5-39.9 197 12.6 10.5-15.1 88 6.2 4.7- 8.2 114 8.6 6.9-10.7
Functional Disability
Yes 493 187 32.7 27.4-38.5 161 33.9 27.9-40.5 66 15.5 11.0-21.4 31 6.3 4.0- 9.9 48 11.6 8.3-15.8
No 1,283 524 38.1 34.6-41.7 474 36.3 32.9-39.9 143 11.6 9.5-14.2 63 6.0 4.3- 8.3 79 7.9 6.0-10.4
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 383 183 42.1 35.8-48.7 120 33.2 27.1-39.9 41 13.6 8.9-20.4 *** *** *** 23 6.9 4.2-11.2
No 1,404 533 35.8 32.5-39.3 521 36.2 32.9-39.7 168 12.3 10.1-14.8 78 6.5 4.8- 8.6 104 9.2 7.3-11.6

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*This question was 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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