2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

Considering all types of alcoholic beverages, how many times during the past 30 days did you have
[5 or more drinks for men or 4 or more drinks for women] on an occasion?*

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  Total
Respond.^
None Once Twice 3-7 times 8-30 times
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,791 1,329 71.4 68.4-74.3 139 7.8 6.2- 9.6 112 8.0 6.2-10.2 149 8.5 7.0-10.3 62 4.4 3.2- 5.9
GENDER
Male 886 601 64.6 60.2-68.8 68 7.4 5.3-10.3 80 10.9 8.2-14.3 93 10.5 8.3-13.2 44 6.6 4.6- 9.3
Female 905 728 78.6 74.6-82.2 71 8.1 6.0-10.8 32 4.9 2.9- 8.0 56 6.3 4.5- 8.9 *** *** ***
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,655 1,249 72.6 69.4-75.5 119 7.3 5.7- 9.3 98 7.7 5.8-10.0 133 8.3 6.7-10.1 56 4.2 3.1- 5.8
No 118 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 25 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 519 387 72.0 66.5-76.9 43 7.5 5.3-10.5 31 9.4 6.1-14.2 45 8.8 6.2-12.4 *** *** ***
Overweight 628 461 67.7 62.2-72.8 44 8.9 5.9-13.3 46 9.0 6.0-13.4 50 8.4 6.0-11.6 27 6.0 3.8- 9.4
Obese 537 399 74.4 69.2-78.9 43 5.9 4.1- 8.4 30 5.5 3.5- 8.5 44 8.9 6.2-12.6 21 5.4 3.1- 9.1
Current Smoker
Yes 226 109 49.5 41.0-58.0 25 9.6 6.0-15.0 28 13.9 8.4-22.2 40 15.0 10.2-21.5 24 12.1 7.6-18.7
No 1,554 1,212 74.9 71.8-77.9 114 7.5 5.9- 9.6 83 7.0 5.3- 9.3 107 7.4 5.9- 9.2 38 3.1 2.1- 4.7
History of CVD**
Yes 140 110 81.3 71.6-88.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,645 1,216 70.7 67.6-73.7 129 7.9 6.3- 9.9 102 8.0 6.2-10.3 142 8.9 7.3-10.8 56 4.4 3.2- 6.1
Binge Drinker
Yes 462 *** *** *** 139 27.2 22.2-32.8 112 27.9 22.4-34.1 149 29.7 24.7-35.2 62 15.3 11.3-20.2
No 1,329 1,329 100 . - . *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Heavy Drinker
Yes 187 54 24.7 16.9-34.5 16 5.6 3.2- 9.6 20 13.3 8.1-21.0 55 29.3 21.4-38.6 42 27.2 19.0-37.3
No 1,587 1,270 77.8 74.8-80.6 122 8.1 6.4-10.2 90 6.9 5.2- 9.1 88 5.7 4.4- 7.3 17 1.5 0.8- 2.5
COPD
Yes 86 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,698 1,265 71.5 68.4-74.4 131 7.6 6.1- 9.5 103 8.0 6.2-10.3 143 8.7 7.1-10.5 56 4.2 3.0- 5.8
Current Asthma
Yes 167 130 78.0 67.8-85.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,615 1,190 70.6 67.4-73.6 123 7.6 6.0- 9.5 104 8.2 6.3-10.6 140 9.1 7.4-11.0 58 4.6 3.3- 6.3
Diabetes
Yes 148 122 77.8 67.3-85.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,641 1,206 70.9 67.8-73.9 136 8.3 6.6-10.3 106 8.1 6.3-10.4 137 8.4 6.8-10.2 56 4.3 3.1- 6.0
Functional Disability
Yes 492 344 65.1 58.7-71.0 38 8.3 5.1-13.4 33 7.7 4.9-11.7 48 10.9 7.6-15.2 29 8.0 5.0-12.5
No 1,287 974 73.5 70.1-76.7 101 7.6 6.0- 9.6 78 8.0 5.9-10.8 101 7.7 6.1- 9.7 33 3.1 2.1- 4.7
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 382 299 76.0 69.4-81.5 31 8.7 5.6-13.3 *** *** *** 21 4.4 2.6- 7.4 *** *** ***
No 1,408 1,029 70.4 67.0-73.6 108 7.6 5.9- 9.7 95 8.4 6.4-11.0 128 9.4 7.6-11.5 48 4.2 3.0- 5.8

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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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