2024 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 4,062 2,167 53.6 51.8-55.4 522 12.9 11.7-14.2 630 15.6 14.3-16.9 608 15.0 13.7-16.3 135 3.0 2.4- 3.6
GENDER
Male 1,855 857 47.1 44.4-49.7 235 12.4 10.8-14.3 331 17.6 15.7-19.7 335 18.6 16.6-20.8 97 4.3 3.4- 5.4
Female 2,207 1,310 59.7 57.2-62.2 287 13.3 11.7-15.2 299 13.7 12.1-15.4 273 11.6 10.1-13.2 38 1.7 1.2- 2.5
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,604 1,303 49.3 47.0-51.6 305 12.2 10.8-13.9 424 17.3 15.6-19.1 463 17.7 16.1-19.5 109 3.5 2.8- 4.3
Non-Hispanic Black 669 393 59.5 55.0-63.8 94 13.0 10.4-16.1 92 13.2 10.5-16.4 78 12.1 9.4-15.4 12 2.2 1.2- 4.1
Non-Hispanic Other 212 128 62.6 54.4-70.1 30 13.8 9.1-20.2 28 9.1 6.1-13.6 22 11.8 7.2-18.8 *** *** ***
Hispanic 540 320 60.7 56.0-65.2 85 15.0 11.9-18.6 82 15.2 12.1-18.9 44 7.6 5.5-10.4 *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 893 396 47.0 43.2-50.9 143 15.5 12.9-18.4 190 20.1 17.3-23.2 149 15.9 13.4-18.8 15 1.5 0.9- 2.5
35-44 620 287 47.6 43.2-52.1 95 14.6 11.7-17.9 116 18.6 15.3-22.4 111 17.4 14.3-21.0 11 1.8 0.9- 3.6
45-54 647 317 48.3 43.9-52.8 94 13.8 11.0-17.1 107 16.5 13.5-20.0 105 17.6 14.3-21.6 24 3.8 2.4- 6.0
55-64 673 381 55.6 51.1-60.1 71 12.0 9.1-15.6 88 13.1 10.4-16.4 111 16.8 13.5-20.6 22 2.6 1.6- 4.1
65-74 626 380 61.4 56.7-65.8 57 9.6 7.1-12.9 72 10.7 8.3-13.8 89 13.4 10.7-16.8 28 4.8 3.0- 7.7
75+ 542 368 73.0 68.2-77.3 51 7.2 5.1-10.0 50 8.2 5.9-11.4 40 5.8 3.9- 8.5 33 5.8 3.8- 8.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 374 275 72.7 67.0-77.7 34 9.3 6.2-13.6 32 7.6 5.3-11.0 22 7.1 4.4-11.2 11 3.3 1.7- 6.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 873 557 61.3 57.4-65.1 113 13.7 11.2-16.7 95 11.4 9.2-14.1 86 11.0 8.7-13.8 22 2.5 1.5- 4.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,073 617 53.1 49.7-56.6 139 13.3 11.2-15.9 166 17.4 14.8-20.2 126 13.8 11.4-16.5 25 2.4 1.6- 3.6
College Graduate 1,729 712 41.4 38.7-44.1 234 12.9 11.3-14.8 334 19.8 17.7-22.0 374 22.2 20.1-24.5 75 3.7 2.9- 4.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,263 771 59.5 56.1-62.8 151 11.6 9.7-14.0 152 12.7 10.6-15.1 135 12.1 9.9-14.7 54 4.1 3.0- 5.6
No 2,755 1,375 50.9 48.7-53.1 364 13.5 12.0-15.1 473 17.0 15.5-18.7 462 16.1 14.6-17.8 81 2.5 1.9- 3.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 475 208 43.5 38.4-48.7 74 16.7 13.1-21.1 81 16.5 13.1-20.6 83 18.7 14.9-23.3 29 4.6 3.0- 6.9
Non-Veteran 3,585 1,957 55.0 53.0-56.9 448 12.4 11.1-13.7 549 15.5 14.1-16.9 525 14.5 13.1-15.9 106 2.7 2.2- 3.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,205 960 43.7 41.3-46.2 341 15.4 13.7-17.2 433 19.8 18.0-21.8 413 18.8 17.0-20.8 58 2.3 1.7- 3.0
Unemployed 190 107 56.9 48.3-65.0 20 8.6 5.3-13.8 29 16.9 11.3-24.6 25 13.2 8.6-19.9 *** *** ***
Retired 1,103 697 65.0 61.5-68.4 98 9.1 7.2-11.5 120 9.8 8.0-12.0 130 10.8 8.9-13.1 58 5.2 3.8- 7.2
Unable to Work 245 199 78.6 71.5-84.2 15 6.7 3.5-12.4 12 5.5 3.0- 9.7 11 6.4 3.4-11.7 *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 280 182 67.9 61.2-74.0 43 14.5 10.3-19.9 27 8.5 5.6-12.9 27 8.8 5.6-13.6 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 140 104 73.8 64.7-81.3 12 7.6 4.1-13.8 *** *** *** 11 9.1 4.8-16.8 *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 268 187 67.0 59.8-73.5 27 8.9 5.7-13.6 20 6.3 3.9-10.3 22 10.9 6.8-16.8 12 6.9 3.7-12.3
$25,000- 34,999 332 203 57.7 50.9-64.2 50 15.8 11.4-21.4 38 12.5 8.7-17.6 36 13.0 8.8-18.6 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 501 295 59.4 54.0-64.5 66 13.3 10.1-17.4 65 12.4 9.3-16.3 58 11.9 8.8-16.0 17 3.0 1.8- 5.1
$50,000-74,999 481 228 47.9 42.7-53.2 82 16.8 13.2-21.2 86 17.6 14.0-21.9 73 15.2 11.7-19.5 12 2.4 1.2- 4.9
$75,000-100,000 454 192 42.8 37.4-48.4 65 16.3 12.5-21.1 88 19.5 15.5-24.2 95 19.8 15.9-24.5 14 1.6 0.9- 2.9
$100,000-150,000 435 169 39.8 34.6-45.3 58 13.5 10.1-17.8 91 20.6 16.6-25.3 96 21.9 17.7-26.7 21 4.2 2.6- 6.7
$150,000+ 496 162 33.8 29.2-38.7 61 11.6 8.9-15.1 113 25.4 21.2-30.2 142 26.9 22.8-31.3 18 2.3 1.4- 3.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 955 627 67.9 64.2-71.3 101 10.1 8.1-12.6 121 11.7 9.5-14.2 75 7.3 5.5- 9.6 31 3.1 2.0- 4.8
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 104 75 73.9 63.5-82.2 14 11.9 6.7-20.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 251 166 64.0 56.7-70.8 27 10.4 6.6-16.0 27 11.0 7.4-16.1 25 12.1 7.7-18.4 *** *** ***
101% to 150% 412 268 62.4 56.4-68.1 59 15.1 11.2-20.0 40 9.8 6.8-14.0 30 8.6 5.6-12.9 15 4.1 2.3- 7.4
151% to 200% 199 117 53.6 45.2-61.9 30 17.0 11.4-24.4 24 11.8 7.6-17.9 25 15.7 10.1-23.4 *** *** ***
More than 200% 2,115 903 43.2 40.7-45.7 287 13.6 12.0-15.4 407 20.0 18.0-22.0 440 20.4 18.5-22.4 78 2.9 2.2- 3.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 955 627 67.9 64.2-71.3 101 10.1 8.1-12.6 121 11.7 9.5-14.2 75 7.3 5.5- 9.6 31 3.1 2.0- 4.8
HOUSING
Own 2,510 1,319 53.1 50.8-55.4 297 11.9 10.5-13.5 389 15.7 14.2-17.5 412 16.1 14.5-17.8 93 3.1 2.5- 4.0
Rent 1,251 658 51.9 48.8-55.1 192 15.9 13.7-18.4 204 16.4 14.2-18.8 167 13.9 11.8-16.2 30 1.9 1.3- 2.8
Other arrangement 272 175 62.3 55.0-69.0 31 13.7 9.1-20.1 31 11.6 7.8-16.9 26 9.0 5.6-14.1 *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,418 637 45.6 42.6-48.7 193 13.4 11.5-15.6 269 19.3 17.1-21.8 274 18.9 16.6-21.3 45 2.8 2.0- 3.8
Regional City or Suburban County 1,181 609 53.1 49.7-56.5 174 13.5 11.4-15.9 197 16.0 13.7-18.5 164 14.7 12.3-17.3 37 2.7 1.8- 4.1
Rural 1,463 921 62.0 58.8-65.0 155 11.8 9.8-14.2 164 11.5 9.7-13.6 170 11.4 9.6-13.5 53 3.3 2.4- 4.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 837 537 63.5 59.5-67.3 101 11.9 9.5-14.7 99 11.8 9.5-14.6 78 9.8 7.7-12.5 22 3.0 1.8- 5.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,281 722 55.4 52.0-58.7 158 12.9 10.8-15.3 184 15.0 12.8-17.5 164 13.0 10.9-15.5 53 3.7 2.7- 5.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,944 908 47.7 45.0-50.3 263 13.4 11.7-15.3 347 17.8 15.9-19.8 366 18.8 16.8-20.9 60 2.4 1.8- 3.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,426 678 48.0 44.9-51.1 186 13.8 11.7-16.2 239 16.8 14.6-19.2 275 18.7 16.4-21.2 48 2.7 1.9- 3.7
2nd Quartile 1,292 669 52.1 48.9-55.4 171 12.6 10.7-14.9 215 16.7 14.4-19.2 195 15.7 13.4-18.2 42 2.9 2.0- 4.2
3rd Quartile 984 567 56.4 52.7-60.0 123 12.5 10.3-15.2 147 15.1 12.7-17.8 110 12.1 9.8-14.8 37 3.9 2.8- 5.6
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 360 253 70.1 64.1-75.5 42 11.7 8.3-16.2 29 8.8 5.8-13.2 28 8.1 5.4-12.0 *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2024 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on 2024 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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