2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, what is the largest number of drinks you had on any occasion?*

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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 1,808 412 21.2 19.1-23.6 506 26.7 24.4-29.2 322 18.5 16.5-20.7 185 10.5 9.0-12.2 383 23.1 20.8-25.5
GENDER
Male 937 151 14.2 11.9-16.9 208 21.3 18.4-24.5 198 21.9 18.9-25.2 103 11.2 9.1-13.7 277 31.5 28.1-35.1
Female 871 261 29.5 26.0-33.4 298 33.2 29.6-37.0 124 14.5 12.0-17.4 82 9.6 7.6-12.1 106 13.2 10.5-16.3
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,641 380 21.7 19.4-24.1 462 26.8 24.3-29.3 303 19.3 17.1-21.7 166 10.4 8.8-12.2 330 21.9 19.6-24.4
No 141 20 12.5 7.6-19.9 38 27.4 19.6-36.9 17 10.4 6.4-16.6 17 12.2 7.3-19.7 49 37.4 28.4-47.4
Body Mass Index
Underweight 19 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 532 131 23.0 19.0-27.7 153 26.2 22.0-30.8 91 18.4 14.7-22.8 59 11.5 8.8-14.9 98 20.9 16.9-25.6
Overweight 611 122 17.3 14.3-20.9 166 25.7 22.0-29.9 116 20.2 16.7-24.2 68 11.1 8.6-14.2 139 25.7 21.7-30.1
Obese 550 134 24.2 20.1-28.9 156 28.3 24.1-32.9 94 16.5 13.3-20.3 50 9.3 6.8-12.6 116 21.6 17.8-26.1
Current Smoker
Yes 198 29 12.9 8.5-19.2 37 18.8 12.7-26.9 35 17.8 12.5-24.9 28 13.1 8.6-19.4 69 37.4 29.6-45.9
No 1,600 379 22.4 20.0-24.9 465 27.8 25.3-30.4 287 18.7 16.5-21.0 157 10.2 8.6-12.0 312 21.0 18.7-23.6
History of CVD**
Yes 114 32 23.6 15.4-34.3 27 22.6 15.1-32.5 21 21.0 13.0-32.1 14 14.4 7.8-25.0 20 18.5 11.3-28.8
No 1,679 374 20.9 18.7-23.3 475 27.0 24.6-29.6 298 18.3 16.3-20.6 171 10.3 8.8-12.1 361 23.4 21.1-26.0
Binge Drinker
Yes 469 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 81 15.7 12.4-19.7 364 79.6 75.2-83.4
No 1,327 403 29.0 26.1-32.0 497 36.9 33.8-40.0 310 24.8 22.2-27.7 102 8.3 6.7-10.2 15 1.0 0.6- 1.8
Heavy Drinker
Yes 157 *** *** *** 16 8.8 5.2-14.8 14 6.8 3.9-11.7 23 14.2 8.9-22.0 103 69.4 60.6-77.0
No 1,639 409 23.3 21.0-25.9 487 28.4 25.9-31.0 306 19.7 17.5-22.0 162 10.2 8.6-12.0 275 18.4 16.3-20.8
COPD
Yes 94 *** *** *** 22 16.4 9.9-25.9 18 21.1 12.8-32.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,707 385 20.7 18.6-23.1 481 27.3 24.9-29.8 303 18.4 16.3-20.6 178 10.6 9.1-12.5 360 22.9 20.6-25.5
Current Asthma
Yes 141 35 21.5 14.6-30.5 39 26.7 19.3-35.8 25 16.6 10.9-24.5 16 12.9 7.7-20.9 26 22.2 14.5-32.4
No 1,660 374 21.0 18.8-23.4 465 26.8 24.4-29.3 296 18.7 16.5-21.0 169 10.3 8.8-12.1 356 23.2 20.8-25.8
Diabetes
Yes 150 49 32.4 23.7-42.6 51 30.9 23.0-40.2 22 14.7 9.2-22.8 *** *** *** 21 17.3 11.1-26.0
No 1,658 363 20.2 18.0-22.6 455 26.3 23.9-28.9 300 18.8 16.7-21.2 178 11.0 9.4-12.9 362 23.6 21.2-26.2
Functional Disability
Yes 471 137 24.8 20.5-29.7 127 26.0 21.4-31.2 69 15.7 12.1-20.1 41 9.9 7.1-13.7 97 23.5 19.0-28.8
No 1,315 268 19.8 17.4-22.6 374 27.1 24.4-29.9 251 19.6 17.2-22.2 141 10.6 8.9-12.6 281 22.9 20.3-25.8
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 436 136 28.3 23.5-33.7 122 25.6 21.1-30.6 68 16.9 13.0-21.6 38 9.4 6.6-13.1 72 19.9 15.4-25.3
No 1,372 276 19.3 17.0-21.9 384 27.0 24.4-29.9 254 18.9 16.6-21.5 147 10.8 9.0-12.8 311 23.9 21.3-26.7

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*This question asked only of respondents who reported drinking at least one drink in the last month.

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.

^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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