2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

Excessive Drinking*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,014 560 14.3 13.1-15.7 3,454 85.7 84.3-86.9
GENDER
Male 1,829 334 18.3 16.3-20.5 1,495 81.7 79.5-83.7
Female 2,185 226 10.7 9.2-12.3 1,959 89.3 87.7-90.8
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,557 497 14.4 13.1-15.8 3,060 85.6 84.2-86.9
No 390 57 14.7 10.9-19.5 333 85.3 80.5-89.1
Body Mass Index
Underweight 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,068 152 14.9 12.5-17.7 916 85.1 82.3-87.5
Overweight 1,287 194 15.7 13.4-18.2 1,093 84.3 81.8-86.6
Obese 1,295 170 12.9 10.8-15.2 1,125 87.1 84.8-89.2
Current Smoker
Yes 427 95 23.3 18.7-28.5 332 76.7 71.5-81.3
No 3,563 463 13.3 12.0-14.6 3,100 86.7 85.4-88.0
History of CVD**
Yes 427 37 9.2 6.3-13.2 390 90.8 86.8-93.7
No 3,555 521 15.0 13.6-16.4 3,034 85.0 83.6-86.4
Binge Drinker
Yes 497 497 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 3,517 63 1.4 1.1- 1.9 3,454 98.6 98.1-98.9
Heavy Drinker
Yes 165 165 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 3,849 395 10.6 9.5-11.8 3,454 89.4 88.2-90.5
COPD
Yes 284 27 9.7 6.3-14.7 257 90.3 85.3-93.7
No 3,716 532 14.7 13.4-16.1 3,184 85.3 83.9-86.6
Current Asthma
Yes 381 46 13.1 9.5-17.9 335 86.9 82.1-90.5
No 3,611 512 14.5 13.2-16.0 3,099 85.5 84.0-86.8
Diabetes
Yes 550 31 6.3 4.3- 9.3 519 93.7 90.7-95.7
No 3,460 529 15.6 14.2-17.1 2,931 84.4 82.9-85.8
Functional Disability
Yes 1,246 149 13.4 11.2-16.0 1,097 86.6 84.0-88.8
No 2,726 405 14.8 13.3-16.4 2,321 85.2 83.6-86.7
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,245 124 10.5 8.6-12.9 1,121 89.5 87.1-91.4
No 2,769 436 15.8 14.3-17.5 2,333 84.2 82.5-85.7

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*Data in this table were derived from the alcohol consumption questions. This question was asked of all respondents.

Yes refers to respondents who said they had drank in the past 30 days and had at least one binge drinking episode (5 or more drinks on one occasion for men 4 or more drinks for women)
or were heavy drinkers (2 or more drinks per day for men, more than 1 drink per day for women).

No refers to respondents who said they did not drink in the past 30 days or who were not heavy drinkers and had no binge drinking episodes.

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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