2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

Binge Drinking
(CDC calculated variable)*

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  Total
Respond.^
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,030 3,525 86.7 85.4-87.9 505 13.3 12.1-14.6
GENDER
Male 1,839 1,539 83.0 80.8-84.9 300 17.0 15.1-19.2
Female 2,191 1,986 90.2 88.5-91.6 205 9.8 8.4-11.5
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,570 3,129 86.8 85.4-88.1 441 13.2 11.9-14.6
No 393 335 85.2 80.5-89.0 58 14.8 11.0-19.5
Body Mass Index
Underweight 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,071 936 86.4 83.6-88.7 135 13.6 11.3-16.4
Overweight 1,294 1,121 85.5 83.0-87.7 173 14.5 12.3-17.0
Obese 1,300 1,146 87.9 85.5-89.9 154 12.1 10.1-14.5
Current Smoker
Yes 429 344 78.8 73.7-83.1 85 21.2 16.9-26.3
No 3,576 3,158 87.7 86.3-88.9 418 12.3 11.1-13.7
History of CVD**
Yes 427 398 92.4 88.6-95.1 29 7.6 4.9-11.4
No 3,571 3,097 86.0 84.6-87.3 474 14.0 12.7-15.4
Binge Drinker
Yes 505 *** *** *** 505 100 . - .
No 3,525 3,525 100 . - . *** *** ***
Heavy Drinker
Yes 165 41 22.0 15.7-29.9 124 78.0 70.1-84.3
No 3,849 3,476 89.7 88.5-90.8 373 10.3 9.2-11.5
COPD
Yes 285 261 90.7 85.7-94.1 24 9.3 5.9-14.3
No 3,731 3,251 86.4 85.0-87.7 480 13.6 12.3-15.0
Current Asthma
Yes 382 344 88.9 84.4-92.3 38 11.1 7.7-15.6
No 3,626 3,161 86.4 85.0-87.7 465 13.6 12.3-15.0
Diabetes
Yes 553 528 94.4 91.5-96.3 25 5.6 3.7- 8.5
No 3,473 2,993 85.5 84.0-86.9 480 14.5 13.1-16.0
Functional Disability
Yes 1,250 1,121 87.8 85.3-90.0 129 12.2 10.0-14.7
No 2,737 2,368 86.2 84.6-87.7 369 13.8 12.3-15.4
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,248 1,148 90.9 88.6-92.7 100 9.1 7.3-11.4
No 2,782 2,377 85.1 83.4-86.6 405 14.9 13.4-16.6

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*Data in this table were derived from the alcohol consumption questions. This question was asked of all respondents.
Yes = Respondents who report they did drink in the past 30 days and who did have five or more drinks (for males) or four or more drinks (for females) on one or more occasions in the past month.
No = Respondents who report they did not drink in the past 30 days or did NOT have five or more drinks (for males) or four or more drinks (for females) on one or more occasions in the past 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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