2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

Heavy Drinking
(CDC calculated variable)*

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  Total
Respond.^
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,032 3,861 95.7 94.9-96.4 171 4.3 3.6- 5.1
GENDER
Male 1,836 1,755 95.5 94.2-96.5 81 4.5 3.5- 5.8
Female 2,196 2,106 96.0 94.9-96.9 90 4.0 3.1- 5.1
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,572 3,416 95.7 94.8-96.4 156 4.3 3.6- 5.2
No 391 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,074 1,023 95.0 93.1-96.3 51 5.0 3.7- 6.9
Overweight 1,291 1,226 95.1 93.6-96.3 65 4.9 3.7- 6.4
Obese 1,300 1,253 96.5 94.9-97.5 47 3.5 2.5- 5.1
Current Smoker
Yes 431 389 90.4 86.8-93.2 42 9.6 6.8-13.2
No 3,577 3,448 96.4 95.6-97.1 129 3.6 2.9- 4.4
History of CVD**
Yes 429 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,570 3,410 95.6 94.7-96.3 160 4.4 3.7- 5.3
Binge Drinker
Yes 497 373 75.1 70.3-79.4 124 24.9 20.6-29.7
No 3,517 3,476 98.9 98.5-99.3 41 1.1 0.7- 1.5
Heavy Drinker
Yes 171 *** *** *** 171 100 . - .
No 3,861 3,861 100 . - . *** *** ***
COPD
Yes 285 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,733 3,577 95.8 95.0-96.5 156 4.2 3.5- 5.0
Current Asthma
Yes 381 364 94.8 91.3-97.0 17 5.2 3.0- 8.7
No 3,629 3,475 95.8 94.9-96.5 154 4.2 3.5- 5.1
Diabetes
Yes 552 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,476 3,311 95.2 94.3-96.0 165 4.8 4.0- 5.7
Functional Disability
Yes 1,253 1,199 95.6 94.0-96.8 54 4.4 3.2- 6.0
No 2,736 2,621 95.8 94.8-96.6 115 4.2 3.4- 5.2
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,252 1,198 95.9 94.4-97.0 54 4.1 3.0- 5.6
No 2,780 2,663 95.7 94.7-96.5 117 4.3 3.5- 5.3

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*Heavy drinkers (adult men having more than 14 drinks per week and adult women having more than 7 drinks per week).
This question was asked of all respondents.

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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