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
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,595 1,886 52.6 50.7-54.6 455 13.0 11.7-14.4 564 15.6 14.3-17.1 567 15.7 14.4-17.2 123 3.0 2.5- 3.8
No 398 240 60.7 54.9-66.2 55 11.9 8.9-15.8 56 15.7 11.8-20.6 35 8.9 6.0-12.9 *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 48 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,080 530 51.2 47.6-54.9 126 11.2 9.2-13.7 181 15.7 13.3-18.3 208 18.7 16.0-21.7 35 3.2 2.1- 4.7
Overweight 1,301 666 51.6 48.4-54.9 155 11.7 9.8-13.9 212 16.9 14.6-19.5 213 16.4 14.2-18.8 55 3.4 2.5- 4.6
Obese 1,311 729 54.7 51.4-57.9 204 16.4 14.1-19.1 187 14.3 12.2-16.6 155 12.1 10.1-14.4 36 2.6 1.7- 3.8
Current Smoker
Yes 436 223 48.2 42.6-53.8 57 13.6 10.1-18.2 62 15.0 11.4-19.5 68 18.1 13.8-23.3 26 5.1 3.3- 7.7
No 3,600 1,930 54.2 52.3-56.2 459 12.8 11.5-14.1 567 15.7 14.4-17.2 535 14.6 13.3-16.0 109 2.7 2.1- 3.4
History of CVD**
Yes 429 309 70.6 64.9-75.7 34 8.1 5.4-12.0 38 10.2 7.0-14.6 37 8.6 5.9-12.5 *** *** ***
No 3,600 1,840 51.7 49.7-53.6 479 13.3 12.0-14.7 589 16.3 14.9-17.7 569 15.7 14.4-17.2 123 3.0 2.4- 3.7
Binge Drinker
Yes 505 *** *** *** 53 10.2 7.5-13.7 169 34.1 29.4-39.1 225 44.5 39.4-49.6 58 11.3 8.4-15.0
No 3,525 2,167 62.4 60.5-64.3 462 13.1 11.9-14.5 456 12.8 11.5-14.1 370 10.2 9.1-11.5 70 1.5 1.1- 2.0
Heavy Drinker
Yes 171 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 111 64.8 55.8-73.0 57 34.1 26.1-43.2
No 3,861 2,167 56.5 54.6-58.4 513 13.2 12.0-14.6 620 16.2 14.9-17.6 490 12.7 11.5-14.0 71 1.4 1.0- 1.8
COPD
Yes 289 190 64.4 57.2-71.0 34 14.1 9.3-20.8 27 8.9 5.9-13.4 26 8.9 5.6-13.7 *** *** ***
No 3,759 1,970 52.8 50.8-54.7 485 12.7 11.5-14.1 600 16.1 14.8-17.6 581 15.5 14.1-16.9 123 2.9 2.4- 3.6
Current Asthma
Yes 383 239 64.8 59.0-70.2 40 9.6 6.8-13.5 47 11.4 8.3-15.3 44 10.9 7.7-15.3 *** *** ***
No 3,657 1,914 52.4 50.4-54.3 479 13.2 11.9-14.5 581 16.1 14.7-17.5 561 15.4 14.1-16.9 122 2.9 2.4- 3.6
Diabetes
Yes 557 398 70.8 66.0-75.2 53 10.2 7.3-14.1 56 10.1 7.5-13.3 39 7.4 5.2-10.5 *** *** ***
No 3,501 1,765 50.9 48.9-52.9 469 13.3 12.0-14.7 574 16.5 15.1-18.0 569 16.2 14.8-17.7 124 3.2 2.6- 3.9
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
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,259 801 64.6 61.3-67.7 133 10.6 8.7-12.9 137 11.2 9.3-13.5 144 10.6 8.7-12.8 44 3.0 2.1- 4.3
No 2,803 1,366 49.2 47.0-51.5 389 13.8 12.3-15.4 493 17.3 15.7-19.0 464 16.7 15.1-18.4 91 2.9 2.3- 3.7

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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.

^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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