2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, on the days when you drank, about how many drinks did you drink on the average?
(A 40 ounce beer would count as 3 drinks, or a cocktail drink with 2 shots would count as 2 drinks.)*

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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 1,853 708 35.7 33.2-38.3 660 35.4 32.8-38.0 222 13.0 11.2-15.0 112 6.5 5.2- 8.0 151 9.4 7.9-11.3
GENDER
Male 973 286 26.8 23.7-30.1 346 35.1 31.7-38.7 146 16.3 13.7-19.3 75 8.0 6.2-10.2 120 13.8 11.4-16.7
Female 880 422 46.7 42.7-50.7 314 35.6 32.0-39.5 76 9.0 6.9-11.5 37 4.6 3.1- 6.7 31 4.1 2.7- 6.2
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,678 665 36.8 34.2-39.6 596 35.2 32.6-37.9 201 13.2 11.4-15.4 98 6.3 5.0- 7.9 118 8.4 6.9-10.2
No 147 27 17.4 11.4-25.6 60 42.2 33.3-51.7 17 9.2 5.5-15.0 *** *** *** 31 22.4 15.1-31.8
Body Mass Index
Underweight 19 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 544 240 40.2 35.4-45.2 177 33.1 28.5-37.9 54 12.0 8.9-16.0 38 6.7 4.7- 9.6 35 8.0 5.4-11.5
Overweight 619 221 33.3 29.2-37.7 230 35.3 31.1-39.7 76 14.6 11.5-18.5 41 6.9 4.9- 9.7 51 9.9 7.3-13.3
Obese 568 207 35.6 31.1-40.4 207 36.5 31.9-41.3 76 12.1 9.4-15.4 29 6.2 4.1- 9.4 49 9.6 7.0-13.0
Current Smoker
Yes 206 45 19.2 13.7-26.4 67 31.8 24.5-40.1 37 22.4 16.0-30.5 21 9.5 5.8-15.0 36 17.1 12.1-23.7
No 1,637 659 38.1 35.4-40.9 588 35.8 33.1-38.6 185 11.7 10.0-13.7 90 6.0 4.7- 7.6 115 8.4 6.8-10.3
History of CVD**
Yes 120 *** *** *** 44 34.2 24.9-44.9 18 15.0 8.9-24.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,718 655 35.5 32.9-38.2 613 35.6 33.0-38.3 201 12.8 11.0-14.9 106 6.6 5.3- 8.2 143 9.5 7.9-11.3
Binge Drinker
Yes 496 48 9.0 6.5-12.5 139 26.2 22.0-30.8 114 22.6 18.5-27.2 62 11.9 8.9-15.7 133 30.3 25.6-35.4
No 1,342 658 46.9 43.7-50.0 519 39.3 36.3-42.5 101 8.7 7.0-10.7 49 4.2 3.1- 5.8 15 0.9 0.5- 1.6
Heavy Drinker
Yes 171 *** *** *** 34 15.6 10.8-21.9 44 23.7 17.3-31.6 32 17.7 11.6-26.2 61 43.0 34.2-52.3
No 1,682 708 39.4 36.7-42.2 626 37.4 34.7-40.2 178 11.9 10.1-13.9 80 5.3 4.2- 6.7 90 6.0 4.7- 7.5
COPD
Yes 95 *** *** *** 28 25.8 17.0-37.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 16.6 9.3-27.7
No 1,751 670 35.6 33.0-38.2 629 35.9 33.3-38.6 211 13.0 11.2-15.0 105 6.5 5.2- 8.1 136 9.1 7.5-10.9
Current Asthma
Yes 141 55 36.0 27.1-45.9 51 35.7 27.2-45.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** 13 10.5 5.7-18.4
No 1,704 649 35.6 32.9-38.3 607 35.5 32.8-38.2 208 13.2 11.3-15.2 102 6.4 5.1- 8.0 138 9.4 7.8-11.3
Diabetes
Yes 153 70 45.1 35.8-54.7 54 34.1 25.9-43.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,700 638 34.9 32.3-37.6 606 35.5 32.8-38.2 209 13.4 11.5-15.5 106 6.7 5.4- 8.3 141 9.5 7.9-11.5
Functional Disability
Yes 481 199 36.8 31.8-42.1 152 32.3 27.3-37.7 58 14.5 10.9-18.9 31 6.3 4.2- 9.4 41 10.1 7.1-14.2
No 1,350 499 35.3 32.3-38.3 501 36.6 33.6-39.6 161 12.4 10.5-14.7 80 6.5 5.1- 8.3 109 9.2 7.5-11.3
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 447 196 42.1 36.6-47.7 152 32.8 28.0-38.1 45 11.6 8.4-15.8 22 4.7 2.9- 7.6 32 8.8 6.0-12.8
No 1,406 512 34.0 31.2-37.0 508 36.0 33.2-39.0 177 13.4 11.4-15.7 90 6.9 5.5- 8.7 119 9.6 7.9-11.7

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*This question was 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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