2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

Considering all types of alcoholic beverages, how many times during the past 30 days did you have
[5 or more drinks for men or 4 or more drinks for women] on an occasion?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 None Once Twice 3-7 times 8-30 times
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,863 1,358 71.1 68.5-73.5 183 10.2 8.6-11.9 112 6.0 4.9- 7.4 155 9.5 8.0-11.3 55 3.3 2.4- 4.4
GENDER
Male 982 682 67.5 63.9-70.9 102 10.5 8.4-13.0 59 6.4 4.8- 8.5 103 11.8 9.5-14.4 36 3.9 2.7- 5.5
Female 881 676 75.4 71.8-78.7 81 9.7 7.6-12.4 53 5.6 4.1- 7.5 52 6.7 4.9- 9.2 19 2.6 1.5- 4.4
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,684 1,243 71.9 69.2-74.4 162 9.9 8.3-11.7 94 5.9 4.7- 7.4 136 9.2 7.7-11.1 49 3.1 2.3- 4.2
No 153 95 61.3 51.8-70.0 18 11.4 6.9-18.2 17 8.5 4.9-14.2 17 12.8 7.4-21.0 *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 19 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 541 406 71.7 66.8-76.2 54 11.5 8.4-15.5 27 5.6 3.7- 8.3 38 8.2 5.7-11.6 16 3.0 1.8- 5.2
Overweight 628 455 69.8 65.4-73.9 65 9.8 7.5-12.7 37 6.9 4.8-10.0 52 10.0 7.4-13.4 19 3.5 2.1- 5.6
Obese 571 417 73.0 68.4-77.1 50 9.0 6.5-12.3 34 4.3 2.9- 6.2 54 10.3 7.6-13.8 16 3.5 1.9- 6.2
Current Smoker
Yes 206 121 58.3 50.0-66.1 *** *** *** 23 11.4 7.1-17.9 36 17.2 11.9-24.2 *** *** ***
No 1,646 1,228 72.9 70.2-75.4 168 10.5 8.9-12.4 88 5.2 4.1- 6.6 118 8.3 6.8-10.2 44 3.0 2.1- 4.3
History of CVD**
Yes 118 89 74.0 63.1-82.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,731 1,257 70.8 68.2-73.3 170 10.3 8.7-12.2 105 5.9 4.7- 7.3 147 9.7 8.1-11.6 52 3.3 2.4- 4.5
Binge Drinker
Yes 505 *** *** *** 183 35.1 30.4-40.2 112 20.7 17.0-25.1 155 32.8 28.1-37.9 55 11.3 8.4-15.0
No 1,358 1,358 100 . - . *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Heavy Drinker
Yes 165 41 22.0 15.7-29.9 *** *** *** 23 11.7 7.2-18.4 48 29.8 22.0-38.9 41 28.5 20.9-37.7
No 1,682 1,309 76.3 73.7-78.6 168 10.3 8.7-12.1 87 5.3 4.2- 6.7 105 7.4 6.0- 9.2 *** *** ***
COPD
Yes 95 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,761 1,281 70.9 68.3-73.4 180 10.6 9.0-12.4 106 5.9 4.8- 7.4 148 9.6 8.0-11.4 46 3.0 2.1- 4.2
Current Asthma
Yes 143 105 68.3 58.3-76.9 15 12.8 6.9-22.3 *** *** *** 13 9.8 5.4-17.0 *** *** ***
No 1,712 1,247 71.2 68.5-73.7 168 10.0 8.5-11.8 108 6.2 5.0- 7.7 140 9.5 7.9-11.3 49 3.1 2.2- 4.3
Diabetes
Yes 155 130 80.6 71.9-87.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,708 1,228 70.2 67.5-72.7 174 10.5 8.9-12.4 109 6.4 5.1- 7.9 143 9.5 7.9-11.3 54 3.5 2.6- 4.7
Functional Disability
Yes 479 350 69.3 63.9-74.2 44 11.0 7.8-15.1 23 4.2 2.6- 6.6 46 11.9 8.6-16.2 *** *** ***
No 1,362 993 71.7 68.8-74.5 138 10.0 8.3-12.0 87 6.6 5.2- 8.4 107 8.6 7.0-10.6 37 3.0 2.1- 4.3
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 447 347 73.7 68.2-78.6 32 8.5 5.6-12.5 23 5.9 3.6- 9.4 27 7.6 5.0-11.5 18 4.4 2.5- 7.5
No 1,416 1,011 70.3 67.4-73.1 151 10.6 8.9-12.7 89 6.0 4.8- 7.6 128 10.0 8.3-12.1 37 3.0 2.1- 4.3

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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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