2012 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Sugar-Sweetened Beverages-AFRICAN AMERICANS

During the past 30 days, how often did you drink sweetened fruit drinks, such as Kool-aid,
cranberry juice cocktail, and lemonade?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Daily Weekly Monthly Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 10,624 1,509 16.1 15.1-17.1 1,644 18.5 17.4-19.5 907 9.1 8.3- 9.8 6,564 56.4 55.1-57.7
-AFRICAN AMERICANS 1,897 459 27.5 24.9-30.3 464 27.0 24.4-29.8 197 10.1 8.5-11.9 777 35.4 32.7-38.2
GENDER
Male 645 164 29.4 25.0-34.2 169 28.1 23.9-32.7 62 9.6 7.3-12.6 250 32.9 28.6-37.5
Female 1,252 295 26.0 22.9-29.3 295 26.1 22.9-29.6 135 10.5 8.5-12.8 527 37.5 34.0-41.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 45 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 1,850 448 27.7 25.0-30.5 452 26.7 24.1-29.5 191 10.0 8.4-11.8 759 35.6 32.9-38.5
AGE
18-34 384 138 38.7 33.0-44.6 107 30.1 25.0-35.7 32 6.3 4.3- 9.2 107 24.9 20.5-30.0
35-44 278 74 27.3 21.6-34.0 76 27.5 21.6-34.3 39 14.7 10.3-20.6 89 30.4 24.1-37.6
45-54 365 95 22.7 17.9-28.2 95 29.3 23.6-35.8 46 12.5 8.8-17.4 129 35.6 29.3-42.4
55-64 416 72 19.7 15.2-25.1 108 26.2 20.8-32.4 40 9.6 6.6-13.8 196 44.5 38.5-50.7
65-74 285 47 17.3 11.8-24.6 56 20.3 14.4-27.9 26 10.1 6.4-15.5 156 52.3 44.2-60.3
75+ 148 31 20.7 13.3-30.6 19 9.7 5.6-16.2 *** *** *** 86 61.2 50.4-70.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 291 76 30.0 23.1-37.9 50 19.5 13.8-26.8 *** *** *** 148 44.6 37.0-52.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 580 140 28.8 24.2-33.9 145 26.8 22.4-31.8 61 11.2 8.3-14.9 234 33.1 28.6-38.0
Some Post-H.S. 565 150 28.7 24.1-33.7 139 27.7 23.2-32.7 68 11.6 8.7-15.1 208 32.1 27.5-37.1
College Graduate 453 91 20.5 16.3-25.4 127 33.4 27.8-39.5 51 9.8 7.0-13.5 184 36.3 30.9-42.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 356 90 30.3 23.9-37.5 85 24.7 19.0-31.3 25 8.3 5.0-13.4 156 36.8 30.5-43.6
$15,000- 24,999 428 111 29.2 23.6-35.5 95 23.3 18.4-29.0 50 10.8 7.8-14.8 172 36.7 30.8-43.0
$25,000- 34,999 248 63 26.5 20.2-33.8 61 29.3 22.3-37.4 26 10.2 6.6-15.5 98 34.0 26.9-41.9
$35,000- 49,999 212 53 28.1 21.1-36.3 62 29.7 22.3-38.3 26 11.5 7.0-18.2 71 30.8 23.8-38.7
$50,000- 74,999 192 43 26.1 18.6-35.4 59 34.8 26.7-43.9 19 8.3 4.8-14.0 71 30.7 23.2-39.4
$75,000+ 173 33 19.9 13.5-28.5 50 31.2 23.3-40.4 25 11.6 7.4-17.7 65 37.2 28.4-47.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 501 102 19.2 15.2-24.0 107 25.9 20.7-31.8 43 9.6 6.5-14.0 249 45.3 39.4-51.3
No 1,386 354 29.7 26.6-33.0 356 27.4 24.4-30.6 152 10.2 8.4-12.2 524 32.7 29.6-35.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 236 53 28.1 21.0-36.4 58 28.8 22.0-36.8 20 8.9 5.4-14.5 105 34.2 27.4-41.7
Non-Veteran 1,661 406 27.4 24.6-30.4 406 26.8 24.0-29.7 177 10.2 8.6-12.2 672 35.6 32.6-38.6

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2012 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2012 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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