2012 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Sugar-Sweetened Beverages

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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 4,082 647 17.7 16.1-19.3 704 20.6 18.9-22.3 326 8.9 7.8-10.1 2,405 52.9 50.9-54.9
Female 6,542 862 14.7 13.6-15.9 940 16.6 15.3-17.9 581 9.2 8.3-10.2 4,159 59.5 58.0-61.1
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 7,435 807 12.2 11.2-13.2 895 14.4 13.3-15.6 608 9.0 8.2-10.0 5,125 64.4 62.9-65.9
Non-Hispanic Black 1,852 448 27.6 25.0-30.5 452 26.7 24.1-29.5 191 10.0 8.4-11.8 761 35.7 32.9-38.6
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 400 85 23.1 17.2-30.4 68 18.5 12.6-26.2 33 6.1 3.6-10.0 214 52.3 44.3-60.2
Non-Hispanic Other 257 45 16.7 11.5-23.4 48 24.4 16.3-34.9 22 7.8 4.8-12.6 142 51.1 42.3-59.8
Hispanic 604 107 19.6 15.9-24.0 171 32.1 27.7-36.9 44 7.3 5.2-10.1 282 41.0 36.5-45.7
AGE
18-34 1,661 366 23.6 21.1-26.2 431 27.3 24.8-30.1 168 9.3 7.8-11.1 696 39.8 37.0-42.6
35-44 1,463 243 16.9 14.7-19.3 286 20.1 17.8-22.7 147 10.6 8.8-12.7 787 52.4 49.3-55.5
45-54 1,850 273 13.6 11.8-15.6 293 17.0 14.9-19.3 173 10.2 8.4-12.2 1,111 59.3 56.4-62.1
55-64 2,207 261 12.1 10.4-14.0 286 13.5 11.7-15.5 188 8.4 7.0-10.0 1,472 66.1 63.5-68.6
65-74 1,964 200 10.2 8.6-12.0 210 10.8 9.2-12.7 143 7.5 6.2- 9.1 1,411 71.5 68.8-73.9
75+ 1,380 157 11.4 9.4-13.9 125 8.5 6.9-10.3 78 5.6 4.3- 7.3 1,020 74.5 71.5-77.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,299 226 19.8 17.0-23.0 198 19.4 16.5-22.6 68 5.7 4.2- 7.8 807 55.1 51.4-58.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 3,040 492 18.3 16.5-20.3 482 18.1 16.2-20.1 211 8.2 6.9- 9.8 1,855 55.3 53.0-57.7
Some Post-H.S. 2,903 445 16.9 15.2-18.8 451 18.8 16.9-20.9 255 9.4 8.2-10.9 1,752 54.9 52.5-57.2
College Graduate 3,347 338 10.2 8.9-11.5 507 17.8 16.1-19.6 371 11.6 10.3-13.1 2,131 60.5 58.3-62.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,275 249 20.9 18.0-24.1 222 21.3 18.2-24.7 80 6.8 5.1- 9.1 724 51.1 47.3-54.8
$15,000- 24,999 1,811 335 20.5 18.1-23.2 315 19.7 17.3-22.3 136 8.1 6.6- 9.9 1,025 51.7 48.7-54.8
$25,000- 34,999 1,143 187 17.5 14.9-20.5 168 18.4 15.2-22.0 84 7.2 5.5- 9.3 704 56.9 53.1-60.7
$35,000- 49,999 1,317 177 15.0 12.6-17.7 209 17.5 14.9-20.5 116 8.5 6.7-10.9 815 59.0 55.5-62.4
$50,000-74,999 1,275 146 13.3 11.0-16.0 197 18.3 15.6-21.3 123 11.0 8.9-13.5 809 57.4 53.9-60.9
$75,000+ 2,032 174 10.0 8.3-11.9 310 18.3 16.1-20.8 237 12.7 10.8-14.7 1,311 59.1 56.2-61.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,914 416 14.7 13.0-16.5 362 14.7 12.9-16.6 190 7.2 6.0- 8.6 1,946 63.4 61.0-65.8
No 7,658 1,085 16.5 15.4-17.7 1,276 19.6 18.4-20.9 715 9.6 8.8-10.5 4,582 54.3 52.8-55.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,379 201 16.1 13.7-18.8 192 16.2 13.8-18.9 84 7.1 5.5- 9.2 902 60.6 57.3-63.8
Non-Veteran 9,242 1,307 16.1 15.1-17.2 1,452 18.8 17.7-19.9 823 9.3 8.5-10.2 5,660 55.8 54.4-57.2

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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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