2012 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Sugar-Sweetened Beverages

During the past 30 days, how often did you drink regular soda or pop that contains sugar?

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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 10,644 2,561 28.2 27.0-29.4 2,010 20.9 19.8-21.9 1,315 11.8 11.0-12.6 4,758 39.1 37.9-40.3
GENDER
Male 4,102 1,168 32.5 30.6-34.4 809 21.5 19.8-23.2 455 10.7 9.6-12.0 1,670 35.3 33.5-37.2
Female 6,542 1,393 24.3 22.9-25.8 1,201 20.3 19.0-21.7 860 12.8 11.8-13.9 3,088 42.6 41.0-44.1
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 7,425 1,625 26.7 25.3-28.2 1,203 17.8 16.7-19.0 899 11.8 10.9-12.7 3,698 43.7 42.2-45.1
Non-Hispanic Black 1,874 504 30.2 27.5-33.1 491 27.6 25.0-30.4 263 12.1 10.4-14.0 616 30.1 27.5-32.8
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 400 157 37.0 29.9-44.7 81 18.9 13.2-26.3 37 10.7 6.6-17.1 125 33.4 26.2-41.4
Non-Hispanic Other 259 61 26.0 18.9-34.5 45 20.5 13.3-30.3 37 14.6 9.8-21.0 116 38.9 31.2-47.3
Hispanic 612 201 36.2 31.7-40.9 180 30.7 26.4-35.4 71 10.8 8.3-13.9 160 22.3 18.7-26.5
AGE
18-34 1,678 612 38.0 35.2-40.9 448 27.3 24.7-30.0 188 10.2 8.6-11.9 430 24.6 22.2-27.0
35-44 1,466 450 32.1 29.2-35.1 335 22.8 20.3-25.5 182 12.2 10.3-14.4 499 32.9 30.2-35.8
45-54 1,850 469 26.4 23.9-29.1 325 18.7 16.5-21.0 258 13.5 11.6-15.6 798 41.4 38.6-44.3
55-64 2,211 464 22.5 20.3-24.9 368 16.6 14.8-18.7 282 12.2 10.6-14.0 1,097 48.7 46.0-51.3
65-74 1,951 349 17.3 15.3-19.5 298 14.9 13.0-17.1 243 12.8 11.1-14.7 1,061 55.0 52.2-57.7
75+ 1,391 204 17.0 14.3-20.2 219 16.8 14.3-19.5 149 10.2 8.3-12.5 819 56.0 52.5-59.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,315 449 40.6 37.0-44.3 248 20.0 17.3-23.0 128 8.0 6.4- 9.9 490 31.4 28.3-34.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 3,037 894 33.8 31.6-36.1 587 20.7 18.8-22.8 326 10.4 9.1-12.0 1,230 35.1 32.9-37.2
Some Post-H.S. 2,904 711 27.0 25.0-29.2 538 21.0 19.1-23.1 380 12.4 11.0-14.0 1,275 39.5 37.3-41.8
College Graduate 3,356 503 15.5 14.0-17.2 632 21.5 19.7-23.4 476 15.0 13.5-16.7 1,745 48.0 45.8-50.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,284 410 34.1 30.7-37.6 261 23.0 19.9-26.4 131 8.8 7.0-11.0 482 34.1 30.7-37.7
$15,000- 24,999 1,815 557 36.4 33.4-39.5 346 20.5 18.1-23.1 200 10.7 9.0-12.6 712 32.5 29.8-35.2
$25,000- 34,999 1,147 302 30.8 27.4-34.5 221 22.1 18.8-25.8 159 13.3 11.0-15.9 465 33.8 30.5-37.2
$35,000- 49,999 1,311 318 29.2 25.9-32.6 249 18.9 16.3-21.7 152 11.5 9.5-13.8 592 40.5 37.2-43.9
$50,000-74,999 1,281 243 21.3 18.4-24.5 256 22.6 19.7-25.8 161 12.1 10.1-14.5 621 44.0 40.6-47.5
$75,000+ 2,033 324 18.0 15.9-20.5 365 20.3 18.0-22.8 313 15.4 13.4-17.5 1,031 46.3 43.6-49.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,908 705 28.5 26.2-30.9 461 16.3 14.6-18.2 348 11.1 9.8-12.6 1,394 44.0 41.7-46.4
No 7,683 1,841 28.1 26.8-29.5 1,538 22.2 20.9-23.4 962 12.0 11.1-13.0 3,342 37.7 36.3-39.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,373 311 24.6 21.9-27.5 254 20.0 17.3-22.9 157 11.4 9.5-13.6 651 44.0 40.8-47.3
Non-Veteran 9,268 2,250 28.7 27.4-30.0 1,755 21.0 19.8-22.1 1,158 11.9 11.0-12.7 4,105 38.5 37.2-39.7

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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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