2015 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Sugar Drinks-Non-Hispanic Black

During the past 30 days, how often did you drink sugar-sweetened fruit drinks (such as Kool-aid and lemonade)
sweet tea, and sports or energy drinks (such as Gatorade and Red Bull)?

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  Total
Respond.^		 1+ times a day 1+ times a week 1+ times a month Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,651 998 20.1 18.8-21.4 1,540 29.7 28.2-31.3 587 10.5 9.6-11.6 2,526 39.7 38.1-41.2
-Non-Hispanic Black 1,083 227 23.0 20.0-26.2 369 35.2 31.7-38.9 133 12.9 10.5-15.7 354 29.0 25.9-32.3
GENDER
Male 391 95 26.4 21.5-32.0 136 36.4 30.8-42.4 38 8.9 6.1-12.7 122 28.3 23.3-33.8
Female 692 132 20.3 16.9-24.2 233 34.3 30.0-38.9 95 15.9 12.5-20.0 232 29.5 25.7-33.6
AGE
18-34 189 64 32.7 25.7-40.6 69 37.0 29.6-45.1 18 11.3 6.9-17.8 38 19.0 13.5-26.0
35-44 176 41 21.8 15.9-29.3 71 41.8 33.2-50.9 20 11.4 7.1-17.8 44 25.0 18.6-32.8
45-54 221 40 18.2 13.2-24.6 85 38.3 31.3-45.9 27 12.2 7.7-18.6 69 31.3 24.7-38.6
55-64 246 41 17.6 12.4-24.5 77 29.0 22.7-36.3 34 18.1 11.6-27.0 94 35.3 28.5-42.8
65-74 151 21 18.1 11.6-27.1 43 28.6 20.1-38.9 26 14.8 9.6-22.1 61 38.6 29.4-48.6
75+ 89 16 16.3 9.4-26.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 132 29 21.6 14.4-31.1 29 23.6 15.3-34.5 24 22.1 14.1-33.1 50 32.7 24.0-42.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 384 88 24.3 19.5-29.8 129 36.7 30.8-43.1 48 11.7 8.3-16.1 119 27.3 22.5-32.8
Some Post-H.S. 303 69 26.6 21.0-33.1 107 35.1 29.0-41.7 33 11.5 7.8-16.7 94 26.8 21.4-32.9
College Graduate 264 41 14.4 10.4-19.7 104 42.4 35.6-49.5 28 9.8 6.3-14.8 91 33.4 27.1-40.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 151 34 24.0 16.2-34.0 54 31.9 23.4-41.8 21 20.4 12.2-32.0 42 23.7 16.7-32.5
$15,000- 24,999 263 68 27.0 21.1-33.8 89 38.9 31.5-46.9 27 9.6 6.1-15.0 79 24.5 19.0-30.8
$25,000- 34,999 106 21 19.2 12.1-29.1 *** *** *** 17 14.4 8.3-23.8 36 30.9 22.1-41.3
$35,000- 49,999 124 27 28.0 19.2-39.0 42 34.5 25.0-45.4 16 8.8 4.9-15.5 39 28.6 19.9-39.3
$50,000- 74,999 114 21 22.0 13.9-33.1 51 34.1 25.2-44.2 12 13.7 7.4-23.9 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 111 13 11.6 6.5-19.9 *** *** *** 15 11.2 6.4-19.0 42 33.6 24.5-44.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 317 45 13.8 9.9-18.9 97 33.3 27.0-40.2 54 20.1 14.8-26.7 121 32.8 27.0-39.1
No 763 182 26.3 22.6-30.3 271 35.8 31.7-40.1 79 10.3 7.9-13.4 231 27.6 24.0-31.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 139 28 20.0 13.4-28.6 46 36.8 27.4-47.3 19 12.5 7.7-19.6 46 30.7 22.7-40.1
Non-Veteran 943 199 23.4 20.2-26.9 323 35.0 31.3-38.9 114 12.9 10.3-16.0 307 28.7 25.4-32.2
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 401 74 20.6 16.2-25.8 133 32.7 27.7-38.2 53 15.8 11.7-21.0 141 30.9 25.9-36.3
Regional City or Suburban 184 35 19.9 14.0-27.5 70 42.0 33.5-50.9 23 11.7 7.3-18.1 56 26.5 20.1-34.0
Rural 498 118 26.8 22.1-32.0 166 34.9 29.5-40.7 57 10.3 7.3-14.2 157 28.1 23.5-33.2

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 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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