2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 Demographics

Sugar Drinks

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
Region 6 427 90 25.4 20.6-30.8 126 31.5 26.4-37.1 41 8.4 5.9-11.8 170 34.7 29.8-39.9
GENDER
Male 188 42 27.7 20.4-36.3 61 37.3 29.2-46.3 11 3.8 2.0- 7.1 74 31.2 24.4-38.9
Female 239 48 23.3 17.5-30.2 65 26.0 20.4-32.7 30 12.7 8.5-18.6 96 38.0 31.4-45.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 244 56 27.8 21.5-35.1 67 29.6 23.3-36.8 20 7.2 4.4-11.4 101 35.4 29.2-42.1
Non-Hispanic Black 124 25 23.8 15.9-34.1 *** *** *** 18 12.1 7.1-19.7 42 29.4 21.0-39.5
Other 53 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 139 37 29.9 21.9-39.3 59 41.6 32.6-51.3 *** *** *** 37 24.3 17.5-32.7
44-64 170 36 26.4 19.0-35.4 37 22.4 16.2-30.1 26 13.3 8.9-19.4 71 37.9 30.4-46.1
65+ 113 16 15.0 9.2-23.6 27 21.1 14.1-30.3 *** *** *** 61 53.4 43.1-63.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 165 43 29.6 21.9-38.7 44 28.1 20.5-37.3 19 10.4 6.2-16.9 59 31.9 24.4-40.4
Some College + 261 46 21.2 15.8-27.8 82 34.5 27.9-41.7 22 7.0 4.4-11.0 111 37.3 31.1-44.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 194 50 31.2 23.7-39.8 55 29.2 21.7-38.0 26 11.9 7.7-18.1 63 27.7 21.2-35.3
$50,000+ 142 22 17.5 11.4-25.9 46 34.1 25.9-43.3 *** *** *** 64 42.4 33.9-51.4

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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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