2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 Demographics

Sugar Sweetened Beverages

During the past 30 days, how often do you drink regular soda or pop that contains sugar?
Do not include diet soda or diet pop.

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  Total
Respond.^
1 or more times per day 1-6 times per week Less than once a week Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,870 817 23.5 21.7-25.4 953 26.6 24.7-28.6 544 12.8 11.5-14.2 1,556 37.1 35.2-39.2
Region 1 & 2 690 132 24.4 19.6-30.0 154 26.4 21.7-31.8 104 12.2 9.4-15.7 300 37.0 32.0-42.2
GENDER
Male 303 67 28.5 20.8-37.7 77 28.9 22.0-37.0 44 10.1 6.8-14.7 115 32.5 25.4-40.5
Female 387 65 20.4 15.1-27.1 77 24.1 17.9-31.5 60 14.2 10.0-19.7 185 41.3 34.6-48.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 612 112 23.1 18.2-29.0 128 25.1 20.1-30.8 90 11.6 8.7-15.2 282 40.2 34.7-45.9
Non-Hispanic Black 23 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 55 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 6.1 2.7-13.0
AGE
18-44 155 43 29.5 20.4-40.5 49 34.6 25.3-45.1 20 8.5 4.8-14.6 43 27.5 19.5-37.3
45-64 248 52 24.5 16.8-34.3 43 19.3 12.8-28.0 42 13.9 9.0-20.9 111 42.3 33.5-51.6
65+ 280 35 18.0 12.0-26.1 61 24.6 18.1-32.6 41 15.2 10.3-21.9 143 42.2 34.5-50.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 236 65 35.3 26.6-45.2 64 27.9 20.3-37.0 30 10.7 6.7-16.7 77 26.0 19.2-34.3
Some College + 452 66 14.9 10.8-20.3 90 25.5 19.8-32.1 74 13.5 10.0-18.1 222 46.1 39.6-52.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 326 75 28.4 21.4-36.7 71 22.6 16.4-30.3 54 13.4 9.1-19.3 126 35.6 28.3-43.6
$50,000+ 240 28 16.3 8.9-28.1 52 28.6 20.6-38.2 37 11.6 7.7-17.1 123 43.5 34.6-52.8

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 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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