2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 3 & 5 Demographics

Sugar Drinks

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 3 & 5 744 140 22.4 18.8-26.5 174 25.3 21.5-29.4 114 14.4 11.7-17.5 316 38.0 34.0-42.2
GENDER
Male 312 74 28.8 22.9-35.6 76 26.0 20.5-32.4 49 13.3 9.8-17.9 113 31.8 26.2-38.0
Female 432 66 16.5 12.7-21.3 98 24.6 19.6-30.2 65 15.3 11.6-19.9 203 43.7 38.1-49.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 518 88 21.4 17.2-26.2 107 22.9 18.8-27.7 83 14.5 11.4-18.2 240 41.2 36.4-46.2
Non-Hispanic Black 139 30 22.6 14.6-33.2 *** *** *** 20 15.5 9.5-24.4 45 30.6 22.1-40.7
Other 87 *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 11.2 5.7-20.8 31 27.2 18.0-38.9
AGE
18-44 228 53 24.9 18.6-32.4 70 34.2 27.1-42.0 37 14.2 9.9-20.0 68 26.7 20.8-33.6
45-64 285 52 20.0 15.0-26.2 59 19.5 14.6-25.6 46 16.2 11.8-21.8 128 44.3 37.7-51.1
65+ 227 35 22.6 15.9-31.2 45 20.1 14.6-27.1 31 12.3 8.4-17.5 116 45.0 37.4-52.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 255 75 34.5 27.6-42.1 74 28.2 22.0-35.3 23 7.7 5.0-11.8 83 29.7 23.6-36.6
Some College + 489 65 14.3 10.9-18.5 100 23.3 18.8-28.5 91 18.8 15.0-23.3 233 43.6 38.4-48.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 334 78 27.2 21.6-33.7 83 25.5 20.1-31.9 54 15.3 11.3-20.5 119 31.9 26.3-38.1
$50,000+ 298 47 19.1 13.8-25.8 64 25.1 19.4-32.0 43 12.6 9.1-17.2 144 43.2 36.7-49.8

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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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