2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Sugar Sweetened Beverages

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)?
Do not include 100% fruit juice, diet drinks, or artificially sweetened drinks.

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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 3,866 699 20.5 18.8-22.4 1,097 30.4 28.5-32.5 412 10.2 9.0-11.5 1,658 38.8 36.8-40.9
Region 8 595 112 19.1 15.4-23.5 181 33.4 28.5-38.6 66 12.2 9.1-16.2 236 35.3 30.6-40.3
GENDER
Male 255 55 22.4 16.6-29.6 84 37.5 30.3-45.3 29 12.0 8.0-17.6 87 28.1 22.1-35.0
Female 340 57 16.1 11.7-21.7 97 29.6 23.6-36.3 37 12.4 8.1-18.5 149 41.9 35.2-48.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 326 57 18.9 14.2-24.7 89 31.4 25.4-38.0 36 12.2 8.4-17.4 144 37.5 31.5-43.9
Non-Hispanic Black 122 17 16.9 9.7-27.8 *** *** *** 16 14.6 7.8-25.7 36 26.0 17.2-37.3
Other 147 38 23.3 15.6-33.3 *** *** *** 14 8.8 4.2-17.5 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 158 36 20.8 14.2-29.3 74 49.0 39.7-58.4 18 10.9 6.2-18.4 30 19.4 12.8-28.2
45-64 229 46 20.1 14.3-27.4 56 24.7 18.5-32.2 26 13.2 8.2-20.4 101 42.0 34.4-50.0
65+ 206 30 15.3 9.9-22.7 50 21.1 14.8-29.1 21 12.8 7.6-20.7 105 50.9 41.9-59.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 248 61 26.1 19.6-34.0 64 31.1 23.8-39.6 21 8.4 4.7-14.6 102 34.3 27.2-42.2
Some College + 346 51 13.5 9.7-18.5 117 35.2 29.1-41.8 44 15.2 10.8-20.9 134 36.1 30.1-42.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 301 66 20.8 15.4-27.6 90 30.4 23.8-37.8 26 10.9 6.8-17.1 119 37.9 30.9-45.5
$50,000+ 178 28 17.7 11.8-25.7 62 40.2 31.9-49.2 17 9.2 5.4-15.2 71 32.9 25.4-41.3

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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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