2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 597 159 26.6 22.2-31.6 140 24.7 20.5-29.4 73 11.2 8.5-14.6 225 37.5 32.6-42.6
GENDER
Male 255 72 30.2 23.4-37.9 59 24.6 18.5-31.8 33 11.9 8.1-17.3 91 33.3 26.7-40.7
Female 342 87 23.5 17.9-30.0 81 24.8 19.3-31.3 40 10.5 7.2-15.2 134 41.2 34.4-48.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 325 81 25.4 19.9-31.7 58 19.6 14.8-25.4 42 11.8 8.3-16.3 144 43.3 36.9-49.9
Non-Hispanic Black 123 20 18.5 10.9-29.4 *** *** *** 14 12.1 6.7-20.8 *** *** ***
Other 149 *** *** *** *** *** *** 17 7.6 4.0-13.7 39 21.3 14.0-30.9
AGE
18-44 159 50 29.6 21.7-39.0 50 28.6 21.1-37.5 20 10.5 6.5-16.6 39 31.3 23.0-40.9
45-64 229 61 25.5 19.1-33.2 48 23.8 17.5-31.5 30 11.6 7.6-17.3 90 39.1 31.7-47.0
65+ 206 48 23.8 16.8-32.6 42 20.0 14.0-27.8 22 11.7 6.9-19.2 94 44.4 35.8-53.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 249 91 36.5 28.8-44.8 63 26.3 19.7-34.1 20 6.1 3.5-10.6 75 31.1 24.0-39.3
Some College + 347 68 18.7 14.1-24.5 77 23.4 18.3-29.4 52 15.2 11.2-20.4 150 42.6 36.2-49.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 303 98 34.4 27.4-42.2 74 24.0 18.4-30.6 30 7.2 4.6-11.3 101 34.4 27.5-42.0
$50,000+ 178 32 15.3 10.2-22.2 39 23.3 16.5-31.7 24 14.9 9.7-22.2 83 46.6 38.0-55.4

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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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