2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Sugar Sweetened Beverages

HNC2030 sugar-sweetened beverage indicator*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,115 1,025 35.4 33.4-37.5 2,090 64.6 62.5-66.6
-Eastern NC 1,039 394 40.4 36.7-44.1 645 59.6 55.9-63.3
GENDER
Male 444 187 44.5 39.0-50.1 257 55.5 49.9-61.0
Female 595 207 36.8 32.1-41.8 388 63.2 58.2-67.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 609 218 37.9 33.5-42.6 391 62.1 57.4-66.5
Non-Hispanic Black 265 104 43.1 35.7-50.8 161 56.9 49.2-64.3
Other 165 *** *** *** 93 53.4 43.0-63.5
AGE
18-34 171 82 49.8 41.0-58.6 89 50.2 41.4-59.0
35-44 137 66 47.8 38.5-57.2 71 52.2 42.8-61.5
45-54 168 57 35.5 27.5-44.4 111 64.5 55.6-72.5
55-64 206 74 36.3 29.1-44.2 132 63.7 55.8-70.9
65-74 208 68 34.1 27.0-41.9 140 65.9 58.1-73.0
75+ 137 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 292 120 39.7 33.0-46.7 172 60.3 53.3-67.0
Some Post-H.S. 355 143 42.1 36.2-48.2 212 57.9 51.8-63.8
College Graduate 288 82 29.2 23.7-35.4 206 70.8 64.6-76.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 411 177 44.3 38.5-50.3 234 55.7 49.7-61.5
No 619 214 38.3 33.6-43.2 405 61.7 56.8-66.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 156 58 40.6 31.5-50.4 98 59.4 49.6-68.5
Non-Veteran 883 336 40.3 36.4-44.4 547 59.7 55.6-63.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 486 191 41.5 36.4-46.8 295 58.5 53.2-63.6
Unemployed 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 310 95 31.5 25.2-38.5 215 68.5 61.5-74.8
Unable to Work 135 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 148 74 55.5 45.6-64.9 74 44.5 35.1-54.4
$25,000- 34,999 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 135 58 43.9 34.6-53.6 77 56.1 46.4-65.4
$50,000- 74,999 122 33 29.4 21.0-39.6 89 70.6 60.4-79.0
$75,000+ 229 61 29.5 22.8-37.3 168 70.5 62.7-77.2
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 110 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 456 135 32.5 27.5-37.8 321 67.5 62.2-72.5
HOUSING
Own 687 225 36.2 31.9-40.7 462 63.8 59.3-68.1
Rent 271 138 51.2 44.0-58.3 133 48.8 41.7-56.0
Other arrangement 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 83 *** *** *** 60 74.8 63.0-83.7
Regional City or Suburban County 319 108 39.1 32.5-46.2 211 60.9 53.8-67.5
Rural 637 263 43.0 38.4-47.8 374 57.0 52.2-61.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 590 247 42.7 37.9-47.7 343 57.3 52.3-62.1
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 239 83 39.2 32.1-46.8 156 60.8 53.2-67.9
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 210 64 36.4 28.3-45.3 146 63.6 54.7-71.7

Back to Sugar Sweetened Beverages.

*Yes=1+ drink per day of either regular soda or pop that contains sugar or sugar-sweetened fruit drinks (such as Kool-aid and lemonade) or sweet tea, and sports or energy drinks (such as Gatorade and Red Bull).
Does not include diet soda, diet pop, 100% fruit juice, diet drinks, or artificially sweetened drinks.

No=Less than 1 drink per day of either regular soda or pop that contains sugar or sugar-sweetened fruit drinks (such as Kool-aid and lemonade) or sweet tea, and sports or energy drinks (such as Gatorade and Red Bull).
Does not include diet soda, diet pop, 100% fruit juice, diet drinks, or artificially sweetened drinks.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2019 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2019 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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