2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 1,649 509 33.5 30.8-36.2 1,140 66.5 63.8-69.2
GENDER
Male 747 251 35.9 31.9-40.0 496 64.1 60.0-68.1
Female 902 258 31.4 27.9-35.1 644 68.6 64.9-72.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,015 298 32.4 29.0-35.9 717 67.6 64.1-71.0
Non-Hispanic Black 362 115 33.2 27.8-39.0 247 66.8 61.0-72.2
Other 272 96 39.0 32.4-46.0 176 61.0 54.0-67.6
AGE
18-34 307 110 37.1 31.3-43.4 197 62.9 56.6-68.7
35-44 244 86 37.3 30.6-44.5 158 62.7 55.5-69.4
45-54 293 96 35.2 29.2-41.7 197 64.8 58.3-70.8
55-64 333 94 31.9 26.2-38.1 239 68.1 61.9-73.8
65-74 258 67 27.5 21.6-34.2 191 72.5 65.8-78.4
75+ 193 51 27.3 20.2-35.8 142 72.7 64.2-79.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 166 81 47.4 38.6-56.2 85 52.6 43.8-61.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 354 143 41.4 35.6-47.4 211 58.6 52.6-64.4
Some Post-H.S. 475 151 32.8 28.2-37.8 324 67.2 62.2-71.8
College Graduate 652 133 21.3 18.0-25.1 519 78.7 74.9-82.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 494 167 34.7 29.9-39.8 327 65.3 60.2-70.1
No 1,145 339 33.1 30.0-36.4 806 66.9 63.6-70.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 190 59 36.3 28.6-44.9 131 63.7 55.1-71.4
Non-Veteran 1,457 450 33.1 30.4-36.1 1,007 66.9 63.9-69.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 926 299 35.2 31.7-38.8 627 64.8 61.2-68.3
Unemployed 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 426 114 26.9 22.2-32.2 312 73.1 67.8-77.8
Unable to Work 126 50 42.6 33.1-52.6 76 57.4 47.4-66.9
Other not in Labor Force 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 190 84 47.6 39.6-55.9 106 52.4 44.1-60.4
$25,000- 34,999 142 52 41.5 32.4-51.2 90 58.5 48.8-67.6
$35,000- 49,999 175 59 33.1 25.5-41.8 116 66.9 58.2-74.5
$50,000- 74,999 181 58 35.4 27.5-44.2 123 64.6 55.8-72.5
$75,000+ 511 101 22.3 18.4-26.7 410 77.7 73.3-81.6
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 153 68 49.5 40.5-58.6 85 50.5 41.4-59.5
101% to 150% 158 63 43.0 34.1-52.3 95 57.0 47.7-65.9
151% to 200% 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 842 195 25.2 21.9-28.8 647 74.8 71.2-78.1
HOUSING
Own 1,064 283 29.1 26.0-32.5 781 70.9 67.5-74.0
Rent 463 181 44.3 39.1-49.7 282 55.7 50.3-60.9
Other arrangement 114 *** *** *** 73 62.6 52.0-72.2
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 889 233 28.3 24.9-31.9 656 71.7 68.1-75.1
Regional City or Suburban County 411 143 38.6 33.2-44.4 268 61.4 55.6-66.8
Rural 349 133 40.2 34.4-46.3 216 59.8 53.7-65.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 642 229 39.9 35.4-44.6 413 60.1 55.4-64.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 908 238 27.3 24.1-30.7 670 72.7 69.3-75.9

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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