2021 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 4,057 1,127 29.8 28.0-31.6 2,930 70.2 68.4-72.0
-Eastern NC 1,551 490 33.8 30.7-37.1 1,061 66.2 62.9-69.3
GENDER
Male 663 239 38.4 33.6-43.5 424 61.6 56.5-66.4
Female 888 251 29.6 25.7-33.8 637 70.4 66.2-74.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 862 255 32.8 28.8-37.0 607 67.2 63.0-71.2
Non-Hispanic Black 389 127 36.0 29.6-42.9 262 64.0 57.1-70.4
Other 280 100 33.7 26.5-41.7 180 66.3 58.3-73.5
AGE
18-34 251 84 36.0 28.6-44.1 167 64.0 55.9-71.4
35-44 211 84 40.2 32.7-48.2 127 59.8 51.8-67.3
45-54 237 95 42.1 34.7-49.8 142 57.9 50.2-65.3
55-64 302 79 29.5 23.0-36.9 223 70.5 63.1-77.0
65-74 342 95 26.4 20.7-32.9 247 73.6 67.1-79.3
75+ 178 45 26.0 18.1-36.0 133 74.0 64.0-81.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 149 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 411 151 37.7 31.9-43.9 260 62.3 56.1-68.1
Some Post-H.S. 438 146 33.7 28.0-39.9 292 66.3 60.1-72.0
College Graduate 546 128 24.3 20.0-29.1 418 75.7 70.9-80.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 552 202 38.0 32.8-43.5 350 62.0 56.5-67.2
No 987 282 31.5 27.6-35.6 705 68.5 64.4-72.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 239 75 31.1 24.5-38.6 164 68.9 61.4-75.5
Non-Veteran 1,309 415 34.4 30.9-38.0 894 65.6 62.0-69.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 767 262 36.4 32.2-40.8 505 63.6 59.2-67.8
Unemployed 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 476 118 25.4 20.4-31.2 358 74.6 68.8-79.6
Unable to Work 135 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 158 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 164 67 39.7 30.6-49.6 97 60.3 50.4-69.4
$35,000- 49,999 172 54 35.0 26.7-44.4 118 65.0 55.6-73.3
$50,000- 74,999 197 49 26.8 18.9-36.5 148 73.2 63.5-81.1
$75,000+ 404 108 32.0 26.6-38.0 296 68.0 62.0-73.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 361 115 32.8 26.5-39.9 246 67.2 60.1-73.5
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 118 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 143 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 132 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 747 201 30.1 26.1-34.4 546 69.9 65.6-73.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 361 115 32.8 26.5-39.9 246 67.2 60.1-73.5
HOUSING
Own 1,070 316 31.9 28.3-35.6 754 68.1 64.4-71.7
Rent 358 131 38.3 31.4-45.7 227 61.7 54.3-68.6
Other arrangement 114 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 132 34 24.7 17.4-33.9 98 75.3 66.1-82.6
Regional City or Suburban County 407 121 32.6 26.8-38.9 286 67.4 61.1-73.2
Rural 1,012 335 35.4 31.5-39.6 677 64.6 60.4-68.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 805 302 40.2 35.6-45.0 503 59.8 55.0-64.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 597 156 28.9 24.2-34.2 441 71.1 65.8-75.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 149 32 25.0 17.2-34.9 117 75.0 65.1-82.8
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 303 67 23.6 17.8-30.6 236 76.4 69.4-82.2
2nd Quartile 179 45 27.7 20.4-36.4 134 72.3 63.6-79.6
3rd Quartile 487 159 35.4 30.1-41.2 328 64.6 58.8-69.9
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 582 219 41.0 35.3-47.0 363 59.0 53.0-64.7

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 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2021 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 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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