2021 BRFSS Survey Results: 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
-Non-Hispanic Black 772 221 30.2 26.2-34.5 551 69.8 65.5-73.8
GENDER
Male 304 97 34.1 27.6-41.3 207 65.9 58.7-72.4
Female 468 124 27.3 22.5-32.7 344 72.7 67.3-77.5
AGE
18-34 122 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 131 42 31.4 22.9-41.5 89 68.6 58.5-77.1
45-54 136 40 32.0 23.4-42.1 96 68.0 57.9-76.6
55-64 154 38 24.7 17.4-33.7 116 75.3 66.3-82.6
65-74 140 34 19.7 12.8-29.1 106 80.3 70.9-87.2
75+ 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 212 71 35.7 28.1-44.1 141 64.3 55.9-71.9
Some Post-H.S. 238 73 31.7 24.3-40.0 165 68.3 60.0-75.7
College Graduate 256 58 22.0 16.6-28.6 198 78.0 71.4-83.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 97 *** *** *** 78 78.7 67.0-87.1
$75,000+ 139 30 24.6 17.0-34.2 109 75.4 65.8-83.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 290 87 30.9 24.6-38.1 203 69.1 61.9-75.4
No 478 134 30.2 25.1-35.7 344 69.8 64.3-74.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 112 28 26.7 18.1-37.5 84 73.3 62.5-81.9
Non-Veteran 660 193 30.7 26.3-35.4 467 69.3 64.6-73.7
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 258 61 23.5 18.0-30.0 197 76.5 70.0-82.0
Regional City or Suburban County 206 57 29.7 21.9-38.9 149 70.3 61.1-78.1
Rural 308 103 38.3 31.4-45.7 205 61.7 54.3-68.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 385 118 32.7 27.3-38.6 267 67.3 61.4-72.7
Unemployed 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 207 49 22.1 15.5-30.4 158 77.9 69.6-84.5
Unable to Work 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 87 23 20.6 12.2-32.6 64 79.4 67.4-87.8
101% to 150% 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 321 79 26.6 21.2-32.9 242 73.4 67.1-78.8
HOUSING
Own 438 113 27.0 22.1-32.5 325 73.0 67.5-77.9
Rent 268 91 35.5 28.3-43.4 177 64.5 56.6-71.7
Other arrangement 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 306 95 32.9 26.5-40.1 211 67.1 59.9-73.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 257 77 34.2 26.9-42.3 180 65.8 57.7-73.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 209 49 23.7 17.7-31.0 160 76.3 69.0-82.3
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 125 36 26.4 18.4-36.4 89 73.6 63.6-81.6
2nd Quartile 179 48 27.1 20.3-35.1 131 72.9 64.9-79.7
3rd Quartile 279 81 35.0 27.7-42.9 198 65.0 57.1-72.3
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 189 56 31.7 23.5-41.2 133 68.3 58.8-76.5

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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