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%)
TOTAL 4,057 1,127 29.8 28.0-31.6 2,930 70.2 68.4-72.0
GENDER
Male 1,831 575 34.1 31.4-36.9 1,256 65.9 63.1-68.6
Female 2,226 552 26.0 23.7-28.6 1,674 74.0 71.4-76.3
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,574 669 29.1 26.8-31.4 1,905 70.9 68.6-73.2
Non-Hispanic Black 772 221 30.2 26.2-34.5 551 69.8 65.5-73.8
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 128 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 393 118 29.9 24.5-35.9 275 70.1 64.1-75.5
AGE
18-34 723 226 34.6 30.4-39.1 497 65.4 60.9-69.6
35-44 631 217 36.3 31.8-41.2 414 63.7 58.8-68.2
45-54 673 215 30.9 26.9-35.1 458 69.1 64.9-73.1
55-64 718 177 26.5 22.4-30.9 541 73.5 69.1-77.6
65-74 766 178 22.5 18.7-26.7 588 77.5 73.3-81.3
75+ 463 99 23.4 18.5-29.2 364 76.6 70.8-81.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 375 157 44.4 37.9-51.1 218 55.6 48.9-62.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 934 332 35.5 31.8-39.5 602 64.5 60.5-68.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,098 330 30.3 26.9-33.9 768 69.7 66.1-73.1
College Graduate 1,635 305 18.5 16.3-20.8 1,330 81.5 79.2-83.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,277 413 32.7 29.5-36.0 864 67.3 64.0-70.5
No 2,753 704 28.5 26.3-30.8 2,049 71.5 69.2-73.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 498 124 26.0 21.7-30.9 374 74.0 69.1-78.3
Non-Veteran 3,553 1,003 30.2 28.3-32.3 2,550 69.8 67.7-71.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,185 658 32.3 29.9-34.8 1,527 67.7 65.2-70.1
Unemployed 200 71 37.6 29.8-46.1 129 62.4 53.9-70.2
Retired 1,124 235 21.1 18.1-24.4 889 78.9 75.6-81.9
Unable to Work 290 106 35.4 28.8-42.7 184 64.6 57.3-71.2
Other not in Labor Force 233 49 26.9 18.9-36.9 184 73.1 63.1-81.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 229 74 25.9 19.5-33.5 155 74.1 66.5-80.5
$15,000- 24,999 363 138 39.4 32.8-46.4 225 60.6 53.6-67.2
$25,000- 34,999 421 153 35.8 30.1-41.9 268 64.2 58.1-69.9
$35,000- 49,999 423 126 30.7 25.5-36.5 297 69.3 63.5-74.5
$50,000-74,999 516 123 27.5 22.7-32.8 393 72.5 67.2-77.3
$75,000-100,000 420 96 25.7 20.8-31.2 324 74.3 68.8-79.2
$100,000-150,000 444 85 21.3 17.0-26.4 359 78.7 73.6-83.0
$150,000+ 363 84 25.2 20.2-30.9 279 74.8 69.1-79.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 878 248 32.9 28.6-37.4 630 67.1 62.6-71.4
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 323 115 32.8 26.5-39.9 208 67.2 60.1-73.5
101% to 150% 352 139 42.5 35.8-49.5 213 57.5 50.5-64.2
151% to 200% 318 96 27.6 21.9-34.1 222 72.4 65.9-78.1
More than 200% 2,076 490 25.7 23.4-28.1 1,586 74.3 71.9-76.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 878 248 32.9 28.6-37.4 630 67.1 62.6-71.4
HOUSING
Own 2,756 690 27.1 25.0-29.3 2,066 72.9 70.7-75.0
Rent 993 337 36.0 32.3-39.9 656 64.0 60.1-67.7
Other arrangement 272 92 38.6 30.9-46.9 180 61.4 53.1-69.1
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,191 269 23.8 20.9-26.9 922 76.2 73.1-79.1
Regional City or Suburban County 1,082 289 29.9 26.5-33.5 793 70.1 66.5-73.5
Rural 1,784 569 34.7 31.7-37.8 1,215 65.3 62.2-68.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,154 414 37.8 33.9-41.8 740 62.2 58.2-66.1
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,650 451 31.5 28.6-34.5 1,199 68.5 65.5-71.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,253 262 22.5 19.8-25.5 991 77.5 74.5-80.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,215 267 22.8 20.0-25.8 948 77.2 74.2-80.0
2nd Quartile 1,025 283 29.8 26.4-33.4 742 70.2 66.6-73.6
3rd Quartile 1,170 343 33.9 30.3-37.6 827 66.1 62.4-69.7
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 647 234 38.9 33.7-44.4 413 61.1 55.6-66.3

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

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. 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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