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
-FEMALES 2,226 552 26.0 23.7-28.6 1,674 74.0 71.4-76.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,389 328 26.4 23.4-29.8 1,061 73.6 70.2-76.6
Non-Hispanic Black 468 124 27.3 22.5-32.7 344 72.7 67.3-77.5
Other 344 92 21.2 16.2-27.2 252 78.8 72.8-83.8
AGE
18-34 360 102 30.5 24.9-36.7 258 69.5 63.3-75.1
35-44 348 96 27.5 21.9-34.0 252 72.5 66.0-78.1
45-54 341 88 25.1 20.0-31.0 253 74.9 69.0-80.0
55-64 404 88 24.4 19.0-30.9 316 75.6 69.1-81.0
65-74 444 109 23.0 17.9-29.1 335 77.0 70.9-82.1
75+ 279 61 23.4 17.2-31.0 218 76.6 69.0-82.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 199 71 38.2 29.3-47.9 128 61.8 52.1-70.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 465 146 31.8 26.5-37.6 319 68.2 62.4-73.5
Some Post-H.S. 624 168 27.0 22.7-31.7 456 73.0 68.3-77.3
College Graduate 931 167 16.8 14.1-19.9 764 83.2 80.1-85.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 153 50 27.4 19.4-37.0 103 72.6 63.0-80.6
$15,000- 24,999 224 78 35.4 27.8-43.8 146 64.6 56.2-72.2
$25,000- 34,999 248 89 33.8 26.6-41.8 159 66.2 58.2-73.4
$35,000- 49,999 203 48 23.4 16.8-31.7 155 76.6 68.3-83.2
$50,000- 74,999 258 50 20.9 14.9-28.5 208 79.1 71.5-85.1
$75,000+ 619 107 18.5 15.1-22.5 512 81.5 77.5-84.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 734 232 31.5 27.2-36.1 502 68.5 63.9-72.8
No 1,475 314 23.5 20.6-26.6 1,161 76.5 73.4-79.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 2,155 537 26.2 23.8-28.8 1,618 73.8 71.2-76.2
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 637 129 18.8 15.6-22.5 508 81.2 77.5-84.4
Regional City or Suburban County 592 131 25.6 21.3-30.4 461 74.4 69.6-78.7
Rural 997 292 32.5 28.3-37.0 705 67.5 63.0-71.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,076 272 26.5 23.3-30.0 804 73.5 70.0-76.7
Unemployed 112 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 662 138 21.1 17.2-25.6 524 78.9 74.4-82.8
Unable to Work 166 61 35.3 26.8-44.9 105 64.7 55.1-73.2
Other not in Labor Force 195 41 25.9 17.4-36.6 154 74.1 63.4-82.6
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 198 69 30.7 23.4-39.1 129 69.3 60.9-76.6
101% to 150% 214 79 39.0 31.0-47.7 135 61.0 52.3-69.0
151% to 200% 176 48 25.3 18.0-34.3 128 74.7 65.7-82.0
More than 200% 1,048 205 20.2 17.3-23.4 843 79.8 76.6-82.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 676 226 36.4 31.1-42.2 450 63.6 57.8-68.9
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 877 208 27.6 23.8-31.8 669 72.4 68.2-76.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 673 118 17.1 14.0-20.6 555 82.9 79.4-86.0
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 642 125 18.9 15.5-22.9 517 81.1 77.1-84.5
2nd Quartile 545 126 24.4 20.1-29.3 419 75.6 70.7-79.9
3rd Quartile 641 165 31.5 26.6-36.8 476 68.5 63.2-73.4
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 398 136 36.5 29.7-43.9 262 63.5 56.1-70.3

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 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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