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
-MALES 1,831 575 34.1 31.4-36.9 1,256 65.9 63.1-68.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,185 341 32.1 28.9-35.5 844 67.9 64.5-71.1
Non-Hispanic Black 304 97 34.1 27.6-41.3 207 65.9 58.7-72.4
Other 306 123 42.2 34.8-50.0 183 57.8 50.0-65.2
AGE
18-34 363 124 39.1 32.9-45.6 239 60.9 54.4-67.1
35-44 283 121 46.6 39.7-53.6 162 53.4 46.4-60.3
45-54 332 127 37.2 31.3-43.6 205 62.8 56.4-68.7
55-64 314 89 28.7 23.0-35.2 225 71.3 64.8-77.0
65-74 322 69 21.8 16.6-28.0 253 78.2 72.0-83.4
75+ 184 38 23.4 16.1-32.7 146 76.6 67.3-83.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 176 86 51.5 42.3-60.7 90 48.5 39.3-57.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 469 186 38.8 33.6-44.2 283 61.2 55.8-66.4
Some Post-H.S. 474 162 34.5 29.4-40.0 312 65.5 60.0-70.6
College Graduate 704 138 20.7 17.4-24.5 566 79.3 75.5-82.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 139 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 173 64 38.7 29.9-48.3 109 61.3 51.7-70.1
$35,000- 49,999 220 78 37.6 30.2-45.6 142 62.4 54.4-69.8
$50,000- 74,999 258 73 33.0 26.2-40.6 185 67.0 59.4-73.8
$75,000+ 608 158 29.6 25.3-34.2 450 70.4 65.8-74.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 543 181 34.2 29.4-39.3 362 65.8 60.7-70.6
No 1,278 390 34.1 30.8-37.5 888 65.9 62.5-69.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 430 109 27.0 22.2-32.3 321 73.0 67.7-77.8
Non-Veteran 1,398 466 35.9 32.8-39.2 932 64.1 60.8-67.2
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 554 140 29.6 25.0-34.7 414 70.4 65.3-75.0
Regional City or Suburban County 490 158 34.9 29.7-40.5 332 65.1 59.5-70.3
Rural 787 277 37.2 33.0-41.5 510 62.8 58.5-67.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,109 386 37.8 34.4-41.4 723 62.2 58.6-65.6
Unemployed 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 462 97 21.0 16.7-26.1 365 79.0 73.9-83.3
Unable to Work 124 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 125 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 138 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 142 48 30.6 22.5-40.1 94 69.4 59.9-77.5
More than 200% 1,028 285 31.2 27.8-34.8 743 68.8 65.2-72.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 478 188 39.5 34.0-45.2 290 60.5 54.8-66.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 773 243 35.8 31.5-40.3 530 64.2 59.7-68.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 580 144 28.8 24.4-33.6 436 71.2 66.4-75.6
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 573 142 27.2 22.9-32.0 431 72.8 68.0-77.1
2nd Quartile 480 157 36.0 30.9-41.4 323 64.0 58.6-69.1
3rd Quartile 529 178 36.7 31.6-42.1 351 63.3 57.9-68.4
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 249 98 42.1 34.2-50.5 151 57.9 49.5-65.8

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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