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
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,592 945 28.0 26.1-29.9 2,647 72.0 70.1-73.9
No 398 156 41.7 35.9-47.8 242 58.3 52.2-64.1
Body Mass Index
Underweight 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,039 254 26.9 23.4-30.7 785 73.1 69.3-76.6
Overweight 1,277 350 27.7 24.7-30.9 927 72.3 69.1-75.3
Obese 1,372 428 33.8 30.6-37.1 944 66.2 62.9-69.4
Current Smoker
Yes 531 255 50.3 45.0-55.7 276 49.7 44.3-55.0
No 3,508 865 26.5 24.6-28.4 2,643 73.5 71.6-75.4
History of CVD**
Yes 458 159 34.0 28.5-39.9 299 66.0 60.1-71.5
No 3,559 957 29.2 27.3-31.2 2,602 70.8 68.8-72.7
Binge Drinker
Yes 536 170 33.9 29.2-39.0 366 66.1 61.0-70.8
No 3,351 899 28.7 26.7-30.8 2,452 71.3 69.2-73.3
Heavy Drinker
Yes 205 62 29.8 23.0-37.7 143 70.2 62.3-77.0
No 3,677 1,002 29.4 27.5-31.4 2,675 70.6 68.6-72.5
COPD
Yes 311 118 38.0 30.9-45.6 193 62.0 54.4-69.1
No 3,732 1,004 29.0 27.2-31.0 2,728 71.0 69.0-72.8
Current Asthma
Yes 357 123 40.0 33.4-47.0 234 60.0 53.0-66.6
No 3,692 1,002 28.8 27.0-30.8 2,690 71.2 69.2-73.0
Diabetes
Yes 580 122 20.7 16.9-25.2 458 79.3 74.8-83.1
No 3,475 1,004 31.1 29.1-33.2 2,471 68.9 66.8-70.9
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
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,314 378 30.6 27.4-33.9 936 69.4 66.1-72.6
No 2,743 749 29.4 27.2-31.7 1,994 70.6 68.3-72.8

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*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.

**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

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.

^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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