2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 1,974 498 28.2 25.8-30.7 1,476 71.8 69.3-74.2
GENDER
Male 918 261 33.2 29.6-37.1 657 66.8 62.9-70.4
Female 1,056 237 23.9 20.9-27.3 819 76.1 72.7-79.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,279 306 27.9 24.9-31.1 973 72.1 68.9-75.1
Non-Hispanic Black 362 89 26.6 21.6-32.4 273 73.4 67.6-78.4
Other 300 91 30.7 24.4-37.8 209 69.3 62.2-75.6
AGE
18-34 391 114 32.9 27.5-38.8 277 67.1 61.2-72.5
35-44 353 105 33.1 27.4-39.4 248 66.9 60.6-72.6
45-54 336 89 26.4 21.3-32.3 247 73.6 67.7-78.7
55-64 316 76 26.5 20.8-33.0 240 73.5 67.0-79.2
65-74 321 67 22.5 17.2-28.8 254 77.5 71.2-82.8
75+ 214 41 22.4 15.9-30.7 173 77.6 69.3-84.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 162 68 46.4 37.3-55.7 94 53.6 44.3-62.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 398 144 36.2 30.8-42.0 254 63.8 58.0-69.2
Some Post-H.S. 506 144 28.8 24.4-33.7 362 71.2 66.3-75.6
College Graduate 902 142 16.2 13.7-19.2 760 83.8 80.8-86.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 532 154 30.7 26.2-35.5 378 69.3 64.5-73.8
No 1,431 340 27.3 24.4-30.3 1,091 72.7 69.7-75.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 202 37 22.2 16.1-30.0 165 77.8 70.0-83.9
Non-Veteran 1,770 461 28.7 26.2-31.4 1,309 71.3 68.6-73.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,147 302 29.6 26.5-32.9 845 70.4 67.1-73.5
Unemployed 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 485 94 20.2 16.1-25.0 391 79.8 75.0-83.9
Unable to Work 107 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 119 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 143 52 33.3 24.9-42.9 91 66.7 57.1-75.1
$25,000- 34,999 182 60 35.9 27.8-44.8 122 64.1 55.2-72.2
$35,000- 49,999 205 61 31.1 23.9-39.2 144 68.9 60.8-76.1
$50,000- 74,999 251 53 26.3 20.1-33.5 198 73.7 66.5-79.9
$75,000+ 690 133 21.4 18.0-25.4 557 78.6 74.6-82.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 401 105 33.0 27.2-39.4 296 67.0 60.6-72.8
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 143 55 32.7 24.0-42.7 88 67.3 57.3-76.0
101% to 150% 149 53 40.9 31.7-50.9 96 59.1 49.1-68.3
151% to 200% 148 39 25.9 18.5-34.9 109 74.1 65.1-81.5
More than 200% 1,079 228 23.9 20.9-27.1 851 76.1 72.9-79.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 401 105 33.0 27.2-39.4 296 67.0 60.6-72.8
HOUSING
Own 1,320 294 25.9 23.0-29.0 1,026 74.1 71.0-77.0
Rent 503 157 34.1 29.3-39.3 346 65.9 60.7-70.7
Other arrangement 129 44 34.0 25.0-44.3 85 66.0 55.7-75.0
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,059 235 23.8 20.8-27.1 824 76.2 72.9-79.2
Regional City or Suburban County 516 136 29.4 24.9-34.5 380 70.6 65.5-75.1
Rural 399 127 38.3 32.2-44.7 272 61.7 55.3-67.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 186 63 40.6 31.8-50.0 123 59.4 50.0-68.2
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 784 224 32.4 28.4-36.7 560 67.6 63.3-71.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,004 211 22.6 19.7-25.9 793 77.4 74.1-80.3
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 646 147 23.1 19.5-27.2 499 76.9 72.8-80.5
2nd Quartile 734 200 29.5 25.7-33.7 534 70.5 66.3-74.3
3rd Quartile 529 136 32.3 27.2-37.9 393 67.7 62.1-72.8
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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