2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western 532 139 28.9 23.9-34.4 393 71.1 65.6-76.1
GENDER
Male 250 75 28.9 22.9-35.8 175 71.1 64.2-77.1
Female 282 64 28.9 21.1-38.0 218 71.1 62.0-78.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 433 108 28.5 23.0-34.7 325 71.5 65.3-77.0
Non-Hispanic Black 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 100 31 28.7 20.0-39.3 69 71.3 60.7-80.0
55-64 100 22 18.8 11.7-28.8 78 81.2 71.2-88.3
65-74 103 16 15.2 8.4-26.0 87 84.8 74.0-91.6
75+ 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 125 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 154 40 30.4 21.2-41.5 114 69.6 58.5-78.8
College Graduate 187 35 20.9 14.9-28.5 152 79.1 71.5-85.1
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 193 57 30.3 22.1-40.1 136 69.7 59.9-77.9
No 335 82 28.3 22.0-35.7 253 71.7 64.3-78.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 474 127 29.6 24.2-35.6 347 70.4 64.4-75.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 271 94 37.9 30.8-45.6 177 62.1 54.4-69.2
Unemployed 18 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 163 23 15.1 9.2-24.0 140 84.9 76.0-90.8
Unable to Work 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 133 24 20.9 13.8-30.3 109 79.1 69.7-86.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 116 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 250 61 26.3 20.0-33.8 189 73.7 66.2-80.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 116 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 366 80 22.8 17.9-28.6 286 77.2 71.4-82.1
Rent 132 49 39.8 30.2-50.3 83 60.2 49.7-69.8
Other arrangement 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 159 32 25.4 17.4-35.4 127 74.6 64.6-82.6
Rural 373 107 30.1 24.1-37.0 266 69.9 63.0-75.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 163 49 28.1 19.5-38.6 114 71.9 61.4-80.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 269 71 33.0 25.3-41.6 198 67.0 58.4-74.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 100 19 18.1 11.3-27.5 81 81.9 72.5-88.7
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 266 53 21.6 16.0-28.5 213 78.4 71.5-84.0
2nd Quartile 112 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 154 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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