2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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 3,415 1,186 36.8 34.6-39.1 2,229 63.2 60.9-65.4
Eastern NC 1,255 506 40.4 36.6-44.3 749 59.6 55.7-63.4
GENDER
Male 567 258 45.3 39.6-51.2 309 54.7 48.8-60.4
Female 688 248 35.7 30.9-40.9 440 64.3 59.1-69.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 700 251 39.0 34.3-43.9 449 61.0 56.1-65.7
Non-Hispanic Black 269 113 43.4 35.2-52.0 156 56.6 48.0-64.8
Other 260 137 43.5 34.6-52.9 123 56.5 47.1-65.4
AGE
18-34 211 98 45.6 37.0-54.4 113 54.4 45.6-63.0
35-44 192 87 45.0 35.9-54.5 105 55.0 45.5-64.1
45-54 192 88 46.1 36.7-55.8 104 53.9 44.2-63.3
55-64 255 98 38.6 30.3-47.7 157 61.4 52.3-69.7
65-74 246 82 27.8 21.0-35.7 164 72.2 64.3-79.0
75+ 141 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 131 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 309 151 48.8 41.1-56.6 158 51.2 43.4-58.9
Some Post-H.S. 415 166 39.1 32.9-45.6 249 60.9 54.4-67.1
College Graduate 398 113 26.8 21.6-32.7 285 73.2 67.3-78.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 472 207 42.3 36.1-48.6 265 57.7 51.4-63.9
No 769 294 39.2 34.4-44.2 475 60.8 55.8-65.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 210 75 33.2 25.2-42.3 135 66.8 57.7-74.8
Non-Veteran 1,043 430 41.8 37.6-46.1 613 58.2 53.9-62.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 652 284 43.5 38.4-48.7 368 56.5 51.3-61.6
Unemployed 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 361 112 29.3 23.1-36.3 249 70.7 63.7-76.9
Unable to Work 119 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 123 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 139 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 134 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 156 51 34.7 25.5-45.3 105 65.3 54.7-74.5
$75,000+ 345 116 35.0 28.6-42.0 229 65.0 58.0-71.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 275 114 41.9 33.6-50.6 161 58.1 49.4-66.4
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 138 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 112 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 603 205 35.1 30.2-40.4 398 64.9 59.6-69.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 275 114 41.9 33.6-50.6 161 58.1 49.4-66.4
HOUSING
Own 896 345 38.4 34.1-42.9 551 61.6 57.1-65.9
Rent 269 118 42.2 34.6-50.1 151 57.8 49.9-65.4
Other arrangement 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 297 101 36.3 29.5-43.7 196 63.7 56.3-70.5
Rural 868 380 43.8 39.0-48.8 488 56.2 51.2-61.0
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 695 332 46.3 40.6-52.1 363 53.7 47.9-59.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 271 81 31.7 25.0-39.3 190 68.3 60.7-75.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 289 93 36.8 30.1-44.1 196 63.2 55.9-69.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 231 71 32.2 25.4-39.8 160 67.8 60.2-74.6
2nd Quartile 151 48 36.0 26.8-46.3 103 64.0 53.7-73.2
3rd Quartile 337 121 40.4 33.6-47.6 216 59.6 52.4-66.4
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 536 266 46.9 40.1-53.8 270 53.1 46.2-59.9

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 2022 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2022 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2022 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 2022 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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