2022 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 3,415 1,186 36.8 34.6-39.1 2,229 63.2 60.9-65.4
GENDER
Male 1,570 621 41.3 38.0-44.7 949 58.7 55.3-62.0
Female 1,845 565 32.7 29.8-35.7 1,280 67.3 64.3-70.2
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,164 684 35.6 33.0-38.3 1,480 64.4 61.7-67.0
Non-Hispanic Black 609 235 39.4 34.6-44.5 374 60.6 55.5-65.4
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 132 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 332 141 40.4 33.5-47.7 191 59.6 52.3-66.5
AGE
18-34 652 260 41.6 36.8-46.6 392 58.4 53.4-63.2
35-44 520 202 40.2 34.8-45.7 318 59.8 54.3-65.2
45-54 560 198 37.6 32.5-43.1 362 62.4 56.9-67.5
55-64 662 222 35.4 30.6-40.6 440 64.6 59.4-69.4
65-74 599 182 28.9 24.4-33.9 417 71.1 66.1-75.6
75+ 355 99 35.2 27.6-43.5 256 64.8 56.5-72.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 274 152 54.9 46.8-62.7 122 45.1 37.3-53.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 750 346 47.8 43.1-52.6 404 52.2 47.4-56.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,010 357 34.4 30.7-38.3 653 65.6 61.7-69.3
College Graduate 1,369 327 23.4 20.8-26.3 1,042 76.6 73.7-79.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,114 448 41.9 37.9-46.1 666 58.1 53.9-62.1
No 2,267 723 34.0 31.4-36.7 1,544 66.0 63.3-68.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 422 145 36.0 30.2-42.2 277 64.0 57.8-69.8
Non-Veteran 2,986 1,038 36.9 34.6-39.4 1,948 63.1 60.6-65.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,930 685 37.6 34.9-40.4 1,245 62.4 59.6-65.1
Unemployed 120 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 911 260 28.8 24.8-33.2 651 71.2 66.8-75.2
Unable to Work 246 127 52.2 42.8-61.5 119 47.8 38.5-57.2
Other not in Labor Force 181 54 29.6 21.6-39.0 127 70.4 61.0-78.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 168 74 45.4 35.5-55.7 94 54.6 44.3-64.5
$15,000- 24,999 287 125 43.5 35.5-51.8 162 56.5 48.2-64.5
$25,000- 34,999 347 160 48.6 41.6-55.8 187 51.4 44.2-58.4
$35,000- 49,999 344 131 40.6 33.9-47.6 213 59.4 52.4-66.1
$50,000-74,999 416 134 33.8 28.3-39.7 282 66.2 60.3-71.7
$75,000-100,000 386 105 26.8 21.5-32.8 281 73.2 67.2-78.5
$100,000-150,000 355 104 30.8 25.1-37.2 251 69.2 62.8-74.9
$150,000+ 372 93 26.5 21.3-32.4 279 73.5 67.6-78.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 740 260 39.1 34.0-44.5 480 60.9 55.5-66.0
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 293 130 39.1 32.0-46.7 163 60.9 53.3-68.0
101% to 150% 220 111 54.5 46.3-62.5 109 45.5 37.5-53.7
151% to 200% 262 112 39.6 32.2-47.5 150 60.4 52.5-67.8
More than 200% 1,804 532 31.6 28.9-34.5 1,272 68.4 65.5-71.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 740 260 39.1 34.0-44.5 480 60.9 55.5-66.0
HOUSING
Own 2,363 749 33.6 31.0-36.2 1,614 66.4 63.8-69.0
Rent 792 315 42.2 37.7-46.8 477 57.8 53.2-62.3
Other arrangement 227 111 53.2 43.7-62.4 116 46.8 37.6-56.3
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,086 305 30.0 26.7-33.6 781 70.0 66.4-73.3
Regional City or Suburban County 882 288 38.0 33.6-42.7 594 62.0 57.3-66.4
Rural 1,447 593 42.0 38.4-45.7 854 58.0 54.3-61.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 879 413 47.4 42.4-52.5 466 52.6 47.5-57.6
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,117 373 37.3 33.6-41.2 744 62.7 58.8-66.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,419 400 31.1 28.0-34.4 1,019 68.9 65.6-72.0
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,058 287 30.7 27.0-34.5 771 69.3 65.5-73.0
2nd Quartile 898 282 35.0 30.9-39.3 616 65.0 60.7-69.1
3rd Quartile 873 327 41.1 36.9-45.5 546 58.9 54.5-63.1
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 586 290 48.7 42.1-55.3 296 51.3 44.7-57.9

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

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. 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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