2022 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 3,415 1,186 36.8 34.6-39.1 2,229 63.2 60.9-65.4
Western 404 132 34.8 28.9-41.1 272 65.2 58.9-71.1
GENDER
Male 175 65 38.5 29.5-48.5 110 61.5 51.5-70.5
Female 229 67 31.3 24.3-39.2 162 68.7 60.8-75.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 351 111 34.6 28.3-41.4 240 65.4 58.6-71.7
Non-Hispanic Black 9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 124 37 27.7 19.5-37.7 87 72.3 62.3-80.5
College Graduate 172 45 23.4 16.7-31.7 127 76.6 68.3-83.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 140 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 258 76 30.4 23.8-37.9 182 69.6 62.1-76.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 355 113 35.0 28.7-41.9 242 65.0 58.1-71.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 207 67 33.7 26.2-42.1 140 66.3 57.9-73.8
Unemployed 12 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 142 34 24.8 16.7-35.1 108 75.2 64.9-83.3
Unable to Work 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 12 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 18 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 119 32 25.4 16.9-36.3 87 74.6 63.7-83.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 231 65 30.2 22.6-38.9 166 69.8 61.1-77.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 317 96 33.3 26.6-40.7 221 66.7 59.3-73.4
Rent 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 145 37 24.0 16.5-33.5 108 76.0 66.5-83.5
Rural 259 95 39.8 32.3-47.9 164 60.2 52.1-67.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 103 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 147 47 33.1 24.7-42.8 100 66.9 57.2-75.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 154 42 26.8 19.1-36.2 112 73.2 63.8-80.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 230 59 27.3 20.6-35.2 171 72.7 64.8-79.4
2nd Quartile 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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