2023 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 3,057 949 32.2 29.8-34.6 2,108 67.8 65.4-70.2
Eastern NC 1,169 432 36.2 32.0-40.6 737 63.8 59.4-68.0
GENDER
Male 459 195 43.7 36.9-50.6 264 56.3 49.4-63.1
Female 710 237 29.7 24.9-35.0 473 70.3 65.0-75.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 548 173 35.7 30.4-41.3 375 64.3 58.7-69.6
Non-Hispanic Black 233 84 37.5 29.1-46.8 149 62.5 53.2-70.9
Other 376 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 163 63 38.2 28.9-48.5 100 61.8 51.5-71.1
35-44 186 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 178 78 39.0 29.5-49.4 100 61.0 50.6-70.5
55-64 254 91 31.6 23.4-41.0 163 68.4 59.0-76.6
65-74 220 71 24.5 17.3-33.6 149 75.5 66.4-82.7
75+ 157 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 271 115 42.9 33.7-52.6 156 57.1 47.4-66.3
Some Post-H.S. 394 168 41.9 35.1-49.1 226 58.1 50.9-64.9
College Graduate 405 118 25.6 20.2-31.9 287 74.4 68.1-79.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 424 158 34.2 27.8-41.3 266 65.8 58.7-72.2
No 735 270 37.3 32.0-43.0 465 62.7 57.0-68.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 158 56 38.4 28.9-48.8 102 61.6 51.2-71.1
Non-Veteran 1,009 375 35.7 31.2-40.6 634 64.3 59.4-68.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 595 250 42.4 36.5-48.5 345 57.6 51.5-63.5
Unemployed 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 340 108 33.8 26.6-42.0 232 66.2 58.0-73.4
Unable to Work 120 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 121 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 166 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 161 66 39.0 29.5-49.5 95 61.0 50.5-70.5
$75,000+ 335 113 36.3 29.2-44.1 222 63.7 55.9-70.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 246 *** *** *** 163 64.7 54.0-74.1
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 605 206 35.5 30.2-41.3 399 64.5 58.7-69.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 246 *** *** *** 163 64.7 54.0-74.1
HOUSING
Own 831 294 34.4 29.5-39.6 537 65.6 60.4-70.5
Rent 245 94 36.0 28.1-44.7 151 64.0 55.3-71.9
Other arrangement 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 273 89 34.5 27.9-41.7 184 65.5 58.3-72.1
Rural 827 329 38.3 32.7-44.2 498 61.7 55.8-67.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 823 338 38.6 33.4-44.2 485 61.4 55.8-66.6
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 135 40 30.2 21.2-41.0 95 69.8 59.0-78.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 211 54 33.3 24.8-43.2 157 66.7 56.8-75.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 159 36 28.4 19.3-39.7 123 71.6 60.3-80.7
2nd Quartile 121 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 344 107 33.2 27.0-40.0 237 66.8 60.0-73.0
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 545 252 44.9 37.1-52.9 293 55.1 47.1-62.9

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 2023 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2023 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2023 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 2023 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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