2023 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 3,057 949 32.2 29.8-34.6 2,108 67.8 65.4-70.2
GENDER
Male 1,271 456 36.8 33.2-40.6 815 63.2 59.4-66.8
Female 1,786 493 28.2 25.3-31.4 1,293 71.8 68.6-74.7
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 1,824 511 31.1 28.3-34.0 1,313 68.9 66.0-71.7
Non-Hispanic Black 540 181 35.1 29.8-40.8 359 64.9 59.2-70.2
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 300 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 262 78 35.8 28.2-44.3 184 64.2 55.7-71.8
AGE
18-34 487 172 38.1 32.6-43.9 315 61.9 56.1-67.4
35-44 444 168 39.4 33.4-45.8 276 60.6 54.2-66.6
45-54 491 158 29.9 24.5-35.9 333 70.1 64.1-75.5
55-64 616 186 29.4 24.3-35.0 430 70.6 65.0-75.7
65-74 552 154 26.0 21.1-31.5 398 74.0 68.5-78.9
75+ 425 107 27.6 21.7-34.5 318 72.4 65.5-78.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 238 84 31.7 24.2-40.4 154 68.3 59.6-75.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 639 247 41.3 36.0-46.8 392 58.7 53.2-64.0
Some Post-H.S. 894 337 36.2 32.0-40.6 557 63.8 59.4-68.0
College Graduate 1,273 279 20.9 18.0-24.2 994 79.1 75.8-82.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,026 348 33.8 29.8-38.1 678 66.2 61.9-70.2
No 2,007 594 31.4 28.6-34.5 1,413 68.6 65.5-71.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 347 104 28.5 22.8-35.1 243 71.5 64.9-77.2
Non-Veteran 2,705 844 32.7 30.2-35.3 1,861 67.3 64.7-69.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,624 539 34.7 31.6-38.0 1,085 65.3 62.0-68.4
Unemployed 130 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 897 241 27.6 23.5-32.2 656 72.4 67.8-76.5
Unable to Work 237 82 31.2 22.7-41.1 155 68.8 58.9-77.3
Other not in Labor Force 152 40 29.5 20.2-40.9 112 70.5 59.1-79.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 123 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 204 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 272 97 34.8 26.7-43.9 175 65.2 56.1-73.3
$35,000- 49,999 370 131 39.2 32.3-46.5 239 60.8 53.5-67.7
$50,000-74,999 414 139 33.7 27.7-40.1 275 66.3 59.9-72.3
$75,000-100,000 323 91 32.7 25.0-41.3 232 67.3 58.7-75.0
$100,000-150,000 344 82 24.4 19.0-30.7 262 75.6 69.3-81.0
$150,000+ 333 80 23.2 17.7-29.7 253 76.8 70.3-82.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 674 202 32.4 27.6-37.7 472 67.6 62.3-72.4
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 232 100 40.8 31.3-51.1 132 59.2 48.9-68.7
101% to 150% 188 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 230 92 37.0 28.7-46.1 138 63.0 53.9-71.3
More than 200% 1,664 457 28.6 25.7-31.8 1,207 71.4 68.2-74.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 674 202 32.4 27.6-37.7 472 67.6 62.3-72.4
HOUSING
Own 2,138 624 30.0 27.3-32.9 1,514 70.0 67.1-72.7
Rent 684 230 34.9 29.9-40.3 454 65.1 59.7-70.1
Other arrangement 206 90 48.0 39.0-57.1 116 52.0 42.9-61.0
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 874 194 26.5 22.7-30.6 680 73.5 69.4-77.3
Regional City or Suburban County 732 217 31.9 27.4-36.8 515 68.1 63.2-72.6
Rural 1,451 538 37.2 33.4-41.1 913 62.8 58.9-66.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,049 424 38.1 33.6-42.8 625 61.9 57.2-66.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 888 275 34.2 30.1-38.6 613 65.8 61.4-69.9
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,120 250 27.2 23.6-31.0 870 72.8 69.0-76.4
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 895 205 26.9 23.0-31.1 690 73.1 68.9-77.0
2nd Quartile 747 216 33.1 28.6-37.9 531 66.9 62.1-71.4
3rd Quartile 818 252 33.0 28.9-37.4 566 67.0 62.6-71.1
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 597 276 43.7 36.4-51.3 321 56.3 48.7-63.6

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

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