2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Sugar Sweetened Beverages

During the past 30 days, how often did you drink sugar-sweetened fruit drinks (such as Kool-aid and lemonade)
sweet tea, and sports or energy drinks (such as Gatorade and Red Bull)?
Do not include 100% fruit juice, diet drinks, or artificially sweetened drinks.

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  Total
Respond.^		 1 or more times per day 1-6 times per week Less than once a week Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,091 571 19.4 17.5-21.5 733 23.9 21.7-26.2 333 10.5 9.2-12.0 1,454 46.1 43.6-48.6
GENDER
Male 1,284 280 22.4 19.4-25.7 334 26.7 23.3-30.5 136 10.5 8.4-13.0 534 40.4 36.7-44.2
Female 1,807 291 17.0 14.6-19.6 399 21.5 19.0-24.3 197 10.6 8.9-12.5 920 50.9 47.6-54.2
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,826 511 18.9 16.9-21.0 657 23.3 21.0-25.7 310 10.8 9.4-12.4 1,348 47.0 44.4-49.7
No 228 54 27.2 20.2-35.6 62 27.8 20.2-36.9 20 7.8 4.6-12.7 92 37.2 29.8-45.3
Body Mass Index
Underweight 53 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 726 136 20.5 16.7-25.0 173 23.9 19.9-28.4 74 10.1 7.6-13.3 343 45.5 40.6-50.5
Overweight 1,019 173 17.6 14.5-21.0 243 25.7 21.4-30.4 108 9.9 7.6-12.7 495 46.9 42.4-51.5
Obese 1,080 202 20.6 17.2-24.4 260 22.5 19.4-26.0 123 11.6 9.4-14.3 495 45.3 41.1-49.5
Current Smoker
Yes 375 114 30.3 23.9-37.7 79 21.9 15.5-30.1 23 5.7 3.4- 9.3 159 42.0 34.5-50.0
No 2,696 453 17.7 15.8-19.8 648 24.2 22.0-26.6 309 11.3 9.8-13.0 1,286 46.7 44.1-49.3
History of CVD**
Yes 362 70 21.8 15.9-29.2 69 14.0 9.9-19.3 29 10.7 6.6-17.1 194 53.4 45.7-61.1
No 2,711 497 19.2 17.2-21.3 660 25.1 22.7-27.6 303 10.6 9.2-12.1 1,251 45.2 42.6-47.9
Binge Drinker
Yes 322 67 23.2 17.4-30.3 84 27.1 20.3-35.2 40 12.5 8.6-17.8 131 37.2 30.3-44.5
No 2,645 472 18.1 16.1-20.3 615 23.5 21.2-25.9 280 10.3 8.9-11.9 1,278 48.1 45.4-50.8
Heavy Drinker
Yes 134 17 16.1 9.2-26.5 28 20.0 11.9-31.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,834 518 18.7 16.7-20.8 674 24.3 22.0-26.8 307 10.7 9.3-12.2 1,335 46.3 43.7-49.0
COPD
Yes 265 61 24.2 16.8-33.4 50 17.4 12.1-24.4 22 6.9 4.0-11.7 132 51.5 42.3-60.7
No 2,818 508 19.1 17.1-21.2 681 24.5 22.2-26.9 311 10.9 9.5-12.5 1,318 45.6 43.0-48.2
Current Asthma
Yes 343 74 23.8 17.8-31.1 79 20.3 15.3-26.4 36 9.8 6.6-14.3 154 46.1 38.8-53.6
No 2,737 496 19.0 17.0-21.2 653 24.3 22.0-26.8 296 10.6 9.2-12.3 1,292 46.0 43.4-48.7
Diabetes
Yes 458 65 15.7 11.2-21.7 71 13.3 9.7-17.9 40 9.3 6.2-13.5 282 61.7 55.0-68.1
No 2,630 505 20.0 18.0-22.3 661 25.5 23.1-28.1 293 10.7 9.3-12.4 1,171 43.7 41.1-46.4
Functional Disability
Yes 1,039 208 21.9 18.5-25.7 223 18.2 15.2-21.7 109 10.1 8.0-12.8 499 49.7 45.4-54.1
No 2,025 358 18.4 16.1-20.9 504 26.5 23.7-29.5 220 10.7 9.0-12.6 943 44.4 41.4-47.5
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 915 169 18.7 15.3-22.8 190 18.9 15.7-22.6 87 9.9 7.6-12.8 469 52.5 47.8-57.2
No 2,175 402 19.7 17.5-22.2 543 25.7 23.1-28.5 246 10.8 9.2-12.6 984 43.8 40.9-46.8

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**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

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.

^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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