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
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,795 847 31.5 29.1-34.1 1,948 68.5 65.9-70.9
No 226 90 40.4 32.3-49.0 136 59.6 51.0-67.7
Body Mass Index
Underweight 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 720 214 32.4 27.7-37.5 506 67.6 62.5-72.3
Overweight 1,009 311 32.2 28.1-36.5 698 67.8 63.5-71.9
Obese 1,065 341 31.1 27.3-35.2 724 68.9 64.8-72.7
Current Smoker
Yes 370 196 51.2 43.2-59.1 174 48.8 40.9-56.8
No 2,668 749 29.2 26.9-31.8 1,919 70.8 68.2-73.1
History of CVD**
Yes 356 118 34.5 27.3-42.6 238 65.5 57.4-72.7
No 2,683 824 31.9 29.5-34.5 1,859 68.1 65.5-70.5
Binge Drinker
Yes 320 104 35.2 28.3-42.8 216 64.8 57.2-71.7
No 2,615 791 31.0 28.4-33.6 1,824 69.0 66.4-71.6
Heavy Drinker
Yes 134 32 26.9 18.0-38.1 *** *** ***
No 2,800 861 31.6 29.2-34.2 1,939 68.4 65.8-70.8
COPD
Yes 260 100 44.2 34.8-54.1 160 55.8 45.9-65.2
No 2,789 846 31.2 28.8-33.7 1,943 68.8 66.3-71.2
Current Asthma
Yes 337 116 35.4 28.5-43.0 221 64.6 57.0-71.5
No 2,709 830 31.8 29.3-34.4 1,879 68.2 65.6-70.7
Diabetes
Yes 454 116 25.7 20.1-32.2 338 74.3 67.8-79.9
No 2,601 832 33.2 30.6-35.9 1,769 66.8 64.1-69.4
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
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 899 285 32.1 27.6-36.9 614 67.9 63.1-72.4
No 2,157 664 32.3 29.5-35.1 1,493 67.7 64.9-70.5

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*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.

**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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