2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
Piedmont NC 1,479 402 30.7 27.7-34.0 1,077 69.3 66.0-72.3
GENDER
Male 635 202 34.2 29.5-39.4 433 65.8 60.6-70.5
Female 844 200 27.8 23.8-32.1 644 72.2 67.9-76.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 933 244 29.1 25.3-33.1 689 70.9 66.9-74.7
Non-Hispanic Black 294 91 34.7 27.9-42.2 203 65.3 57.8-72.1
Other 230 63 33.0 24.8-42.5 167 67.0 57.5-75.2
AGE
18-34 278 93 38.3 31.3-45.7 185 61.7 54.3-68.7
35-44 213 71 37.1 29.6-45.4 142 62.9 54.6-70.4
45-54 257 63 27.3 20.4-35.5 194 72.7 64.5-79.6
55-64 273 71 26.1 19.7-33.7 202 73.9 66.3-80.3
65-74 240 55 23.5 17.1-31.4 185 76.5 68.6-82.9
75+ 194 47 27.2 19.0-37.3 147 72.8 62.7-81.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 120 *** *** *** 78 70.3 59.0-79.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 280 104 41.9 34.7-49.5 176 58.1 50.5-65.3
Some Post-H.S. 360 125 35.4 29.5-41.7 235 64.6 58.3-70.5
College Graduate 712 130 19.8 16.1-24.1 582 80.2 75.9-83.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 446 143 34.5 28.8-40.7 303 65.5 59.3-71.2
No 1,024 258 29.3 25.7-33.2 766 70.7 66.8-74.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 143 35 24.8 16.9-34.9 108 75.2 65.1-83.1
Non-Veteran 1,334 367 31.5 28.2-34.9 967 68.5 65.1-71.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 849 232 31.7 27.7-35.9 617 68.3 64.1-72.3
Unemployed 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 404 96 24.8 19.3-31.3 308 75.2 68.7-80.7
Unable to Work 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 114 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 156 54 43.5 34.0-53.5 102 56.5 46.5-66.0
$50,000- 74,999 192 52 29.2 21.3-38.5 140 70.8 61.5-78.7
$75,000+ 553 112 22.0 17.7-27.1 441 78.0 72.9-82.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 335 96 33.2 27.0-40.1 239 66.8 59.9-73.0
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 848 196 25.6 21.9-29.8 652 74.4 70.2-78.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 335 96 33.2 27.0-40.1 239 66.8 59.9-73.0
HOUSING
Own 996 248 28.1 24.5-32.0 748 71.9 68.0-75.5
Rent 361 108 34.2 27.7-41.4 253 65.8 58.6-72.3
Other arrangement 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 805 180 26.6 22.8-30.9 625 73.4 69.1-77.2
Regional City or Suburban County 354 109 32.4 26.1-39.4 245 67.6 60.6-73.9
Rural 320 113 38.3 31.4-45.6 207 61.7 54.4-68.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 116 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 569 178 35.8 30.6-41.2 391 64.2 58.8-69.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 794 176 26.0 22.0-30.4 618 74.0 69.6-78.0
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 532 122 26.4 21.6-31.8 410 73.6 68.2-78.4
2nd Quartile 542 151 32.7 27.6-38.2 391 67.3 61.8-72.4
3rd Quartile 353 105 31.5 25.7-38.1 248 68.5 61.9-74.3
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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