2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

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%)
North Carolina 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
Region 5 445 75 20.0 15.6-25.2 102 26.2 21.2-31.8 53 11.8 8.7-15.9 215 42.0 36.5-47.8
GENDER
Male 197 45 24.4 17.8-32.6 53 29.3 22.1-37.7 23 10.3 6.3-16.5 76 35.9 28.0-44.7
Female 248 30 15.7 10.5-22.6 49 23.2 16.8-31.1 30 13.3 8.9-19.4 139 47.9 40.2-55.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 277 43 19.7 14.3-26.5 57 25.6 19.4-33.0 30 10.8 7.1-16.0 147 43.9 37.0-51.1
Non-Hispanic Black 88 *** *** *** *** *** *** 17 17.4 10.1-28.5 *** *** ***
Other 71 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 143 33 26.9 19.2-36.4 49 35.1 26.3-44.9 20 11.7 7.3-18.3 41 26.3 18.9-35.3
45-64 158 29 19.3 12.7-28.2 32 25.5 17.5-35.6 17 9.8 5.8-16.2 80 45.4 35.9-55.2
65+ 132 13 11.6 5.8-21.9 15 8.5 4.7-14.9 16 16.0 8.8-27.4 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 119 35 31.4 22.2-42.3 19 18.2 11.0-28.4 12 8.1 4.0-15.7 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 104 19 16.0 9.8-25.2 *** *** *** 12 11.3 6.0-20.1 *** *** ***
College Graduate 219 21 12.9 7.9-20.6 49 25.4 18.9-33.4 29 16.0 10.6-23.4 120 45.6 38.0-53.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 117 23 24.8 16.4-35.7 33 30.2 21.1-41.3 *** *** *** 52 40.0 30.4-50.4
$50,000+ 227 37 16.9 11.7-23.7 48 26.5 19.3-35.2 32 14.0 9.6-20.1 110 42.6 34.8-50.8
Don't know/Not Sure 101 *** *** *** 21 21.3 13.5-31.9 12 14.5 7.5-26.4 *** *** ***

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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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