2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

Sugar Sweetened Beverages

During the past 30 days, how often did you drink regular soda or pop that contains sugar?
Do not include diet soda or diet pop.

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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 3,100 624 20.8 18.8-23.0 687 23.9 21.8-26.2 447 14.1 12.5-15.9 1,342 41.2 38.8-43.6
Region 5 448 73 18.4 14.2-23.4 107 23.0 18.7-27.8 70 15.9 12.2-20.4 198 42.8 37.1-48.7
GENDER
Male 198 40 23.5 16.9-31.7 58 25.9 19.6-33.4 28 13.6 9.0-20.1 72 37.0 28.9-45.8
Female 250 33 13.4 8.9-19.8 49 20.1 14.9-26.7 42 18.1 12.8-24.9 126 48.3 40.6-56.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 279 45 17.9 12.8-24.4 57 22.1 16.8-28.5 43 16.0 11.5-21.8 134 44.0 36.9-51.3
Non-Hispanic Black 89 16 18.9 10.9-30.6 22 17.4 10.4-27.7 16 18.3 10.4-30.2 *** *** ***
Other 70 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 145 29 23.6 16.3-32.9 46 30.9 23.1-39.9 24 16.9 11.1-25.1 46 28.5 20.5-38.2
45-64 160 28 20.0 13.0-29.4 33 18.7 12.8-26.5 28 17.3 11.6-25.2 71 43.9 34.7-53.7
65+ 131 16 9.0 5.2-15.4 26 15.3 9.8-23.1 16 11.1 5.7-20.3 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 122 29 23.3 15.5-33.4 27 20.1 13.2-29.4 22 14.7 9.0-23.1 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 104 21 18.8 11.7-28.8 27 24.0 16.1-34.3 16 16.7 10.0-26.5 *** *** ***
College Graduate 218 23 13.6 8.3-21.4 52 25.0 18.8-32.5 31 15.6 10.3-22.8 112 45.8 38.1-53.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 118 29 25.8 17.6-36.2 31 28.7 19.8-39.5 14 13.7 7.8-23.1 44 31.8 23.2-41.8
$50,000+ 228 31 16.7 11.1-24.4 52 20.6 15.2-27.3 37 16.0 11.2-22.3 108 46.7 38.5-55.0
Don't know/Not Sure 102 13 13.8 7.4-24.3 24 21.8 14.1-32.1 19 18.0 10.5-29.2 *** *** ***

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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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