2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 520 91 21.9 17.3-27.2 126 22.3 18.3-26.9 58 9.6 7.1-13.0 245 46.2 40.8-51.7
GENDER
Male 223 44 23.4 16.4-32.2 57 24.8 18.4-32.5 31 13.1 8.6-19.4 91 38.8 31.1-47.0
Female 297 47 20.5 14.9-27.6 69 20.1 15.5-25.8 27 6.7 4.3-10.2 154 52.6 45.3-59.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 295 56 23.2 17.1-30.7 61 18.9 14.3-24.5 30 9.6 6.2-14.6 148 48.3 41.2-55.5
Non-Hispanic Black 117 *** *** *** 39 31.0 21.9-41.9 13 7.4 4.0-13.3 *** *** ***
Other 101 13 13.5 7.0-24.4 23 16.5 9.7-26.6 14 13.9 7.4-24.3 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 180 37 28.2 20.2-37.9 49 20.1 14.6-27.0 17 7.4 4.2-12.5 77 44.3 35.5-53.5
45-64 187 29 18.0 11.6-27.0 47 26.3 19.0-35.2 25 11.9 7.2-18.9 86 43.8 35.2-52.9
65+ 149 25 16.5 10.3-25.3 30 20.9 14.0-30.0 15 10.3 5.8-17.6 79 52.4 42.2-62.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 132 29 27.7 18.8-38.7 33 21.6 14.2-31.6 11 6.7 3.5-12.4 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 120 *** *** *** 25 15.0 9.5-22.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 266 34 13.2 8.6-19.8 68 28.1 22.1-34.9 37 13.6 9.5-19.2 127 45.1 38.2-52.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 133 *** *** *** 32 17.6 11.6-25.8 17 11.3 6.6-18.7 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 288 46 19.1 13.5-26.3 67 23.2 17.8-29.8 34 10.9 7.2-16.1 141 46.7 39.6-54.0
Don't know/Not Sure 99 18 20.4 12.3-31.8 27 25.5 17.0-36.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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