2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

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
Region 8 557 219 33.2 26.4-40.8 338 66.8 59.2-73.6
GENDER
Male 211 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Female 346 124 27.0 19.7-35.9 222 73.0 64.1-80.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 209 59 29.3 21.9-38.0 150 70.7 62.0-78.1
Non-Hispanic Black 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 268 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 153 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-64 216 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 181 54 21.5 13.1-33.1 127 78.5 66.9-86.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 193 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 178 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 184 54 21.9 13.9-32.8 130 78.1 67.2-86.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 219 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 213 79 31.9 22.7-42.7 134 68.1 57.3-77.3
Don't know/Not Sure 125 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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.

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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