2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
Western 409 115 32.8 26.5-39.7 294 67.2 60.3-73.5
GENDER
Male 177 59 36.5 27.6-46.6 118 63.5 53.4-72.4
Female 232 56 29.0 20.7-39.0 176 71.0 61.0-79.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 343 94 32.3 25.7-39.8 249 67.7 60.2-74.3
Non-Hispanic Black 13 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 74 15 17.2 9.5-29.2 59 82.8 70.8-90.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 23 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 140 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 156 31 21.2 13.8-31.2 125 78.8 68.8-86.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 156 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 248 66 31.0 23.4-39.7 182 69.0 60.3-76.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 362 102 34.0 27.3-41.5 260 66.0 58.5-72.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 180 57 35.6 26.6-45.6 123 64.4 54.4-73.4
Unemployed 11 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 153 37 27.5 18.6-38.5 116 72.5 61.5-81.4
Unable to Work 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 112 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 211 55 31.0 22.8-40.7 156 69.0 59.3-77.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 311 82 30.7 23.9-38.4 229 69.3 61.6-76.1
Rent 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 105 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 304 96 35.2 27.7-43.5 208 64.8 56.5-72.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 110 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 184 57 33.5 24.3-44.1 127 66.5 55.9-75.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 115 20 23.9 15.0-35.8 *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 204 47 26.5 19.1-35.5 157 73.5 64.5-80.9
2nd Quartile 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 121 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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