2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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 3,288 941 30.4 28.5-32.3 2,347 69.6 67.7-71.5
Eastern NC 883 284 34.1 30.5-38.0 599 65.9 62.0-69.5
GENDER
Male 378 133 37.6 32.0-43.6 245 62.4 56.4-68.0
Female 505 151 31.1 26.5-36.1 354 68.9 63.9-73.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 543 157 31.8 27.3-36.7 386 68.2 63.3-72.7
Non-Hispanic Black 195 78 40.7 33.0-48.8 117 59.3 51.2-67.0
Other 136 48 33.0 24.0-43.5 88 67.0 56.5-76.0
AGE
18-34 146 52 36.3 28.0-45.6 94 63.7 54.4-72.0
35-44 134 39 29.9 22.0-39.2 95 70.1 60.8-78.0
45-54 132 45 36.4 27.2-46.7 87 63.6 53.3-72.8
55-64 174 57 36.2 28.4-44.9 117 63.8 55.1-71.6
65-74 165 53 34.9 26.7-44.0 112 65.1 56.0-73.3
75+ 120 *** *** *** 85 69.4 58.0-78.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 216 84 40.3 33.0-48.0 132 59.7 52.0-67.0
Some Post-H.S. 249 92 37.6 31.0-44.7 157 62.4 55.3-69.0
College Graduate 331 78 22.8 18.1-28.4 253 77.2 71.6-81.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 298 109 36.5 30.3-43.2 189 63.5 56.8-69.7
No 580 175 33.5 29.0-38.2 405 66.5 61.8-71.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 143 48 39.4 30.5-49.0 95 60.6 51.0-69.5
Non-Veteran 739 236 33.0 29.1-37.2 503 67.0 62.8-70.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 445 143 33.3 28.4-38.6 302 66.7 61.4-71.6
Unemployed 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 274 85 34.0 27.5-41.2 189 66.0 58.8-72.5
Unable to Work 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 117 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 116 45 35.5 26.3-46.0 71 64.5 54.0-73.7
$75,000+ 270 63 26.2 20.5-32.8 207 73.8 67.2-79.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 220 74 39.0 31.2-47.4 146 61.0 52.6-68.8
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 441 126 29.4 24.7-34.6 315 70.6 65.4-75.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 220 74 39.0 31.2-47.4 146 61.0 52.6-68.8
HOUSING
Own 594 180 33.1 28.8-37.8 414 66.9 62.2-71.2
Rent 223 75 36.0 29.1-43.6 148 64.0 56.4-70.9
Other arrangement 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 276 90 34.3 28.1-41.1 186 65.7 58.9-71.9
Rural 531 182 36.1 31.3-41.2 349 63.9 58.8-68.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 529 195 38.5 33.6-43.5 334 61.5 56.5-66.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 268 60 23.7 18.2-30.1 208 76.3 69.9-81.8
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 174 36 21.7 15.4-29.7 138 78.3 70.3-84.6
2nd Quartile 164 53 34.4 26.4-43.3 111 65.6 56.7-73.6
3rd Quartile 285 101 38.0 31.5-45.0 184 62.0 55.0-68.5
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 260 94 36.6 29.9-44.0 166 63.4 56.0-70.1

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 2024 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2024 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2024 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 2024 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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