2024 BRFSS Survey Results: 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
-Non-Hispanic Black 577 204 35.7 31.2-40.4 373 64.3 59.6-68.8
GENDER
Male 215 81 37.4 30.3-45.0 134 62.6 55.0-69.7
Female 362 123 34.3 28.7-40.4 239 65.7 59.6-71.3
AGE
18-34 107 39 35.9 26.2-46.9 68 64.1 53.1-73.8
35-44 105 35 32.4 23.1-43.2 70 67.6 56.8-76.9
45-54 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 104 30 28.5 19.3-39.8 74 71.5 60.2-80.7
65-74 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 137 55 39.7 30.4-49.8 82 60.3 50.2-69.6
Some Post-H.S. 203 79 39.0 31.7-47.0 124 61.0 53.0-68.3
College Graduate 201 62 30.7 23.9-38.4 139 69.3 61.6-76.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 158 51 32.2 24.5-41.1 107 67.8 58.9-75.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 170 66 35.4 27.6-44.0 104 64.6 56.0-72.4
No 403 138 36.1 30.7-41.9 265 63.9 58.1-69.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 508 178 34.9 30.1-40.0 330 65.1 60.0-69.9
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 246 80 34.5 27.9-41.8 166 65.5 58.2-72.1
Regional City or Suburban County 146 47 30.3 22.3-39.8 99 69.7 60.2-77.7
Rural 185 77 41.3 33.2-50.0 108 58.7 50.0-66.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 326 111 32.7 27.1-38.9 215 67.3 61.1-72.9
Unemployed 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 129 44 36.9 27.7-47.1 85 63.1 52.9-72.3
Unable to Work 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 285 98 33.1 27.1-39.7 187 66.9 60.3-72.9
HOUSING
Own 294 93 32.8 26.9-39.3 201 67.2 60.7-73.1
Rent 228 88 39.2 32.3-46.4 140 60.8 53.6-67.7
Other arrangement 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 174 76 44.2 35.7-53.0 98 55.8 47.0-64.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 140 51 38.4 29.2-48.5 89 61.6 51.5-70.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 263 77 28.3 22.5-35.0 186 71.7 65.0-77.5
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 129 38 27.4 19.3-37.3 91 72.6 62.7-80.7
2nd Quartile 197 68 33.8 26.5-41.9 129 66.2 58.1-73.5
3rd Quartile 163 59 38.6 30.4-47.6 104 61.4 52.4-69.6
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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