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%)
TOTAL 3,288 941 30.4 28.5-32.3 2,347 69.6 67.7-71.5
GENDER
Male 1,443 469 33.3 30.5-36.3 974 66.7 63.7-69.5
Female 1,845 472 27.7 25.2-30.4 1,373 72.3 69.6-74.8
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,103 550 28.8 26.5-31.3 1,553 71.2 68.7-73.5
Non-Hispanic Black 577 204 35.7 31.2-40.4 373 64.3 59.6-68.8
Non-Hispanic Other 148 41 25.9 18.4-35.2 107 74.1 64.8-81.6
Hispanic 439 145 33.6 28.8-38.7 294 66.4 61.3-71.2
AGE
18-34 586 217 37.2 32.8-41.9 369 62.8 58.1-67.2
35-44 510 159 32.1 27.7-36.9 351 67.9 63.1-72.3
45-54 547 168 29.5 25.3-34.0 379 70.5 66.0-74.7
55-64 573 144 26.6 22.4-31.2 429 73.4 68.8-77.6
65-74 550 136 26.4 22.1-31.1 414 73.6 68.9-77.9
75+ 468 107 26.3 20.6-32.9 361 73.7 67.1-79.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 322 118 34.5 28.8-40.7 204 65.5 59.3-71.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 687 241 36.0 31.8-40.5 446 64.0 59.5-68.2
Some Post-H.S. 898 295 33.5 30.0-37.2 603 66.5 62.8-70.0
College Graduate 1,373 284 20.5 18.2-23.1 1,089 79.5 76.9-81.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,049 337 33.2 29.7-36.9 712 66.8 63.1-70.3
No 2,203 599 29.4 27.1-31.7 1,604 70.6 68.3-72.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 351 97 30.3 24.9-36.3 254 69.7 63.7-75.1
Non-Veteran 2,933 842 30.3 28.3-32.4 2,091 69.7 67.6-71.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,749 537 32.0 29.5-34.6 1,212 68.0 65.4-70.5
Unemployed 136 40 31.3 22.8-41.2 96 68.7 58.8-77.2
Retired 956 224 25.6 22.1-29.5 732 74.4 70.5-77.9
Unable to Work 202 81 39.7 32.0-48.1 121 60.3 51.9-68.0
Other not in Labor Force 213 52 26.3 19.9-33.9 161 73.7 66.1-80.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 100 34 30.4 21.4-41.3 66 69.6 58.7-78.6
$15,000- 24,999 210 77 37.3 29.8-45.4 133 62.7 54.6-70.2
$25,000- 34,999 247 89 37.1 29.9-44.9 158 62.9 55.1-70.1
$35,000- 49,999 419 140 34.1 28.9-39.8 279 65.9 60.2-71.1
$50,000-74,999 373 115 32.9 27.4-39.0 258 67.1 61.0-72.6
$75,000-100,000 357 83 26.6 21.4-32.6 274 73.4 67.4-78.6
$100,000-150,000 355 86 23.9 19.1-29.4 269 76.1 70.6-80.9
$150,000+ 401 80 22.3 17.9-27.4 321 77.7 72.6-82.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 826 237 32.2 28.2-36.5 589 67.8 63.5-71.8
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 204 78 38.1 30.8-46.0 126 61.9 54.0-69.2
101% to 150% 329 125 41.2 34.7-48.1 204 58.8 51.9-65.3
151% to 200% 158 50 29.4 21.6-38.6 108 70.6 61.4-78.4
More than 200% 1,687 424 26.5 24.0-29.0 1,263 73.5 71.0-76.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 826 237 32.2 28.2-36.5 589 67.8 63.5-71.8
HOUSING
Own 2,163 533 27.2 25.0-29.6 1,630 72.8 70.4-75.0
Rent 881 321 38.8 35.1-42.6 560 61.2 57.4-64.9
Other arrangement 220 84 42.4 34.7-50.6 136 57.6 49.4-65.3
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,082 267 25.1 22.2-28.2 815 74.9 71.8-77.8
Regional City or Suburban County 957 264 29.7 26.2-33.4 693 70.3 66.6-73.8
Rural 1,249 410 35.8 32.5-39.2 839 64.2 60.8-67.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 676 252 39.1 34.8-43.6 424 60.9 56.4-65.2
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,086 323 31.9 28.5-35.5 763 68.1 64.5-71.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,526 366 25.2 22.7-27.8 1,160 74.8 72.2-77.3
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,155 275 25.5 22.6-28.7 880 74.5 71.3-77.4
2nd Quartile 1,026 304 31.2 27.9-34.8 722 68.8 65.2-72.1
3rd Quartile 806 252 32.3 28.5-36.2 554 67.7 63.8-71.5
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 301 110 37.9 31.5-44.8 191 62.1 55.2-68.5

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

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. 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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