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
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,929 792 29.1 27.1-31.2 2,137 70.9 68.8-72.9
No 328 139 42.5 36.4-48.8 189 57.5 51.2-63.6
Body Mass Index
Underweight 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 839 222 29.4 25.7-33.5 617 70.6 66.5-74.3
Overweight 1,034 304 30.8 27.5-34.3 730 69.2 65.7-72.5
Obese 1,105 322 30.6 27.4-33.9 783 69.4 66.1-72.6
Current Smoker
Yes 347 164 51.4 45.0-57.8 183 48.6 42.2-55.0
No 2,919 768 27.7 25.7-29.7 2,151 72.3 70.3-74.3
History of CVD**
Yes 370 117 34.7 28.6-41.4 253 65.3 58.6-71.4
No 2,892 818 30.0 28.0-32.1 2,074 70.0 67.9-72.0
Binge Drinker
Yes 372 112 31.3 26.0-37.2 260 68.7 62.8-74.0
No 2,837 793 29.5 27.5-31.7 2,044 70.5 68.3-72.5
Heavy Drinker
Yes 129 29 23.6 16.3-32.9 100 76.4 67.1-83.7
No 3,084 880 30.3 28.3-32.3 2,204 69.7 67.7-71.7
COPD
Yes 243 96 40.3 33.0-48.0 147 59.7 52.0-67.0
No 3,036 841 29.6 27.6-31.6 2,195 70.4 68.4-72.4
Current Asthma
Yes 324 108 33.5 27.7-39.8 216 66.5 60.2-72.3
No 2,948 828 30.0 28.0-32.1 2,120 70.0 67.9-72.0
Diabetes
Yes 479 107 23.2 18.8-28.3 372 76.8 71.7-81.2
No 2,808 834 31.6 29.5-33.7 1,974 68.4 66.3-70.5
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
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,089 314 30.8 27.4-34.3 775 69.2 65.7-72.6
No 2,199 627 30.2 27.9-32.6 1,572 69.8 67.4-72.1

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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 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.

^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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