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 White 2,103 550 28.8 26.5-31.3 1,553 71.2 68.7-73.5
GENDER
Male 929 266 30.5 27.1-34.1 663 69.5 65.9-72.9
Female 1,174 284 27.4 24.2-30.8 890 72.6 69.2-75.8
AGE
18-34 280 96 37.2 31.1-43.8 184 62.8 56.2-68.9
35-44 268 84 34.2 28.0-40.9 184 65.8 59.1-72.0
45-54 310 87 26.8 21.7-32.6 223 73.2 67.4-78.3
55-64 402 99 26.2 21.5-31.6 303 73.8 68.4-78.5
65-74 419 95 23.6 19.1-28.8 324 76.4 71.2-80.9
75+ 403 87 24.5 18.4-31.9 316 75.5 68.1-81.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 397 143 37.4 31.8-43.3 254 62.6 56.7-68.2
Some Post-H.S. 581 185 33.3 29.0-37.8 396 66.7 62.2-71.0
College Graduate 1,035 192 18.5 15.9-21.3 843 81.5 78.7-84.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 122 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 225 70 36.3 28.9-44.4 155 63.7 55.6-71.1
$50,000- 74,999 250 76 33.8 27.0-41.4 174 66.2 58.6-73.0
$75,000+ 856 173 22.0 18.9-25.4 683 78.0 74.6-81.1
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 716 219 32.6 28.4-37.2 497 67.4 62.8-71.6
No 1,360 326 26.9 24.2-29.8 1,034 73.1 70.2-75.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 254 65 27.3 21.3-34.2 189 72.7 65.8-78.7
Non-Veteran 1,845 483 29.0 26.4-31.6 1,362 71.0 68.4-73.6
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 566 105 18.8 15.4-22.7 461 81.2 77.3-84.6
Regional City or Suburban County 654 178 31.2 26.9-35.8 476 68.8 64.2-73.1
Rural 883 267 34.0 30.2-38.1 616 66.0 61.9-69.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,019 278 30.5 27.3-34.0 741 69.5 66.0-72.7
Unemployed 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 784 174 23.8 19.9-28.2 610 76.2 71.8-80.1
Unable to Work 120 52 41.1 31.1-51.9 68 58.9 48.1-68.9
Other not in Labor Force 103 *** *** *** 74 69.2 58.0-78.5
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 183 76 47.6 38.9-56.5 107 52.4 43.5-61.1
151% to 200% 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 1,241 279 24.4 21.6-27.3 962 75.6 72.7-78.4
HOUSING
Own 1,617 386 26.9 24.3-29.7 1,231 73.1 70.3-75.7
Rent 348 114 36.3 30.4-42.7 234 63.7 57.3-69.6
Other arrangement 122 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 377 134 39.4 33.6-45.5 243 60.6 54.5-66.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 781 216 29.9 25.9-34.2 565 70.1 65.8-74.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 945 200 23.8 20.7-27.2 745 76.2 72.8-79.3
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 833 184 25.2 21.7-28.9 649 74.8 71.1-78.3
2nd Quartile 630 171 30.0 25.6-34.7 459 70.0 65.3-74.4
3rd Quartile 506 151 30.4 25.8-35.4 355 69.6 64.6-74.2
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 134 44 37.3 27.9-47.7 90 62.7 52.3-72.1

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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