2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
Piedmont NC 1,784 481 28.6 26.1-31.2 1,303 71.4 68.8-73.9
GENDER
Male 800 249 30.7 27.1-34.5 551 69.3 65.5-72.9
Female 984 232 26.7 23.3-30.3 752 73.3 69.7-76.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,041 251 26.9 23.7-30.3 790 73.1 69.7-76.3
Non-Hispanic Black 348 113 33.1 27.5-39.2 235 66.9 60.8-72.5
Other 388 117 29.0 23.9-34.6 271 71.0 65.4-76.1
AGE
18-34 367 129 35.4 29.8-41.3 238 64.6 58.7-70.2
35-44 308 98 33.2 27.4-39.6 210 66.8 60.4-72.6
45-54 317 93 26.5 21.5-32.2 224 73.5 67.8-78.5
55-64 294 58 22.1 16.9-28.3 236 77.9 71.7-83.1
65-74 260 55 23.7 18.2-30.3 205 76.3 69.7-81.8
75+ 205 42 24.6 16.5-35.0 163 75.4 65.0-83.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 173 62 32.7 25.2-41.1 111 67.3 58.9-74.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 343 114 34.5 28.5-40.9 229 65.5 59.1-71.5
Some Post-H.S. 471 149 32.3 27.7-37.3 322 67.7 62.7-72.3
College Graduate 793 154 19.5 16.6-22.9 639 80.5 77.1-83.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 496 151 31.8 26.9-37.1 345 68.2 62.9-73.1
No 1,265 327 27.4 24.6-30.4 938 72.6 69.6-75.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 155 37 22.6 16.0-31.0 118 77.4 69.0-84.0
Non-Veteran 1,628 443 29.1 26.5-31.9 1,185 70.9 68.1-73.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,040 308 30.5 27.3-33.9 732 69.5 66.1-72.7
Unemployed 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 430 84 22.0 17.2-27.7 346 78.0 72.3-82.8
Unable to Work 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 129 31 26.3 18.2-36.4 98 73.7 63.6-81.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 107 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 123 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 210 70 31.6 24.8-39.2 140 68.4 60.8-75.2
$50,000- 74,999 189 55 33.7 25.9-42.5 134 66.3 57.5-74.1
$75,000+ 662 142 22.9 19.3-26.9 520 77.1 73.1-80.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 446 121 30.3 25.1-36.0 325 69.7 64.0-74.9
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 111 40 36.0 26.4-46.8 71 64.0 53.2-73.6
101% to 150% 154 55 42.3 33.0-52.2 99 57.7 47.8-67.0
151% to 200% 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 939 225 24.9 21.7-28.2 714 75.1 71.8-78.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 446 121 30.3 25.1-36.0 325 69.7 64.0-74.9
HOUSING
Own 1,106 236 24.8 21.8-28.0 870 75.2 72.0-78.2
Rent 533 193 36.9 32.4-41.7 340 63.1 58.3-67.6
Other arrangement 131 51 44.5 34.7-54.7 80 55.5 45.3-65.3
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,006 255 25.6 22.6-28.9 751 74.4 71.1-77.4
Regional City or Suburban County 483 127 28.6 23.9-33.9 356 71.4 66.1-76.1
Rural 295 99 36.3 29.9-43.1 196 63.7 56.9-70.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 659 195 31.3 27.1-35.8 464 68.7 64.2-72.9
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,060 259 25.4 22.5-28.6 801 74.6 71.4-77.5
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 618 152 25.6 21.8-29.9 466 74.4 70.1-78.2
2nd Quartile 754 216 30.6 26.7-34.9 538 69.4 65.1-73.3
3rd Quartile 371 97 26.4 21.5-31.9 274 73.6 68.1-78.5
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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