2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 Demographics

Sugar Sweetened Beverages

During the past 30 days, how often did you drink sugar-sweetened fruit drinks (such as Kool-aid and lemonade)
sweet tea, and sports or energy drinks (such as Gatorade and Red Bull)?
Do not include 100% fruit juice, diet drinks, or artificially sweetened drinks.

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  Total
Respond.^		 1 or more times per day 1-6 times per week Less than once a week Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,327 531 17.5 15.9-19.1 799 26.0 24.2-27.9 366 11.4 10.2-12.8 1,631 45.1 43.1-47.1
Region 4 646 105 18.2 14.7-22.2 162 26.9 22.9-31.3 68 11.5 8.9-14.7 311 43.5 39.0-48.0
GENDER
Male 291 59 20.8 15.9-26.7 85 30.0 24.2-36.5 29 10.0 6.7-14.6 118 39.2 33.0-45.8
Female 355 46 15.9 11.3-21.9 77 24.2 19.0-30.2 39 12.8 9.1-17.7 193 47.2 41.0-53.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 371 59 19.8 15.0-25.7 81 23.8 19.0-29.4 45 13.3 9.7-18.0 186 43.0 37.4-48.8
Non-Hispanic Black 132 25 18.5 12.1-27.2 42 34.9 25.7-45.4 *** *** *** 55 39.3 29.8-49.8
Other 140 21 12.6 7.9-19.3 38 25.0 17.8-33.9 12 11.1 5.9-19.9 69 51.3 41.6-61.0
AGE
18-44 238 46 19.4 14.3-25.7 77 32.6 26.2-39.8 28 11.7 7.8-17.2 87 36.2 29.4-43.7
45-64 219 30 13.4 9.1-19.3 47 24.4 17.9-32.3 24 14.2 9.4-21.1 118 48.0 40.3-55.7
65+ 174 26 21.8 13.6-33.0 38 23.1 16.0-32.0 12 5.8 3.1-10.5 98 49.3 40.1-58.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 195 44 23.3 16.6-31.7 47 27.3 20.4-35.5 17 9.8 5.8-16.1 87 39.6 31.7-48.1
Some Post-H.S. 172 23 15.7 10.3-23.2 49 30.8 23.2-39.7 18 12.7 7.9-19.7 82 40.8 33.0-49.2
College Graduate 278 37 14.4 10.3-19.8 66 23.0 18.0-29.0 33 12.2 8.6-17.2 142 50.3 43.7-56.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 181 36 19.6 13.8-27.0 44 24.3 17.5-32.6 18 11.5 6.9-18.6 83 44.6 35.8-53.8
$50,000+ 302 41 14.5 10.4-19.9 78 28.3 22.7-34.6 38 13.3 9.5-18.4 145 43.9 37.7-50.3
Don't know/Not Sure 163 28 23.2 15.2-33.6 40 27.2 19.3-36.9 12 8.2 4.3-14.8 83 41.4 32.9-50.5

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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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