2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 490 62 15.7 12.0-20.3 133 26.2 21.9-30.9 52 11.7 8.6-15.7 243 46.4 41.3-51.6
GENDER
Male 204 31 17.1 11.8-24.2 72 34.3 27.5-41.9 20 12.1 7.5-18.9 81 36.5 29.5-44.1
Female 286 31 14.5 9.8-20.9 61 18.9 14.2-24.8 32 11.4 7.7-16.6 162 55.2 48.2-62.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 291 30 12.5 8.4-18.2 67 23.8 18.5-30.0 32 11.5 7.7-16.7 162 52.2 45.5-58.9
Non-Hispanic Black 98 *** *** *** 38 34.0 24.5-44.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 98 12 15.6 8.5-26.7 27 24.7 16.7-35.0 12 13.8 7.6-23.8 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 179 28 19.9 13.5-28.3 68 36.8 29.1-45.2 25 13.2 8.5-19.7 58 30.2 23.3-38.2
45-64 168 18 13.5 8.1-21.6 39 21.3 15.3-28.8 19 13.7 8.1-22.0 92 51.6 42.7-60.4
65+ 137 15 11.5 6.6-19.4 24 15.9 10.2-23.8 *** *** *** 90 65.3 55.5-74.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 147 26 21.4 14.4-30.6 37 22.5 15.8-30.9 11 8.5 4.4-15.6 73 47.6 38.4-57.0
Some Post-H.S. 118 22 20.7 13.3-30.8 34 26.3 18.4-36.2 12 13.8 7.6-23.7 50 39.2 29.7-49.5
College Graduate 223 14 5.7 3.3- 9.8 62 29.8 23.5-37.0 28 12.6 8.6-18.1 119 51.9 44.6-59.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 145 21 15.0 9.3-23.2 34 24.1 16.7-33.6 18 13.7 8.2-22.1 72 47.2 37.7-56.8
$50,000+ 217 24 15.4 10.1-22.8 63 28.4 22.1-35.6 25 12.6 8.0-19.1 105 43.7 36.3-51.3
Don't know/Not Sure 128 17 17.1 10.3-27.1 36 24.2 17.1-33.0 *** *** *** 66 51.0 41.0-60.9

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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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