2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

Sugar Sweetened Beverages

During the past 30 days, how often did you drink regular soda or pop that contains sugar?
Do not include diet soda or diet pop.

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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 3,328 655 20.9 19.3-22.6 750 24.3 22.6-26.2 480 14.1 12.8-15.5 1,443 40.7 38.7-42.7
Region 5 489 79 16.7 13.2-20.9 117 25.2 20.8-30.1 81 15.4 12.2-19.3 212 42.7 37.6-47.9
GENDER
Male 204 35 16.1 11.3-22.3 52 25.2 19.0-32.6 33 16.5 11.6-22.8 84 42.3 34.7-50.1
Female 285 44 17.3 12.5-23.4 65 25.2 19.4-32.0 48 14.4 10.5-19.6 128 43.1 36.4-50.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 289 45 16.3 11.9-21.9 52 21.9 16.5-28.5 43 12.5 9.0-17.1 149 49.3 42.6-56.0
Non-Hispanic Black 99 13 12.6 6.9-22.1 34 30.6 21.6-41.5 21 22.8 14.5-33.8 *** *** ***
Other 98 21 25.0 16.4-36.2 *** *** *** 16 16.6 10.1-26.2 31 27.4 18.6-38.3
AGE
18-44 178 39 23.9 17.2-32.1 57 34.2 26.4-42.9 36 16.6 11.7-23.0 46 25.4 18.9-33.2
45-64 168 22 11.7 7.4-18.0 32 19.7 13.5-27.9 24 15.3 10.0-22.8 90 53.3 44.4-61.9
65+ 137 18 12.9 7.8-20.6 24 16.7 10.8-24.7 20 13.8 8.2-22.1 75 56.7 46.7-66.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 147 35 23.6 16.6-32.4 40 25.8 18.5-34.7 25 17.3 11.4-25.3 47 33.4 25.1-42.9
Some Post-H.S. 117 23 17.6 11.4-26.1 37 31.8 22.9-42.3 *** *** *** 48 42.0 32.1-52.6
College Graduate 223 20 9.0 5.5-14.2 40 19.0 13.7-25.6 47 19.7 14.8-25.9 116 52.3 45.0-59.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 145 33 24.0 16.8-32.9 39 27.0 19.1-36.8 20 16.9 10.6-25.7 53 32.2 24.0-41.6
$50,000+ 217 25 12.4 8.1-18.6 51 26.5 20.0-34.2 37 13.1 9.2-18.4 104 48.0 40.3-55.7
Don't know/Not Sure 127 21 16.9 10.5-26.0 27 20.5 13.8-29.2 24 18.2 11.8-26.9 55 44.4 34.6-54.7

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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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