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Soda Consumption among High School Students by Race/Ethnicity, New Jersey, 2009 to 2019

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Year2009201120132015201720190.0%5.0%10.0%15.0%20.0%25.0%30.0%35.0%Estimated Percentage of High School Students in Grades 9-12Soda Consumption among High School Students by Race/Ethnicity, New Jersey, 2009 to 2019WhiteBlackHispanicAsian
Race/Ethnicity, New JerseyYearEstimated Percentage of High School Students in Grades 9-1295% Confidence Interval, Lower Limit95% Confidence Interval, Upper LimitFootnotes

White

 1White2009200918.7%14.7%23.4%
 1White2011201118.1%15.2%21.4%
 1White2013201310.4%8.0%13.5%
 1White20152015**
 1White20172017**
 1White201920199.0%6.5%12.5%

Black

 2Black2009200922.6%16.4%30.4%
 2Black2011201120.1%15.3%25.8%
 2Black2013201313.7%6.8%25.7%
 2Black20152015**
 2Black20172017**
 2Black2019201916.5%10.2%25.7%

Hispanic

 3Hispanic2009200921.3%17.8%25.2%
 3Hispanic2011201120.6%16.2%26.0%
 3Hispanic2013201319.4%15.3%24.4%
 3Hispanic20152015**
 3Hispanic20172017**
 3Hispanic201920199.5%6.6%13.3%

Asian

 4Asian20092009**
 4Asian2011201111.8%7.2%19.0%
 4Asian201320134.7%1.9%11.2%
 4Asian20152015**
 4Asian20172017**
 4Asian201920193.4%1.5%7.8%
  • **Rate does not meet National Center for Health Statistics standards of statistically reliability for presentation (RSE >=23% and n<20).

Why Is This Important?

Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages appears to be associated with being at increased risk for overweight in children.

Definition

The percentage of adolescents who drank soda one or more times per day, in the past seven days (excluding diet/sugar-free)

Data Notes

This is Healthy New Jersey 2020 (HNJ2020) Objective NF-5.

Data for Whites, Blacks, and Asians do not include Hispanics. Hispanic ethnicity includes persons of any race.

Survey is conducted in odd-numbered years only. ** 2009 Asian sample size too small to calculate a reliable rate. 2015 and 2017 NJ survey data not available.

Data Source

New Jersey Student Health Survey, Office of Student Support Services, Division of Student Services and Career Readiness, New Jersey Department of Education
(http://www.nj.gov/education/students/yrbs/)

How the Measure is Calculated

  • Numerator:

    The number of adolescents in grades 9 to 12 who drank soda one or more times per day, in the past seven days

  • Denominator:

    Total number of survey respondents

Data Issues

In 2015 and 2017, the New Jersey Student Health Survey was unable to obtain the number of student responses needed to reach the 60% response rate required by the CDC to be able to weight the data to be representative of the New Jersey high school student population.

Related Health Objectives and Indicators


  • Health Initiative: HNJ2020

    Healthy NJ 2020 Objective NF-5

    NJ Target: Reduce the proportion of high school students (grades 9-12) who drank soda one or more times per day in the past 7 days to 11 percent for the total population, 4.2% for Asians, 15.9% for Blacks, 14.9% for Hispanics, and 9.4% for Whites by 2020.0
    https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/nutrition-physical-activity.shtml



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Indicator Data Last Updated On 10/27/2020, Published on 07/30/2024
Office of Nutrition and Fitness, Division of Community Health, New Jersey Department of Health, Trenton, NJ 08625 (https://www.nj.gov/health/nutrition/)