2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 2

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 3,144 596 21.3 19.6-23.2 833 28.2 26.4-30.2 326 9.7 8.6-10.9 1,389 40.8 38.8-42.8
Medicaid Region 2 391 70 22.0 17.0-28.0 91 24.1 19.3-29.7 40 11.1 7.7-15.6 190 42.8 36.9-48.9
GENDER
Male 188 40 25.5 18.3-34.3 50 24.3 18.1-31.8 21 11.7 7.3-18.0 77 38.6 30.3-47.6
Female 203 30 19.1 12.8-27.5 41 24.0 17.1-32.5 19 10.5 6.2-17.5 113 46.4 38.1-54.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 294 53 22.5 16.9-29.5 70 24.3 19.0-30.6 23 6.9 4.4-10.8 148 46.2 39.3-53.2
Non-Hispanic Black 55 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 42 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 110 22 23.1 14.9-34.0 28 25.5 17.3-36.0 17 16.3 9.7-26.0 43 35.1 26.1-45.3
45-64 154 29 25.5 17.4-35.8 33 22.0 15.5-30.1 16 10.8 6.3-18.1 76 41.7 33.0-50.9
65+ 123 19 16.8 9.7-27.4 26 20.7 12.8-31.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 132 34 29.3 20.8-39.6 33 25.8 17.5-36.3 12 8.9 4.9-15.8 53 35.9 26.9-46.1
Some Post-H.S. 131 20 20.9 12.9-32.0 32 22.5 15.7-31.2 *** *** *** 69 46.5 36.5-56.8
College Graduate 128 16 10.6 6.2-17.4 26 23.7 16.1-33.4 18 16.4 10.1-25.6 68 49.3 39.5-59.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 169 39 27.4 19.9-36.5 44 28.1 20.5-37.2 *** *** *** 76 38.2 30.1-47.0
$50,000+ 139 18 17.8 10.4-28.8 31 24.7 16.6-35.0 17 13.9 8.4-22.3 73 43.6 34.2-53.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 83 *** *** *** 16 16.7 9.6-27.4 13 15.0 7.5-27.8 *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2019 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2019 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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