2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 2

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 3,158 695 23.3 21.6-25.1 693 24.0 22.2-25.9 450 13.4 12.1-14.9 1,320 39.3 37.3-41.3
Medicaid Region 2 392 82 23.9 19.0-29.7 81 22.7 17.9-28.4 54 13.8 10.2-18.4 175 39.5 33.8-45.6
GENDER
Male 188 48 28.1 20.8-36.8 41 24.0 17.2-32.5 25 11.9 7.9-17.4 74 36.0 28.0-44.8
Female 204 34 20.4 14.1-28.6 40 21.6 15.1-30.0 29 15.5 10.1-22.9 101 42.5 34.5-50.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 294 59 21.9 16.7-28.2 54 21.1 15.6-27.9 39 13.1 9.3-18.2 142 43.9 37.1-50.9
Non-Hispanic Black 55 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 43 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 111 25 24.1 15.9-34.9 34 30.8 22.1-41.2 14 13.7 7.8-22.9 38 31.4 22.8-41.6
45-64 156 34 25.8 18.2-35.2 24 14.9 9.5-22.6 22 13.3 8.5-20.2 76 46.1 36.9-55.5
65+ 121 23 22.4 14.1-33.6 *** *** *** 17 13.4 7.4-23.0 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 131 41 28.1 20.4-37.4 35 29.8 20.8-40.8 15 11.0 5.9-19.7 40 31.1 22.5-41.1
Some Post-H.S. 133 26 26.6 17.8-37.7 25 19.4 13.2-27.6 19 12.6 7.6-20.1 63 41.5 32.0-51.6
College Graduate 128 15 11.9 6.9-19.7 21 15.1 9.3-23.7 20 21.1 13.8-30.8 72 51.9 41.9-61.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 170 52 32.5 24.7-41.4 36 22.3 15.6-30.9 22 13.4 8.2-21.0 60 31.8 24.1-40.7
$50,000+ 139 16 14.6 8.3-24.5 28 22.5 14.6-33.0 21 16.5 10.5-24.9 74 46.5 36.7-56.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 83 *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 10.9 5.0-22.2 *** *** ***

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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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