2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 3

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 3 402 75 19.2 15.0-24.1 103 28.5 23.5-34.0 42 9.6 6.9-13.4 182 42.7 37.4-48.3
GENDER
Male 201 40 20.8 15.0-27.9 55 28.6 22.0-36.2 19 7.7 4.7-12.3 87 42.9 35.4-50.8
Female 201 35 17.6 12.1-24.9 48 28.3 21.3-36.5 23 11.5 7.2-17.8 95 42.6 35.1-50.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 231 38 17.3 12.2-24.0 50 24.2 18.2-31.4 18 8.3 5.0-13.5 125 50.2 42.9-57.5
Non-Hispanic Black 88 22 23.6 15.3-34.5 *** *** *** 11 10.6 5.4-19.5 *** *** ***
Other 83 15 20.3 12.1-31.9 *** *** *** 13 13.7 7.5-23.5 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 126 29 23.1 16.0-32.1 46 38.0 29.1-47.7 16 12.3 7.2-20.1 35 26.7 19.1-35.9
45-64 159 28 19.9 13.3-28.5 30 19.5 13.4-27.5 16 8.2 4.7-14.0 85 52.4 43.5-61.0
65+ 114 18 11.6 6.9-18.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 136 35 25.5 18.0-34.9 32 25.8 18.0-35.4 14 9.3 5.3-15.9 55 39.4 30.6-48.9
Some Post-H.S. 113 18 15.6 9.4-24.9 34 31.3 22.4-41.9 *** *** *** 52 44.6 34.7-54.9
College Graduate 153 22 14.8 9.4-22.6 37 28.8 21.3-37.7 19 11.3 7.0-17.8 75 45.1 36.5-53.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 158 30 17.5 11.7-25.3 48 36.3 27.8-45.7 16 6.8 4.0-11.6 64 39.4 31.0-48.3
$50,000+ 169 25 16.7 11.1-24.5 39 24.4 17.9-32.3 20 12.8 8.0-20.0 85 46.1 37.9-54.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 75 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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