2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 4

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 4 420 72 19.4 15.3-24.3 131 33.7 28.4-39.3 44 10.0 7.2-13.5 173 36.9 31.9-42.3
GENDER
Male 191 35 21.2 15.2-28.9 65 36.3 28.4-44.9 25 11.2 7.3-16.8 66 31.3 24.5-39.1
Female 229 37 17.8 12.6-24.5 66 31.3 24.7-38.7 19 8.8 5.4-13.9 107 42.2 35.2-49.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 243 39 15.8 11.4-21.6 70 32.2 25.4-39.9 27 10.7 7.2-15.7 107 41.2 34.3-48.4
Non-Hispanic Black 109 18 21.8 13.7-32.7 *** *** *** 12 9.4 5.0-17.2 36 28.3 20.1-38.2
Other 68 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 153 33 25.4 18.2-34.2 56 38.9 30.5-48.0 13 7.6 4.2-13.4 51 28.1 21.3-36.2
45-64 138 17 13.9 8.6-21.7 41 33.5 24.6-43.8 14 10.8 6.3-18.1 66 41.8 32.9-51.1
65+ 122 21 17.6 11.0-27.0 32 22.5 15.4-31.6 16 13.3 7.9-21.6 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 127 32 25.5 17.9-35.0 36 30.6 21.7-41.3 *** *** *** 49 36.0 27.0-46.0
Some Post-H.S. 110 22 20.8 13.5-30.6 41 41.9 32.0-52.4 12 10.9 6.1-18.7 35 26.5 18.9-35.8
College Graduate 181 17 9.6 5.8-15.5 54 29.7 22.9-37.5 22 11.8 7.5-18.1 88 48.9 40.9-56.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 144 29 24.0 16.6-33.4 56 39.2 30.4-48.7 11 8.3 4.5-14.7 48 28.5 21.3-37.0
$50,000+ 174 20 14.1 9.0-21.4 52 35.7 27.4-44.9 21 10.0 6.2-15.8 81 40.2 32.3-48.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 102 23 22.7 14.6-33.5 23 21.9 14.1-32.6 12 12.2 6.6-21.5 *** *** ***

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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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