2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 5

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 5 408 121 29.9 24.6-35.7 92 23.7 18.9-29.2 50 11.3 8.3-15.4 145 35.1 29.7-40.9
GENDER
Male 147 49 34.1 25.3-44.1 38 27.2 19.4-36.7 17 12.2 7.2-20.0 43 26.6 19.2-35.5
Female 261 72 26.7 20.8-33.6 54 20.9 15.4-27.8 33 10.7 7.4-15.3 102 41.7 34.5-49.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 175 56 33.5 25.8-42.2 31 19.0 13.0-26.8 14 7.0 3.9-12.3 74 40.5 32.5-49.0
Non-Hispanic Black 124 27 19.4 12.6-28.6 *** *** *** 23 18.2 11.2-28.3 40 27.8 19.8-37.5
Other 109 38 33.5 24.0-44.4 27 23.0 15.5-32.8 13 15.7 9.0-26.1 31 27.8 19.2-38.4
AGE
18-44 138 51 35.9 26.7-46.3 38 26.1 18.5-35.5 12 9.8 5.3-17.5 37 28.2 20.2-37.8
45-64 143 35 24.9 17.5-34.0 34 24.8 17.4-34.1 17 12.3 7.2-20.3 57 38.0 29.3-47.7
65+ 122 34 28.3 19.4-39.3 19 17.0 9.5-28.7 20 12.2 7.3-19.5 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 176 58 26.0 19.4-33.9 43 28.8 21.1-38.0 19 10.9 6.3-18.0 56 34.3 26.2-43.4
Some Post-H.S. 127 41 37.8 28.1-48.7 29 22.3 14.9-31.9 17 9.8 5.7-16.2 40 30.1 21.6-40.2
College Graduate 103 21 20.1 12.8-30.1 20 15.3 9.4-23.8 14 16.5 9.6-27.0 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 189 70 38.2 29.8-47.4 41 24.3 17.3-33.0 23 10.2 6.3-16.2 55 27.3 20.5-35.4
$50,000+ 120 25 23.2 15.4-33.4 28 19.9 13.2-29.0 15 13.4 7.6-22.3 52 43.5 33.8-53.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 99 26 23.8 15.0-35.7 *** *** *** 12 10.8 5.7-19.4 *** *** ***

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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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