2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 6

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 6 355 51 16.4 12.4-21.5 93 27.2 21.8-33.3 47 13.5 9.8-18.3 164 42.9 36.9-49.1
GENDER
Male 162 30 19.2 13.1-27.2 48 31.3 22.8-41.4 18 11.1 6.6-18.0 66 38.4 29.6-48.0
Female 193 21 13.9 9.0-20.8 45 23.4 17.3-30.7 29 15.7 10.5-22.9 98 47.0 39.2-55.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 210 26 15.6 10.7-22.3 44 22.2 16.1-29.9 30 13.0 9.0-18.4 110 49.2 41.6-56.8
Non-Hispanic Black 81 17 19.4 11.9-30.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 64 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 138 20 14.3 9.0-22.0 *** *** *** 26 18.6 12.3-27.3 41 28.6 20.0-39.0
45-64 136 16 15.0 9.1-23.8 32 24.9 17.4-34.3 14 11.1 5.8-20.3 74 48.9 39.4-58.5
65+ 73 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 79 14 17.9 10.0-29.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 96 19 20.4 12.9-30.7 *** *** *** 11 13.3 6.9-24.1 *** *** ***
College Graduate 179 18 12.0 7.6-18.6 37 21.0 15.4-28.0 28 16.2 11.2-22.8 96 50.8 43.1-58.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 92 17 21.3 13.0-32.9 32 28.1 19.3-39.0 13 14.5 8.0-24.8 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 199 26 15.1 10.1-21.9 42 25.1 17.7-34.3 29 14.1 9.3-20.8 102 45.7 37.6-54.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 64 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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