2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

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 4,099 811 21.0 19.4-22.7 938 23.8 22.2-25.5 544 13.3 12.0-14.7 1,806 41.9 40.0-43.8
Medicaid Region 1 454 80 19.7 15.2-25.1 96 21.0 16.1-27.0 57 9.9 7.3-13.3 221 49.4 43.0-55.8
GENDER
Male 212 45 20.4 15.0-27.2 51 21.1 15.5-28.1 21 9.1 5.7-14.4 95 49.3 40.9-57.7
Female 242 35 19.0 12.3-28.1 45 21.0 13.8-30.6 36 10.5 7.0-15.5 126 49.5 40.1-58.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 361 63 20.0 14.9-26.2 66 18.7 13.4-25.5 42 8.9 6.3-12.4 190 52.5 45.2-59.6
Non-Hispanic Black 19 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 66 *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 12.6 6.3-23.6 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 128 *** *** *** 43 29.7 21.0-40.2 15 9.1 5.2-15.4 *** *** ***
45-64 169 30 17.0 11.5-24.4 26 13.8 8.9-20.8 24 10.7 6.9-16.4 89 58.5 49.2-67.3
65+ 150 15 10.2 5.2-18.9 *** *** *** 17 8.6 4.7-15.1 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 161 40 24.6 16.4-35.3 40 24.1 15.2-35.9 14 6.8 3.6-12.5 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 126 18 16.6 10.3-25.7 26 19.1 12.3-28.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 165 21 14.9 9.4-22.8 30 18.6 12.9-26.2 33 19.5 13.7-27.0 81 47.0 38.8-55.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 182 32 15.0 9.9-22.1 *** *** *** 25 12.3 7.6-19.3 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 176 29 20.8 13.9-29.9 33 17.6 12.2-24.7 24 10.3 6.7-15.5 90 51.3 42.6-60.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 96 *** *** *** 24 21.6 13.4-33.0 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 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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