2021 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 4,087 630 17.1 15.6-18.7 1,127 28.7 26.9-30.6 448 11.2 10.0-12.4 1,882 43.0 41.2-45.0
Medicaid Region 3 551 86 17.6 14.1-21.8 143 27.1 23.0-31.6 63 11.7 8.8-15.3 259 43.7 39.0-48.4
GENDER
Male 253 45 21.2 15.7-28.0 79 31.5 25.2-38.6 27 11.3 7.3-17.2 102 36.0 29.6-42.9
Female 298 41 14.5 10.4-20.0 64 23.3 18.1-29.4 36 12.0 8.4-16.8 157 50.2 43.8-56.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 357 57 18.8 14.3-24.3 87 23.3 18.8-28.5 39 9.6 6.7-13.6 174 48.3 42.4-54.2
Non-Hispanic Black 102 15 15.6 9.2-25.2 *** *** *** 19 19.1 12.0-29.1 38 30.0 21.4-40.2
Other 84 13 16.2 8.8-27.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 196 36 21.7 15.7-29.3 72 34.2 27.1-42.0 24 13.1 8.3-20.0 64 31.0 24.3-38.5
45-64 183 23 12.3 7.9-18.7 36 20.4 14.5-28.0 23 12.1 7.9-18.1 101 55.1 47.1-62.9
65+ 156 25 18.2 11.8-27.1 31 22.9 16.0-31.8 15 9.2 5.2-16.0 85 49.6 40.7-58.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 163 38 23.5 16.7-32.1 45 31.1 23.2-40.3 14 8.6 4.9-14.7 66 36.8 28.9-45.3
Some Post-H.S. 158 28 18.2 12.4-25.7 40 24.0 17.7-31.6 19 14.4 8.9-22.5 71 43.5 35.3-52.0
College Graduate 227 20 10.3 6.4-16.0 55 24.3 18.8-30.9 30 12.4 8.5-17.8 122 53.0 45.8-60.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 161 30 17.6 11.7-25.6 47 33.9 25.6-43.4 16 10.7 6.1-18.2 68 37.8 29.6-46.7
$50,000+ 278 39 16.9 12.2-22.9 76 25.1 20.0-31.0 34 13.3 9.2-18.9 129 44.7 38.3-51.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 112 17 19.4 11.9-29.9 20 21.2 13.3-32.2 13 9.2 4.9-16.7 *** *** ***

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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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