2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 3

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 3 551 92 18.6 15.2-22.7 134 27.2 23.1-31.9 88 15.3 12.2-19.1 237 38.8 34.4-43.4
GENDER
Male 251 49 22.7 17.2-29.4 64 29.0 22.7-36.3 41 15.7 11.2-21.7 97 32.5 26.5-39.2
Female 300 43 15.3 11.2-20.4 70 25.8 20.4-31.9 47 14.9 10.9-20.2 140 44.0 37.8-50.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 357 60 20.3 15.8-25.7 73 21.9 17.2-27.3 58 15.1 11.3-19.8 166 42.8 37.2-48.6
Non-Hispanic Black 102 13 10.3 5.8-17.6 *** *** *** 14 13.1 7.4-22.0 *** *** ***
Other 83 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 27 25.5 17.0-36.6
AGE
18-44 194 38 22.4 16.4-29.7 65 33.4 26.3-41.3 33 15.8 10.7-22.6 58 28.5 22.0-36.0
45-64 184 34 18.3 13.0-25.2 41 26.3 19.5-34.4 27 12.8 8.6-18.7 82 42.6 35.0-50.6
65+ 156 17 11.4 6.8-18.7 25 17.1 11.2-25.2 25 18.5 11.9-27.6 89 53.0 43.8-61.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 159 42 25.5 18.7-33.6 39 26.9 19.5-35.9 18 11.4 6.7-18.9 60 36.2 28.2-45.0
Some Post-H.S. 161 36 22.7 16.5-30.5 44 29.8 22.5-38.2 28 17.8 12.1-25.4 53 29.7 22.8-37.7
College Graduate 228 14 6.5 3.8-11.1 49 23.4 17.7-30.1 42 17.1 12.6-22.9 123 53.0 46.0-59.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 161 30 20.2 13.9-28.3 50 36.1 27.7-45.4 24 14.3 9.1-21.8 57 29.5 22.2-38.1
$50,000+ 280 37 15.6 11.3-21.2 57 21.2 16.2-27.2 52 18.8 14.0-24.8 134 44.3 38.0-50.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 110 25 23.8 16.0-33.9 27 28.7 19.6-39.9 12 8.1 4.2-15.1 *** *** ***

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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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