2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

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 4 861 152 20.2 17.2-23.7 187 20.1 17.2-23.3 120 14.4 11.9-17.4 402 45.3 41.5-49.1
GENDER
Male 406 90 26.6 21.7-32.2 96 20.3 16.3-25.0 55 13.7 10.2-18.1 165 39.4 34.1-45.0
Female 455 62 14.9 11.3-19.3 91 19.9 15.9-24.6 65 15.0 11.5-19.3 237 50.2 44.9-55.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 514 78 18.1 14.4-22.5 76 14.8 11.4-18.9 74 14.2 11.1-18.1 286 52.9 47.9-57.9
Non-Hispanic Black 182 34 21.8 15.3-30.1 55 25.6 19.4-33.0 30 18.6 12.7-26.4 63 34.0 26.6-42.2
Other 153 36 24.9 17.7-33.8 55 33.6 25.7-42.5 15 9.4 5.4-15.8 47 32.1 24.2-41.3
AGE
18-44 349 68 21.5 16.9-27.0 89 23.3 18.6-28.8 53 17.1 13.0-22.2 139 38.1 32.6-44.0
45-64 297 58 22.3 17.2-28.5 52 15.5 11.6-20.4 46 14.7 10.6-20.0 141 47.4 41.0-53.9
65+ 199 24 14.1 8.8-21.9 41 19.9 14.1-27.4 21 9.7 5.8-15.8 113 56.3 47.9-64.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 228 64 30.5 23.9-38.0 65 25.6 19.5-32.7 26 12.0 7.9-17.8 73 31.9 25.4-39.2
Some Post-H.S. 172 35 20.2 14.3-27.8 29 14.9 10.1-21.5 28 17.9 12.2-25.5 80 47.0 38.9-55.3
College Graduate 457 53 12.3 9.3-16.0 92 19.0 15.5-23.1 66 14.2 11.0-18.2 246 54.5 49.5-59.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 261 62 26.3 20.3-33.3 65 23.0 17.4-29.8 34 13.2 8.9-19.1 100 37.5 30.9-44.6
$50,000+ 430 61 17.5 13.5-22.4 80 17.3 13.7-21.7 67 16.0 12.3-20.4 222 49.2 43.8-54.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 170 29 18.1 12.1-26.1 42 22.7 16.5-30.4 19 12.3 7.5-19.4 80 46.9 38.5-55.5

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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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