2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

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 1 449 53 11.7 7.9-16.9 123 29.8 24.2-36.1 39 8.3 5.8-11.7 234 50.3 43.8-56.7
GENDER
Male 210 29 11.5 7.7-16.7 74 33.4 26.3-41.5 17 8.7 5.2-14.3 90 46.4 37.9-55.1
Female 239 24 11.9 6.2-21.5 49 26.5 18.6-36.2 22 7.9 4.8-12.8 144 53.7 44.1-63.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 356 36 11.5 7.3-17.6 96 28.2 22.0-35.2 30 7.7 5.1-11.5 194 52.7 45.3-59.9
Non-Hispanic Black 19 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 66 14 15.3 8.2-26.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 127 *** *** *** *** *** *** 12 9.7 5.2-17.3 *** *** ***
45-64 168 18 8.3 4.9-13.9 35 21.8 15.2-30.3 19 10.8 6.6-17.3 96 59.0 49.4-68.0
65+ 147 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 159 21 9.6 5.2-17.3 *** *** *** 13 8.2 4.5-14.2 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 123 *** *** *** 28 22.8 15.3-32.8 11 8.5 4.3-16.2 *** *** ***
College Graduate 165 16 10.4 6.3-16.7 44 31.1 23.7-39.7 14 7.8 4.5-13.3 91 50.6 42.2-59.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 180 24 9.6 5.9-15.1 *** *** *** 16 7.9 4.5-13.7 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 173 18 13.3 7.5-22.6 45 26.7 19.8-34.9 12 7.0 3.6-13.1 98 53.0 44.1-61.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 96 *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 10.4 5.4-19.3 *** *** ***

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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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