2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

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 2 659 95 17.7 14.1-22.1 177 28.9 24.6-33.7 75 11.9 9.2-15.3 312 41.4 36.8-46.1
GENDER
Male 308 50 20.8 15.2-27.8 86 27.2 21.9-33.2 40 13.7 9.8-18.9 132 38.2 32.1-44.7
Female 351 45 15.0 10.8-20.5 91 30.4 24.0-37.7 35 10.3 6.7-15.6 180 44.2 37.5-51.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 473 69 17.6 13.6-22.5 111 25.6 20.6-31.3 51 10.7 7.8-14.4 242 46.2 40.8-51.7
Non-Hispanic Black 106 13 15.2 8.3-26.2 *** *** *** 14 16.9 9.7-27.8 36 26.6 18.3-37.0
Other 69 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 224 45 25.7 18.8-34.1 65 28.3 21.7-36.0 34 16.2 11.1-23.1 80 29.8 23.0-37.6
45-64 232 29 11.7 7.9-16.9 68 35.2 27.4-43.9 24 10.9 7.1-16.4 111 42.2 34.8-49.9
65+ 190 21 13.3 7.8-21.8 41 21.4 15.4-28.9 17 6.7 3.9-11.3 111 58.6 49.5-67.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 207 43 23.1 16.7-31.0 56 31.0 23.2-40.1 25 11.3 7.3-16.9 83 34.6 27.4-42.7
Some Post-H.S. 201 32 18.2 11.9-26.6 55 26.9 20.3-34.7 23 13.0 8.1-20.3 91 41.9 33.8-50.5
College Graduate 251 20 8.8 5.4-13.8 66 28.7 22.5-35.8 27 11.4 7.5-16.9 138 51.2 44.1-58.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 240 49 20.8 15.3-27.7 62 26.5 20.2-33.9 21 11.5 7.0-18.4 108 41.2 33.7-49.1
$50,000+ 275 28 11.2 7.5-16.4 77 30.8 24.8-37.4 36 13.7 9.6-19.3 134 44.3 37.7-51.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 144 *** *** *** *** *** *** 18 9.9 5.8-16.4 70 37.3 28.2-47.4

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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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