2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

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 2 661 140 21.8 18.0-26.3 144 22.6 18.9-26.9 77 12.4 9.4-16.2 300 43.1 38.4-48.0
GENDER
Male 307 69 22.0 17.2-27.7 70 23.4 18.2-29.5 39 11.7 8.1-16.6 129 42.9 36.4-49.7
Female 354 71 21.7 16.1-28.5 74 22.0 16.8-28.2 38 13.0 8.7-18.9 171 43.3 36.7-50.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 477 99 22.9 18.1-28.5 90 19.2 15.4-23.7 52 11.0 7.8-15.3 236 46.9 41.4-52.5
Non-Hispanic Black 105 20 20.0 12.4-30.7 *** *** *** 16 17.6 10.0-28.9 *** *** ***
Other 68 18 19.4 11.0-31.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 225 55 24.4 18.3-31.6 56 25.6 19.0-33.5 33 15.5 10.1-22.9 81 34.5 27.2-42.7
45-64 231 53 24.1 17.1-32.8 41 18.1 13.1-24.5 27 11.3 7.3-17.0 110 46.5 38.8-54.4
65+ 192 32 16.0 11.0-22.8 41 20.5 14.6-28.0 17 9.5 5.1-16.9 102 53.9 45.0-62.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 208 61 28.5 21.0-37.4 38 18.0 12.9-24.5 22 12.2 7.6-19.1 87 41.3 33.4-49.7
Some Post-H.S. 201 43 19.3 13.9-26.2 49 27.4 20.2-36.1 17 11.2 6.3-19.3 92 42.0 33.9-50.6
College Graduate 252 36 15.2 10.8-21.0 57 22.7 17.3-29.3 38 14.5 10.4-19.8 121 47.5 40.6-54.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 240 74 26.9 21.1-33.7 49 21.1 15.3-28.5 32 18.3 12.4-26.2 85 33.7 26.8-41.3
$50,000+ 277 43 16.8 12.3-22.5 61 23.3 18.0-29.6 31 9.2 6.3-13.2 142 50.7 43.9-57.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 144 *** *** *** 34 24.0 16.0-34.3 14 7.7 3.7-15.5 *** *** ***

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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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