2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

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 4 860 115 15.8 12.9-19.1 229 26.4 23.1-29.9 106 12.9 10.5-15.7 410 45.0 41.2-48.9
GENDER
Male 407 69 21.3 16.6-26.9 124 27.6 23.1-32.6 49 12.6 9.3-16.9 165 38.4 33.2-44.0
Female 453 46 11.0 8.0-14.9 105 25.3 20.8-30.4 57 13.1 10.0-17.0 245 50.6 45.3-55.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 513 53 12.0 9.0-15.8 118 22.5 18.6-27.0 68 13.8 10.7-17.6 274 51.7 46.7-56.7
Non-Hispanic Black 181 34 24.0 17.0-32.7 57 30.5 23.6-38.3 27 15.1 10.1-22.0 63 30.4 23.5-38.4
Other 154 24 15.0 9.5-22.8 51 35.7 27.4-45.0 *** *** *** 69 42.9 34.3-51.9
AGE
18-44 348 53 17.4 13.1-22.8 120 34.0 28.5-39.9 53 16.5 12.4-21.7 122 32.0 26.9-37.7
45-64 297 42 15.7 11.2-21.5 60 19.7 15.1-25.2 33 10.2 7.1-14.3 162 54.4 47.9-60.8
65+ 199 19 13.5 8.1-21.6 44 21.2 15.4-28.5 20 11.0 6.9-17.0 116 54.3 45.9-62.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 228 59 28.3 21.8-35.8 67 27.8 21.6-35.1 25 11.7 7.7-17.4 77 32.1 25.6-39.4
Some Post-H.S. 170 21 12.8 8.0-19.7 51 29.0 22.1-36.9 16 10.6 6.4-17.2 82 47.6 39.4-56.0
College Graduate 458 35 7.8 5.5-11.0 111 23.8 19.9-28.2 65 15.3 11.9-19.3 247 53.1 48.1-58.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 262 51 22.1 16.4-29.2 62 24.0 18.1-30.9 32 12.5 8.6-17.9 117 41.4 34.6-48.5
$50,000+ 429 41 11.0 7.8-15.2 117 26.9 22.5-31.9 59 14.5 11.0-18.8 212 47.6 42.3-53.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 169 23 18.3 12.0-26.9 50 28.5 21.5-36.7 15 9.3 5.4-15.7 81 43.8 35.6-52.4

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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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