2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 5 1,027 243 23.7 20.4-27.5 239 27.1 23.6-30.8 133 11.9 9.7-14.6 412 37.3 33.7-41.0
GENDER
Male 438 117 26.8 21.5-32.8 117 32.2 26.7-38.1 47 9.3 6.6-12.9 157 31.8 26.8-37.2
Female 589 126 21.0 17.0-25.7 122 22.5 18.3-27.3 86 14.3 11.0-18.4 255 42.2 37.2-47.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 559 124 23.0 18.7-27.9 110 22.7 18.6-27.3 60 10.1 7.6-13.3 265 44.2 39.3-49.3
Non-Hispanic Black 244 51 21.4 15.5-28.9 62 29.4 22.5-37.4 46 18.6 12.8-26.2 85 30.6 24.1-37.9
Other 214 67 31.7 22.6-42.4 62 34.8 25.7-45.2 26 9.2 5.3-15.4 59 24.3 17.2-33.1
AGE
18-44 296 78 27.3 21.2-34.3 102 36.4 30.1-43.2 40 11.9 8.2-16.9 76 24.5 19.3-30.6
45-64 327 85 24.8 19.6-30.9 75 23.3 17.8-29.9 41 10.5 7.3-14.9 126 41.4 35.0-48.1
65+ 383 77 17.0 12.6-22.6 59 17.3 12.8-23.0 51 14.5 10.3-19.9 196 51.2 44.8-57.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 378 110 29.4 23.5-36.2 106 31.8 26.0-38.2 43 9.5 6.5-13.7 119 29.3 23.9-35.3
Some Post-H.S. 304 72 21.0 16.1-27.0 68 27.0 21.0-33.9 36 13.0 8.9-18.5 128 39.0 32.7-45.8
College Graduate 344 61 17.8 13.2-23.5 65 18.6 14.2-24.0 54 14.6 10.9-19.3 164 48.9 42.7-55.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 406 113 25.2 20.1-31.1 102 30.1 24.6-36.3 50 12.3 8.6-17.2 141 32.4 27.0-38.3
$50,000+ 382 79 23.4 18.0-29.8 78 24.1 18.9-30.2 50 10.9 7.8-15.1 175 41.6 35.7-47.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 239 51 22.0 15.6-30.1 59 27.2 20.2-35.6 33 13.1 8.7-19.1 96 37.7 30.1-45.9

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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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