2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 6

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 6 546 88 19.4 15.3-24.3 164 33.5 28.4-38.9 55 10.2 7.5-13.6 239 37.0 32.4-41.8
GENDER
Male 235 48 23.2 16.9-31.0 79 37.7 29.6-46.5 18 7.5 4.4-12.6 90 31.6 25.1-38.9
Female 311 40 15.9 10.9-22.6 85 29.5 23.7-36.1 37 12.6 8.8-17.8 149 42.0 35.7-48.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 329 57 22.6 16.8-29.6 79 24.9 19.7-31.0 22 6.7 4.1-10.7 171 45.8 39.5-52.3
Non-Hispanic Black 133 19 16.7 10.2-26.2 *** *** *** 20 14.0 8.4-22.3 38 23.6 16.5-32.5
Other 71 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 168 34 25.2 17.5-34.8 62 37.8 28.9-47.6 21 11.7 7.3-18.4 51 25.3 18.7-33.3
45-64 191 32 16.6 11.7-22.9 56 32.3 24.7-41.0 12 7.9 4.1-14.7 91 43.2 35.4-51.4
65+ 175 19 13.6 8.1-22.0 44 28.0 20.3-37.4 20 10.1 6.3-15.7 92 48.3 39.7-57.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 194 39 22.1 15.6-30.3 57 34.2 26.4-42.9 19 8.5 5.1-13.9 79 35.2 28.1-43.0
Some Post-H.S. 150 25 20.8 13.3-31.0 49 34.5 25.1-45.3 14 9.9 5.4-17.3 62 34.8 26.5-44.2
College Graduate 196 23 12.5 8.0-19.0 56 30.2 23.3-38.2 21 13.4 8.4-20.6 96 43.9 36.3-51.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 202 41 21.8 15.6-29.7 62 35.9 27.2-45.5 21 9.4 5.6-15.3 78 32.9 25.7-41.0
$50,000+ 207 25 17.8 11.2-26.9 63 31.6 24.6-39.7 18 8.8 5.4-14.1 101 41.8 34.3-49.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 137 22 18.0 10.4-29.5 *** *** *** 16 13.1 7.5-22.0 60 36.5 27.4-46.6

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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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