2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 6

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 6 545 104 23.9 19.0-29.5 138 25.6 21.4-30.5 69 13.9 10.7-18.0 234 36.5 31.9-41.4
GENDER
Male 234 53 28.3 20.5-37.7 63 26.3 19.8-34.1 25 10.1 6.4-15.4 93 35.3 28.2-43.1
Female 311 51 19.8 14.3-26.6 75 25.0 19.7-31.2 44 17.5 12.7-23.7 141 37.7 31.7-44.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 332 65 26.0 19.9-33.2 70 20.4 15.8-25.9 38 11.3 8.0-15.9 159 42.2 36.0-48.7
Non-Hispanic Black 130 *** *** *** 46 34.0 24.8-44.6 17 15.9 9.5-25.4 44 27.8 19.9-37.4
Other 70 13 16.0 8.8-27.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 170 40 29.9 21.1-40.6 54 27.5 20.5-35.9 26 16.5 10.9-24.4 50 26.0 19.3-34.2
45-64 189 39 25.3 18.2-34.0 39 21.0 14.8-28.9 20 11.0 6.8-17.3 91 42.7 34.6-51.1
65+ 175 22 11.8 7.5-18.1 43 28.7 20.7-38.3 22 13.5 8.5-20.9 88 46.0 37.5-54.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 197 52 28.9 21.6-37.5 50 23.5 17.2-31.3 20 12.0 7.4-18.8 75 35.6 28.3-43.6
Some Post-H.S. 147 *** *** *** 35 25.7 18.1-35.2 23 16.7 10.8-25.0 59 31.6 23.7-40.7
College Graduate 196 20 11.1 6.7-17.9 51 29.1 22.1-37.2 26 13.8 9.1-20.2 99 46.1 38.2-54.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 200 44 25.6 17.7-35.6 56 26.1 19.4-34.1 22 14.1 8.7-21.8 78 34.2 26.7-42.5
$50,000+ 207 26 16.1 10.1-24.9 48 25.0 18.6-32.8 32 15.7 10.7-22.4 101 43.2 35.5-51.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 138 *** *** *** 34 25.9 17.5-36.5 15 11.4 6.5-19.3 55 31.1 23.0-40.7

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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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