2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 3,428 669 19.9 18.2-21.7 819 25.7 23.7-27.8 348 10.2 9.0-11.5 1,592 44.2 42.0-46.5
Medicaid Region 5 781 181 23.6 19.4-28.3 208 27.2 22.8-31.9 54 6.0 4.2- 8.4 338 43.3 38.6-48.1
GENDER
Male 362 92 26.8 20.5-34.3 100 27.1 21.2-34.0 24 5.1 3.0- 8.8 146 40.9 34.2-48.0
Female 419 89 20.5 15.5-26.6 108 27.2 21.3-34.0 30 6.8 4.4-10.4 192 45.5 38.9-52.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 408 79 19.8 15.0-25.6 94 26.2 21.0-32.2 23 5.2 3.2- 8.3 212 48.8 42.7-54.9
Non-Hispanic Black 146 *** *** *** 35 24.0 15.5-35.2 15 6.4 3.2-12.3 *** *** ***
Other 209 56 23.6 16.0-33.5 *** *** *** 15 8.5 3.8-17.9 63 30.6 21.7-41.3
AGE
18-44 261 72 25.7 19.1-33.5 91 36.7 29.0-45.2 19 6.5 3.8-11.0 79 31.1 24.1-39.1
45-64 269 54 21.1 14.0-30.6 72 21.8 15.7-29.5 18 6.4 3.5-11.3 125 50.7 42.5-58.9
65+ 241 54 23.8 16.9-32.4 41 16.7 11.4-23.7 17 4.9 2.6- 9.1 129 54.6 46.1-62.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 270 87 33.2 25.3-42.2 74 25.8 18.7-34.4 16 5.4 2.9- 9.7 93 35.7 27.8-44.3
Some Post-H.S. 266 57 20.7 14.5-28.7 79 29.5 22.5-37.6 16 5.4 2.9- 9.8 114 44.5 36.6-52.7
College Graduate 244 37 14.7 9.9-21.3 55 25.2 18.6-33.3 22 8.0 4.6-13.4 130 52.1 44.2-60.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 298 82 27.6 20.1-36.6 86 30.0 22.6-38.7 15 3.4 1.8- 6.3 115 38.9 31.2-47.3
$50,000+ 313 55 19.2 13.6-26.3 83 27.1 20.9-34.4 30 8.3 5.3-12.8 145 45.4 38.1-52.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 170 44 25.8 17.6-36.1 39 22.0 14.1-32.8 *** *** *** 78 46.6 36.6-56.8

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2022 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2022 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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