2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

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 3,091 571 19.4 17.5-21.5 733 23.9 21.7-26.2 333 10.5 9.2-12.0 1,454 46.1 43.6-48.6
Medicaid Region 1 384 55 16.0 11.4-22.0 85 26.0 18.7-35.1 34 8.7 5.4-13.8 210 49.2 41.2-57.3
GENDER
Male 160 26 16.1 9.6-25.7 *** *** *** 18 11.1 5.5-21.2 *** *** ***
Female 224 29 16.0 10.0-24.5 49 23.9 17.1-32.4 16 6.4 3.5-11.5 130 53.7 44.3-62.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 316 45 16.1 11.2-22.7 79 28.2 20.1-38.1 31 8.8 5.2-14.4 161 46.8 38.3-55.6
Non-Hispanic Black 19 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 46 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 79 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-64 137 20 16.8 9.8-27.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 161 20 12.8 7.2-21.6 36 22.4 14.4-33.0 17 10.1 5.4-18.1 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 110 18 17.4 10.1-28.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 125 20 17.3 9.4-29.6 26 20.3 12.9-30.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 147 17 12.2 6.2-22.5 29 19.6 12.9-28.6 12 6.0 3.0-11.5 89 62.2 51.5-71.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 131 20 17.8 10.0-29.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 157 22 17.1 10.1-27.5 35 23.5 15.8-33.3 15 8.5 4.7-14.8 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 96 13 10.6 5.3-20.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2023 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 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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