2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

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 3,100 624 20.8 18.8-23.0 687 23.9 21.8-26.2 447 14.1 12.5-15.9 1,342 41.2 38.8-43.6
Medicaid Region 1 389 76 25.1 19.1-32.3 74 25.1 17.9-34.1 54 13.0 9.1-18.3 185 36.8 29.8-44.4
GENDER
Male 164 38 25.5 17.1-36.3 *** *** *** 24 12.0 6.9-20.1 64 30.8 21.6-41.8
Female 225 38 24.7 16.5-35.2 36 18.5 12.8-26.0 30 14.0 8.6-21.8 121 42.8 34.1-52.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 320 59 24.2 17.9-31.8 60 24.8 17.0-34.7 47 13.6 9.3-19.4 154 37.4 29.8-45.7
Non-Hispanic Black 20 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 46 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 80 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-64 141 *** *** *** *** *** *** 16 13.5 7.2-23.8 *** *** ***
65+ 161 18 12.9 6.7-23.7 25 16.1 9.9-25.0 27 15.6 8.7-26.4 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 112 *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 11.5 5.9-21.4 43 22.1 14.1-33.0
Some Post-H.S. 126 31 23.9 15.2-35.6 25 22.8 14.3-34.5 16 13.4 6.8-24.7 *** *** ***
College Graduate 149 13 8.0 3.5-17.1 26 20.8 13.5-30.6 23 14.8 9.0-23.2 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 135 *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 9.3 4.1-19.8 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 158 27 21.8 13.7-32.7 32 26.7 18.0-37.6 23 14.7 8.8-23.5 76 36.8 28.0-46.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 96 14 16.9 9.1-29.2 *** *** *** 20 17.4 9.7-29.2 *** *** ***

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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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