2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

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 2 459 83 19.8 15.5-24.8 112 27.4 22.5-32.9 61 12.8 9.4-17.1 203 40.1 34.4-46.0
GENDER
Male 194 45 25.2 18.4-33.4 49 28.0 20.7-36.7 28 13.3 8.4-20.2 72 33.5 25.9-42.1
Female 265 38 14.9 10.1-21.3 63 26.8 20.8-33.9 33 12.4 8.2-18.2 131 46.0 38.3-53.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 335 62 20.5 15.5-26.5 71 26.6 20.7-33.4 44 11.8 8.4-16.2 158 41.2 34.6-48.2
Non-Hispanic Black 70 12 15.6 8.0-28.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 48 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 132 32 23.9 16.8-33.0 51 39.8 30.6-49.7 16 13.3 7.8-21.6 33 23.0 15.3-33.0
45-64 170 26 19.9 12.8-29.6 38 21.7 15.2-30.0 24 14.8 9.1-23.1 82 43.6 34.4-53.3
65+ 150 25 14.1 8.8-21.9 21 14.8 8.9-23.5 20 9.1 5.5-14.8 84 62.0 51.6-71.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 137 37 25.8 18.0-35.4 34 26.4 18.6-35.9 20 11.8 7.1-19.0 46 36.1 26.6-46.8
Some Post-H.S. 117 22 18.0 11.2-27.7 *** *** *** 14 14.9 8.2-25.6 *** *** ***
College Graduate 202 24 14.4 9.0-22.5 40 23.6 16.8-32.1 27 12.0 8.0-17.6 111 50.0 41.3-58.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 140 35 23.7 16.5-32.7 *** *** *** 13 8.9 4.6-16.4 53 32.0 23.5-42.0
$50,000+ 207 33 20.7 14.2-29.4 48 24.0 17.8-31.6 30 13.8 9.2-20.3 96 41.4 33.2-50.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 112 15 13.7 7.5-23.6 25 23.8 15.5-34.7 18 15.5 8.4-26.8 *** *** ***

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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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