2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

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 4 735 121 21.2 17.3-25.6 154 20.1 16.8-23.8 135 18.1 14.8-21.8 325 40.6 36.2-45.2
GENDER
Male 328 72 26.2 20.3-33.0 78 22.1 17.1-28.1 55 15.3 11.3-20.4 123 36.4 29.9-43.5
Female 407 49 16.7 12.0-22.9 76 18.3 14.3-23.2 80 20.5 15.8-26.1 202 44.5 38.5-50.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 442 66 19.9 15.3-25.5 75 15.3 11.9-19.5 83 19.5 15.4-24.5 218 45.3 39.6-51.1
Non-Hispanic Black 148 28 22.7 14.9-33.0 36 22.4 15.2-31.7 31 17.6 11.6-25.7 *** *** ***
Other 133 *** *** *** 41 32.6 23.4-43.4 18 13.2 6.7-24.5 49 30.6 22.0-40.8
AGE
18-44 259 51 25.5 19.0-33.3 69 24.4 19.1-30.6 52 18.5 13.5-24.7 87 31.6 25.1-38.9
45-64 256 44 20.7 14.9-28.1 48 18.9 13.4-26.0 49 18.5 13.4-25.0 115 41.8 34.6-49.5
65+ 210 26 14.6 9.1-22.5 37 14.6 10.0-20.9 31 15.3 9.6-23.4 116 55.5 46.2-64.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 179 44 26.8 19.4-35.8 43 23.5 16.8-32.0 29 16.1 10.4-24.1 63 33.5 25.5-42.7
Some Post-H.S. 169 39 27.7 19.6-37.6 30 14.6 9.8-21.3 27 15.6 10.3-23.1 73 42.1 32.9-51.8
College Graduate 383 37 11.8 8.0-17.1 81 21.5 17.1-26.7 78 21.0 16.4-26.4 187 45.7 39.9-51.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 181 37 30.2 21.0-41.2 39 20.3 14.4-28.0 35 16.2 10.7-23.7 70 33.3 25.5-42.2
$50,000+ 414 56 16.4 12.2-21.8 83 19.7 15.4-25.0 84 20.6 16.2-25.9 191 43.2 37.2-49.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 140 28 23.8 16.0-33.7 32 20.9 14.1-29.7 16 13.1 7.4-22.2 64 42.3 32.4-52.8

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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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