2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

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 2 462 87 20.8 16.3-26.2 123 29.7 24.4-35.6 38 8.3 5.7-11.7 214 41.2 35.6-47.0
GENDER
Male 196 50 27.0 19.7-35.9 50 30.5 22.8-39.5 15 7.4 4.2-12.6 81 35.1 27.6-43.4
Female 266 37 15.0 10.3-21.4 73 29.0 22.3-36.7 23 9.1 5.6-14.4 133 46.9 39.1-54.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 338 56 16.9 12.5-22.5 86 29.1 22.9-36.1 29 9.2 6.0-13.8 167 44.8 38.2-51.7
Non-Hispanic Black 69 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 49 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 131 34 29.6 21.1-39.8 57 41.9 32.2-52.3 *** *** *** 33 23.8 16.7-32.6
45-64 172 27 17.5 10.9-26.9 42 27.1 19.2-36.6 20 11.4 6.9-18.2 83 44.0 34.8-53.7
65+ 152 26 13.3 8.5-20.2 20 12.5 7.1-20.9 11 9.8 4.8-19.1 95 64.4 53.8-73.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 137 37 28.6 20.0-39.0 29 22.1 14.9-31.3 *** *** *** 65 46.4 36.3-56.7
Some Post-H.S. 119 23 15.6 9.8-23.9 *** *** *** 13 10.8 6.0-18.7 43 34.4 25.1-45.1
College Graduate 203 27 17.4 10.6-27.2 54 29.3 22.0-37.8 19 12.1 7.5-19.0 103 41.1 33.3-49.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 141 31 23.8 16.3-33.4 43 32.5 23.1-43.6 *** *** *** 59 37.7 28.5-47.9
$50,000+ 208 38 19.7 13.7-27.4 55 32.5 24.7-41.5 20 9.4 5.9-14.7 95 38.3 30.6-46.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 113 *** *** *** 25 22.0 13.7-33.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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