2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

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 4 733 126 20.9 17.2-25.2 163 22.0 18.6-25.9 89 11.1 8.7-14.1 355 45.9 41.4-50.6
GENDER
Male 326 66 22.6 17.0-29.4 80 24.9 19.5-31.1 44 12.9 9.0-18.1 136 39.6 32.9-46.6
Female 407 60 19.4 14.6-25.2 83 19.5 15.4-24.4 45 9.5 6.8-13.1 219 51.6 45.4-57.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 439 78 22.3 17.4-28.1 85 19.6 15.6-24.4 49 10.2 7.2-14.1 227 48.0 42.2-53.8
Non-Hispanic Black 150 28 23.4 15.5-33.7 45 27.4 19.8-36.7 21 11.9 7.1-19.3 56 37.2 27.8-47.7
Other 134 20 15.1 9.0-24.3 29 19.1 12.1-28.7 18 14.0 8.3-22.6 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 258 54 27.3 20.8-34.9 70 22.2 17.2-28.2 31 10.1 6.8-14.7 103 40.5 33.2-48.1
45-64 257 42 17.4 12.1-24.3 56 24.6 18.4-32.1 35 12.0 8.1-17.5 124 46.0 38.5-53.7
65+ 208 30 15.1 9.6-23.0 35 17.1 11.7-24.4 22 12.2 7.2-19.9 121 55.6 46.4-64.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 178 47 29.4 21.7-38.4 34 19.1 13.0-27.3 17 7.1 4.2-11.8 80 44.4 35.5-53.7
Some Post-H.S. 167 34 23.2 15.9-32.5 37 18.2 12.6-25.5 17 10.4 5.9-17.6 79 48.3 38.8-57.8
College Graduate 385 45 12.8 8.8-18.1 91 26.7 21.8-32.4 55 15.0 11.0-20.1 194 45.5 39.7-51.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 180 38 28.4 19.9-38.6 41 19.4 13.5-27.0 22 9.9 6.2-15.4 79 42.4 33.2-52.2
$50,000+ 415 63 17.4 13.0-23.0 88 22.5 17.9-28.0 55 12.5 9.1-16.8 209 47.6 41.5-53.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 138 25 21.8 14.2-31.9 34 23.9 16.7-33.0 12 8.6 4.2-17.0 *** *** ***

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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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