2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 5 779 180 22.1 17.2-27.9 176 18.1 14.3-22.6 87 14.2 10.4-19.0 336 45.7 39.9-51.6
GENDER
Male 308 84 30.7 22.0-41.2 78 18.1 13.0-24.8 30 12.1 6.9-20.4 116 39.0 30.1-48.8
Female 471 96 15.0 10.6-20.9 98 18.0 13.0-24.5 57 15.8 11.1-22.2 220 51.1 43.8-58.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 309 60 19.9 14.4-26.9 47 15.5 11.0-21.4 32 14.4 9.4-21.6 170 50.1 42.7-57.6
Non-Hispanic Black 130 *** *** *** 29 19.0 11.6-29.5 17 13.3 7.0-23.9 *** *** ***
Other 328 89 23.1 14.4-34.9 *** *** *** 33 7.3 3.6-14.3 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 239 *** *** *** 65 22.6 16.5-30.2 33 14.3 9.4-21.2 70 30.0 22.3-39.2
45-64 288 67 15.2 9.8-22.9 66 18.7 12.6-26.8 28 15.0 8.7-24.8 127 51.0 41.2-60.8
65+ 241 41 13.7 8.2-21.9 43 10.5 5.0-20.5 25 13.1 6.0-26.0 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 253 *** *** *** 57 19.2 12.7-27.9 27 17.1 9.9-27.9 108 36.8 27.0-47.9
Some Post-H.S. 247 66 23.1 16.2-31.9 53 17.9 12.1-25.6 27 7.9 4.4-13.9 101 51.0 41.8-60.2
College Graduate 278 53 13.8 8.9-20.7 66 16.8 11.6-23.6 33 17.6 12.0-25.2 126 51.8 43.2-60.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 290 77 27.2 18.8-37.6 63 16.4 10.7-24.2 29 12.8 6.1-25.0 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 319 69 19.3 13.8-26.4 82 21.0 15.4-27.8 36 14.6 9.9-21.1 132 45.1 37.3-53.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 170 *** *** *** 31 15.2 8.2-26.5 22 15.0 8.5-25.0 *** *** ***

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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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