2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 5 786 224 24.7 20.2-29.9 173 23.2 18.5-28.7 95 10.9 8.0-14.6 294 41.2 35.9-46.8
GENDER
Male 312 102 27.8 20.6-36.2 62 26.6 18.9-36.1 34 8.0 4.9-12.6 114 37.6 29.6-46.4
Female 474 122 22.2 16.7-28.9 111 20.3 15.2-26.6 61 13.3 9.1-19.0 180 44.2 37.2-51.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 311 66 25.8 19.5-33.2 54 19.0 13.3-26.4 33 11.4 7.6-16.7 158 43.9 36.7-51.2
Non-Hispanic Black 136 30 18.3 11.6-27.7 *** *** *** 16 10.3 5.5-18.6 *** *** ***
Other 327 *** *** *** *** *** *** 44 7.8 4.1-14.4 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 240 72 28.1 20.6-37.0 63 23.9 17.2-32.2 34 14.6 9.5-21.7 71 33.5 25.4-42.6
45-64 290 96 26.0 18.3-35.5 60 21.6 14.4-31.0 24 6.0 2.9-11.9 110 46.5 37.0-56.3
65+ 244 56 19.7 12.7-29.4 *** *** *** 36 11.0 6.2-18.7 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 257 87 25.2 17.6-34.7 *** *** *** 29 9.7 5.6-16.3 83 34.4 25.3-44.8
Some Post-H.S. 249 87 33.7 25.3-43.2 42 16.7 11.1-24.4 31 11.2 6.4-18.8 89 38.4 29.9-47.8
College Graduate 279 50 12.9 8.2-19.8 73 20.0 14.4-27.2 34 12.3 7.9-18.4 122 54.8 46.3-63.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 292 96 26.1 18.7-35.1 *** *** *** 36 9.2 5.1-16.1 93 30.9 22.5-40.7
$50,000+ 316 88 25.3 18.6-33.3 67 19.1 13.8-25.7 35 12.7 8.2-19.2 126 43.0 35.4-50.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 178 *** *** *** 39 16.5 10.2-25.8 24 9.9 5.5-17.4 *** *** ***

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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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