2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 6

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 6 393 73 22.0 17.0-27.9 104 24.7 19.6-30.6 44 11.5 8.2-15.9 172 41.9 35.8-48.2
GENDER
Male 157 34 24.8 17.1-34.5 46 28.0 19.9-37.9 13 7.3 4.0-13.2 64 39.9 30.9-49.6
Female 236 39 19.3 13.5-26.8 58 21.5 16.0-28.4 31 15.4 10.3-22.4 108 43.7 35.8-52.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 241 45 21.5 15.3-29.3 50 20.5 14.8-27.6 19 8.0 4.6-13.6 127 50.0 42.0-57.9
Non-Hispanic Black 103 *** *** *** 34 28.5 19.3-39.8 20 18.2 11.2-28.2 *** *** ***
Other 48 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 114 22 22.6 14.0-34.2 *** *** *** 16 11.5 6.6-19.4 *** *** ***
45-64 142 27 24.5 16.7-34.4 39 21.1 14.7-29.4 12 11.1 5.7-20.3 64 43.3 33.7-53.4
65+ 136 24 18.2 11.4-27.6 23 18.1 10.8-28.9 16 11.9 6.7-20.3 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 114 21 18.8 11.8-28.5 *** *** *** 15 12.4 7.0-21.0 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 143 30 25.5 17.2-36.0 38 24.5 17.1-33.8 12 9.4 4.9-17.2 63 40.6 31.3-50.6
College Graduate 134 22 19.6 12.1-30.3 32 20.8 14.2-29.3 17 14.5 8.5-23.5 63 45.2 35.2-55.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 137 20 16.6 9.8-26.9 *** *** *** 15 12.3 6.8-21.4 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 177 37 25.0 17.4-34.5 42 20.4 14.4-28.2 16 9.8 5.7-16.4 82 44.8 36.1-53.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 79 *** *** *** 16 16.2 9.0-27.3 13 13.7 7.3-24.4 *** *** ***

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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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