2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

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 3,327 531 17.5 15.9-19.1 799 26.0 24.2-27.9 366 11.4 10.2-12.8 1,631 45.1 43.1-47.1
Medicaid Region 1 514 80 15.7 12.3-19.9 118 27.6 22.8-32.9 48 10.1 7.3-14.0 268 46.6 41.3-51.9
GENDER
Male 223 41 17.5 12.5-24.0 57 30.1 23.2-38.0 22 11.2 7.1-17.1 103 41.2 33.8-49.1
Female 291 39 14.1 9.8-20.0 61 25.3 18.9-33.0 26 9.3 5.6-14.9 165 51.3 43.9-58.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 429 62 15.4 11.6-20.1 100 28.1 22.9-34.0 40 9.7 6.8-13.7 227 46.8 41.0-52.6
Non-Hispanic Black 28 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 52 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 125 29 20.1 13.5-28.9 *** *** *** 12 8.8 4.6-15.9 48 36.8 27.6-47.0
45-64 163 28 15.6 10.4-22.7 41 26.6 19.5-35.2 13 9.8 5.1-17.8 81 48.0 39.3-56.8
65+ 219 23 11.1 6.7-17.8 41 21.4 14.9-29.8 21 11.7 7.1-18.9 134 55.8 47.0-64.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 152 30 17.0 11.4-24.5 40 28.2 19.8-38.3 15 12.1 6.9-20.3 67 42.8 33.3-52.8
Some Post-H.S. 156 26 16.4 10.5-24.7 38 32.2 23.6-42.2 12 8.8 4.7-15.8 80 42.6 33.7-51.9
College Graduate 205 24 13.3 8.7-19.7 40 20.9 15.1-28.2 21 9.5 5.6-15.4 120 56.4 48.4-64.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 179 36 19.7 13.5-28.0 49 31.0 22.9-40.5 14 9.8 5.2-17.8 80 39.5 30.9-48.8
$50,000+ 207 32 15.9 11.0-22.4 44 24.1 17.7-31.8 23 12.5 7.9-19.2 108 47.5 39.7-55.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 128 12 10.1 4.9-19.4 *** *** *** 11 6.4 3.0-12.9 *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2024 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2024 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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