2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

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 2 492 75 17.8 13.7-22.7 120 24.6 20.3-29.6 57 10.6 7.8-14.3 240 47.0 41.7-52.4
GENDER
Male 211 34 17.5 12.1-24.7 60 28.7 22.2-36.2 24 10.3 6.5-16.0 93 43.5 35.9-51.5
Female 281 41 18.0 12.5-25.2 60 21.2 15.7-28.1 33 10.9 7.2-16.1 147 49.9 42.5-57.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 327 35 11.9 8.0-17.4 75 24.5 19.2-30.8 39 10.3 7.2-14.7 178 53.2 46.6-59.7
Non-Hispanic Black 79 *** *** *** 25 25.1 16.1-36.9 11 13.0 6.3-25.0 *** *** ***
Other 85 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 148 37 28.3 20.1-38.3 55 36.7 28.0-46.3 19 10.5 6.1-17.2 37 24.5 17.3-33.5
45-64 172 21 13.7 8.5-21.4 39 20.6 14.5-28.3 23 14.1 8.8-21.8 89 51.6 42.9-60.3
65+ 164 15 7.4 3.8-13.9 25 13.3 8.3-20.7 14 6.5 3.5-11.7 110 72.8 64.1-80.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 162 30 20.0 13.2-29.2 41 27.4 19.6-36.8 14 7.2 3.9-13.0 77 45.4 36.3-54.7
Some Post-H.S. 138 24 20.7 13.4-30.6 29 19.7 13.1-28.6 15 12.4 7.1-20.8 70 47.2 37.6-56.9
College Graduate 190 21 11.3 7.0-17.6 49 27.1 20.5-35.0 27 12.2 8.2-17.9 93 49.3 41.1-57.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 160 28 20.6 13.6-29.9 35 23.1 15.9-32.4 18 10.4 5.8-17.8 79 45.9 36.8-55.3
$50,000+ 199 28 19.3 12.8-28.0 54 26.7 19.9-34.8 27 10.9 6.9-16.9 90 43.1 35.1-51.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 133 19 11.8 6.8-19.4 31 22.9 15.7-32.1 12 10.3 5.6-18.3 71 55.0 44.8-64.9

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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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