2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 3

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 3 653 107 18.2 14.7-22.2 163 26.6 22.7-30.9 68 11.5 8.9-14.8 315 43.8 39.4-48.3
GENDER
Male 294 59 20.4 15.6-26.3 85 29.6 23.9-36.1 29 10.0 6.7-14.6 121 40.0 33.7-46.5
Female 359 48 16.2 11.6-22.1 78 23.8 18.7-29.8 39 12.8 9.1-17.8 194 47.2 41.0-53.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 376 61 19.9 15.1-25.6 81 23.5 18.8-29.1 45 13.2 9.6-17.8 189 43.4 37.8-49.2
Non-Hispanic Black 134 25 18.3 12.0-27.0 43 35.1 25.9-45.6 *** *** *** 56 39.4 29.9-49.8
Other 140 21 12.6 8.0-19.4 38 25.0 17.8-33.9 12 11.1 5.9-19.9 69 51.4 41.6-61.0
AGE
18-44 238 46 19.2 14.2-25.5 77 32.5 26.1-39.6 28 11.8 7.9-17.3 87 36.4 29.6-43.8
45-64 223 31 13.8 9.4-19.7 48 24.1 17.8-31.8 24 14.1 9.3-20.9 120 48.0 40.5-55.6
65+ 177 27 21.8 13.6-32.9 38 22.2 15.3-30.9 12 5.8 3.1-10.5 100 50.3 40.9-59.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 198 45 23.0 16.4-31.3 47 27.2 20.3-35.4 17 9.9 5.8-16.2 89 39.9 32.1-48.2
Some Post-H.S. 174 24 16.3 10.8-23.8 50 30.4 22.9-39.0 18 13.0 8.1-20.2 82 40.4 32.6-48.6
College Graduate 280 37 14.1 10.1-19.5 66 22.5 17.6-28.4 33 12.0 8.4-16.8 144 51.4 44.8-57.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 184 36 19.2 13.5-26.5 45 24.4 17.7-32.6 18 11.7 7.0-18.9 85 44.7 36.0-53.7
$50,000+ 305 43 14.9 10.8-20.2 78 27.8 22.3-34.1 38 13.2 9.4-18.3 146 44.1 37.9-50.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 164 28 22.9 15.1-33.2 40 26.5 18.8-36.0 12 8.2 4.3-15.0 84 42.3 33.7-51.5

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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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