2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 3

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 3,328 655 20.9 19.3-22.6 750 24.3 22.6-26.2 480 14.1 12.8-15.5 1,443 40.7 38.7-42.7
Medicaid Region 3 650 129 20.4 16.9-24.4 155 25.3 21.4-29.6 91 13.7 10.9-17.1 275 40.6 36.2-45.1
GENDER
Male 292 69 23.1 18.0-29.1 76 27.1 21.5-33.5 40 14.4 10.3-19.8 107 35.4 29.4-41.9
Female 358 60 18.0 13.6-23.5 79 23.7 18.4-29.9 51 13.1 9.5-17.6 168 45.3 39.1-51.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 376 71 20.8 16.2-26.2 61 17.7 13.5-22.9 50 13.6 10.1-18.3 194 47.9 42.0-53.8
Non-Hispanic Black 132 29 21.1 14.1-30.2 *** *** *** 16 11.3 6.6-18.7 42 29.5 21.5-38.9
Other 139 29 18.7 12.6-27.0 48 34.4 25.9-44.1 25 17.3 11.0-26.0 37 29.6 20.9-40.0
AGE
18-44 237 54 20.6 15.5-26.8 78 35.2 28.3-42.8 32 13.0 9.0-18.5 73 31.2 24.9-38.2
45-64 223 45 20.7 15.2-27.6 53 23.8 17.7-31.1 33 14.7 10.0-21.0 92 40.9 33.7-48.5
65+ 175 28 20.4 13.2-30.2 23 11.3 7.0-17.6 24 13.2 8.3-20.4 100 55.1 45.5-64.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 198 49 23.4 17.0-31.2 54 29.9 22.5-38.4 25 9.7 6.1-15.2 70 37.1 29.3-45.6
Some Post-H.S. 173 40 21.9 15.8-29.5 43 26.2 19.1-34.7 23 15.4 9.9-23.0 67 36.5 29.0-44.8
College Graduate 277 39 15.3 10.9-21.0 58 19.7 15.1-25.4 42 16.4 11.9-22.1 138 48.6 42.0-55.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 183 43 23.1 16.7-30.9 54 32.5 24.3-42.0 24 9.6 6.2-14.6 62 34.8 26.8-43.8
$50,000+ 305 52 18.3 13.6-24.1 64 21.2 16.5-26.9 45 15.6 11.5-20.9 144 44.9 38.7-51.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 162 34 21.4 14.5-30.3 37 24.9 17.4-34.3 22 14.6 9.0-22.9 69 39.1 30.4-48.5

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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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