2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

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 4 885 152 17.4 14.6-20.6 210 26.3 22.9-30.1 144 16.1 13.5-19.1 379 40.2 36.5-44.0
GENDER
Male 386 83 20.2 15.9-25.2 93 26.2 21.3-31.8 60 15.8 12.1-20.5 150 37.8 32.4-43.6
Female 499 69 14.9 11.4-19.1 117 26.4 21.8-31.6 84 16.4 13.0-20.5 229 42.3 37.4-47.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 508 73 15.9 12.3-20.2 94 23.0 18.7-27.9 78 14.5 11.5-18.3 263 46.6 41.7-51.6
Non-Hispanic Black 177 31 16.4 11.1-23.6 55 30.9 23.5-39.4 31 17.9 12.2-25.4 60 34.8 27.0-43.5
Other 194 48 23.9 17.5-31.8 59 30.5 22.9-39.3 34 18.8 12.9-26.6 53 26.8 20.0-34.9
AGE
18-44 346 74 22.2 17.4-27.9 107 33.2 27.4-39.4 72 19.3 15.1-24.5 93 25.3 20.6-30.6
45-64 308 47 12.7 9.2-17.3 58 20.5 15.4-26.7 43 15.1 11.0-20.3 160 51.7 45.1-58.2
65+ 215 30 15.7 10.4-22.8 42 22.0 16.0-29.3 27 11.5 7.3-17.6 116 50.9 43.0-58.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 250 53 20.9 15.6-27.6 80 33.6 26.8-41.0 37 15.4 10.8-21.7 80 30.1 23.8-37.2
Some Post-H.S. 216 49 22.4 16.7-29.3 56 27.5 21.1-35.1 29 12.9 8.7-18.7 82 37.2 30.3-44.7
College Graduate 418 50 9.9 7.3-13.3 74 18.8 14.8-23.6 78 19.5 15.6-24.1 216 51.7 46.4-57.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 221 50 21.9 16.1-29.2 53 29.3 21.9-38.0 29 11.9 7.9-17.5 89 36.9 29.6-44.8
$50,000+ 442 62 13.4 10.2-17.5 101 25.3 20.7-30.5 76 17.1 13.5-21.5 203 44.2 39.0-49.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 222 40 21.3 15.2-29.0 56 25.6 19.5-32.9 39 18.1 12.7-25.1 87 35.0 28.2-42.4

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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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