2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 5 428 89 23.4 18.9-28.7 97 22.1 18.0-27.0 55 13.0 9.6-17.4 187 41.4 36.0-47.1
GENDER
Male 197 46 25.9 19.3-33.8 46 24.7 18.4-32.4 29 13.5 9.0-19.9 76 35.9 28.7-43.8
Female 231 43 21.3 15.3-28.9 51 19.9 14.8-26.2 26 12.5 8.0-19.2 111 46.2 38.5-54.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 259 46 20.6 15.4-27.0 51 21.1 16.0-27.3 33 12.9 8.8-18.6 129 45.4 38.5-52.4
Non-Hispanic Black 80 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 83 *** *** *** 19 18.0 10.3-29.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 148 27 21.0 14.2-29.9 51 31.9 24.2-40.7 19 13.8 8.3-21.9 51 33.3 25.3-42.5
45-64 140 36 28.4 20.4-38.0 24 15.3 9.9-22.8 19 11.3 6.8-18.1 61 45.0 35.5-54.9
65+ 135 25 19.1 12.4-28.3 21 16.3 10.2-25.0 17 15.0 8.5-25.0 72 49.6 39.5-59.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 149 38 27.9 20.0-37.5 41 25.0 17.8-33.9 17 12.5 7.2-20.9 53 34.6 26.3-43.9
Some Post-H.S. 122 26 22.0 14.8-31.3 21 16.8 10.8-25.0 14 10.3 5.8-17.7 61 51.0 40.9-60.9
College Graduate 156 24 16.3 10.6-24.1 35 25.2 18.2-33.6 24 17.5 11.2-26.2 73 41.1 32.8-49.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 137 28 20.9 13.9-30.0 34 24.2 17.1-33.1 19 15.5 9.0-25.5 56 39.4 30.3-49.2
$50,000+ 190 37 21.5 15.5-29.1 38 21.5 15.5-28.9 30 14.8 10.0-21.4 85 42.2 34.4-50.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 101 *** *** *** 25 20.7 12.9-31.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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