2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 6

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 6 361 79 22.7 17.9-28.3 69 22.2 17.1-28.2 34 11.5 7.9-16.4 179 43.6 37.7-49.8
GENDER
Male 153 44 29.0 21.2-38.4 25 19.7 13.2-28.4 15 14.0 8.2-22.8 69 37.3 29.1-46.2
Female 208 35 17.3 12.1-24.0 44 24.3 17.3-32.9 19 9.4 5.8-15.1 110 49.1 40.9-57.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 236 52 22.6 16.8-29.8 36 18.4 12.9-25.6 22 10.8 6.8-16.6 126 48.2 40.7-55.7
Non-Hispanic Black 82 *** *** *** 24 26.3 17.3-37.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 42 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 107 28 26.3 18.0-36.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** 38 28.3 20.3-38.0
45-64 126 27 23.4 15.3-34.0 25 18.5 12.2-27.0 15 12.0 6.9-20.1 59 46.1 36.3-56.3
65+ 125 24 17.9 11.3-27.2 13 10.8 5.7-19.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 116 24 21.2 13.8-31.1 20 17.6 11.0-26.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 106 33 31.7 22.4-42.7 25 25.5 16.9-36.5 *** *** *** 39 32.0 23.0-42.6
College Graduate 137 22 13.9 8.5-21.8 *** *** *** 14 12.2 6.7-21.2 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 110 27 24.7 16.5-35.3 23 18.9 11.9-28.6 11 12.8 6.4-23.7 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 156 30 20.7 14.1-29.3 33 25.7 18.2-34.9 19 15.1 9.3-23.5 74 38.6 30.5-47.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 95 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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