2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

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 1 507 105 25.2 20.5-30.5 91 19.4 15.3-24.4 66 10.9 8.2-14.2 245 44.5 39.2-49.9
GENDER
Male 219 57 28.8 22.0-36.8 39 21.7 15.5-29.5 29 11.2 7.4-16.5 94 38.3 31.0-46.1
Female 288 48 21.9 15.9-29.4 52 17.4 12.2-24.1 37 10.6 7.2-15.3 151 50.1 42.6-57.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 426 85 25.2 20.1-31.0 72 19.2 14.7-24.8 54 10.8 8.0-14.6 215 44.8 39.0-50.6
Non-Hispanic Black 28 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 48 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 119 38 34.2 24.9-44.9 29 24.5 16.1-35.4 11 6.5 3.5-11.8 41 34.8 25.7-45.1
45-64 165 40 29.6 21.9-38.6 32 19.3 13.4-26.9 23 15.4 9.9-23.2 70 35.7 28.2-44.1
65+ 216 27 10.8 6.7-17.2 30 14.4 9.1-21.9 30 10.7 7.1-15.8 129 64.1 55.6-71.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 150 41 30.0 21.7-39.8 39 26.7 18.4-37.2 12 6.1 3.0-12.0 58 37.2 28.4-47.1
Some Post-H.S. 151 33 26.9 18.8-36.9 22 15.4 9.8-23.3 24 13.4 8.5-20.4 72 44.4 35.1-54.0
College Graduate 205 31 17.0 11.5-24.6 30 15.3 10.4-22.0 30 13.9 9.5-19.9 114 53.7 45.7-61.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 175 42 27.6 19.9-36.9 38 24.3 16.6-33.9 23 11.5 7.3-17.7 72 36.7 28.3-45.9
$50,000+ 207 36 23.2 16.7-31.3 37 17.1 12.0-23.6 27 12.0 7.7-18.1 107 47.7 39.9-55.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 125 *** *** *** *** *** *** 16 8.0 4.6-13.7 *** *** ***

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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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