2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

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 2 492 98 20.0 16.1-24.6 112 24.0 19.6-29.1 76 14.8 11.4-19.0 206 41.1 36.0-46.5
GENDER
Male 212 42 20.2 14.7-27.1 63 27.3 20.9-34.7 27 13.0 8.7-19.0 80 39.5 32.0-47.6
Female 280 56 19.9 14.8-26.2 49 21.3 15.5-28.6 49 16.3 11.6-22.5 126 42.5 35.5-49.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 327 58 18.2 13.7-23.8 63 22.4 17.1-28.7 47 13.0 9.4-17.8 159 46.4 39.9-52.9
Non-Hispanic Black 80 18 19.6 11.7-31.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 84 *** *** *** 26 27.2 18.3-38.3 12 13.4 7.5-22.9 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 148 42 28.1 20.5-37.3 49 33.7 25.1-43.5 26 14.6 9.2-22.3 31 23.6 16.3-32.8
45-64 174 35 17.0 11.9-23.9 35 20.3 14.2-28.1 30 18.6 12.7-26.4 74 44.1 35.7-52.9
65+ 162 20 12.6 7.5-20.3 22 12.9 7.8-20.7 19 10.4 5.9-17.6 101 64.1 54.4-72.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 165 47 27.2 20.0-35.7 43 25.9 18.4-35.0 24 14.8 9.1-23.1 51 32.2 24.2-41.4
Some Post-H.S. 135 24 17.1 11.0-25.7 37 28.5 20.3-38.5 13 9.9 5.4-17.4 61 44.4 34.9-54.4
College Graduate 190 26 13.9 9.0-20.8 31 15.5 10.6-22.1 39 21.3 15.4-28.6 94 49.3 41.1-57.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 159 44 30.4 22.4-39.9 39 20.3 14.1-28.4 19 15.2 9.3-24.0 57 34.0 25.7-43.5
$50,000+ 202 28 13.0 8.5-19.5 46 28.2 20.9-36.9 39 15.2 10.3-21.8 89 43.6 35.5-52.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 131 26 19.4 12.7-28.5 27 21.3 14.0-31.0 18 13.6 8.2-21.7 *** *** ***

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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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