2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

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 4 877 123 15.5 12.8-18.7 217 27.6 24.1-31.3 113 12.8 10.5-15.7 424 44.1 40.3-48.0
GENDER
Male 382 55 14.7 11.0-19.4 114 33.3 27.9-39.1 44 11.8 8.5-16.3 169 40.2 34.7-45.9
Female 495 68 16.2 12.5-20.7 103 22.5 18.2-27.3 69 13.7 10.6-17.6 255 47.6 42.4-52.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 502 59 14.3 10.9-18.6 101 23.4 19.1-28.2 63 12.2 9.3-15.8 279 50.1 45.1-55.1
Non-Hispanic Black 177 34 18.7 13.1-26.1 65 38.2 30.1-46.9 21 11.7 7.1-18.5 57 31.5 24.0-40.0
Other 192 29 15.0 9.9-22.1 49 26.4 19.6-34.6 29 16.8 11.2-24.4 85 41.8 33.5-50.7
AGE
18-44 342 65 19.7 15.2-25.2 109 34.9 29.2-41.2 60 15.7 11.9-20.6 108 29.6 24.4-35.5
45-64 307 32 11.3 7.8-16.2 69 24.6 19.2-31.0 37 12.7 8.9-17.7 169 51.4 44.8-57.9
65+ 212 25 14.5 9.4-21.7 36 17.8 12.5-24.5 15 7.9 4.3-14.2 136 59.8 51.6-67.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 248 48 19.4 14.3-25.9 59 27.3 20.9-34.9 31 13.3 8.9-19.4 110 39.9 33.0-47.3
Some Post-H.S. 214 40 20.0 14.5-26.9 64 30.6 24.1-37.9 22 10.4 6.6-15.9 88 39.1 32.0-46.7
College Graduate 414 35 8.2 5.8-11.5 94 25.3 20.7-30.4 60 14.6 11.3-18.6 225 52.0 46.6-57.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 220 40 18.8 13.4-25.8 53 28.8 21.5-37.3 29 12.7 8.5-18.6 98 39.7 32.1-47.8
$50,000+ 439 48 12.2 8.9-16.4 113 28.4 23.7-33.6 58 12.9 9.7-17.0 220 46.5 41.2-51.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 218 35 19.4 13.6-26.8 51 24.6 18.4-32.0 26 12.8 8.2-19.3 106 43.3 35.8-51.0

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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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