2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 5 430 67 17.6 13.6-22.5 112 28.1 23.3-33.4 46 10.7 7.6-14.7 205 43.7 38.2-49.3
GENDER
Male 194 30 18.6 12.9-26.0 60 32.0 24.9-40.0 20 9.8 5.8-16.0 84 39.7 32.1-47.8
Female 236 37 16.7 11.5-23.7 52 24.8 18.7-32.1 26 11.4 7.4-17.3 121 47.1 39.4-54.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 258 36 15.8 11.2-21.7 63 26.2 20.5-32.9 25 10.3 6.6-15.8 134 47.7 40.8-54.7
Non-Hispanic Black 82 *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 12.7 6.8-22.3 23 22.8 14.4-34.3
Other 85 13 14.6 7.4-26.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 152 23 17.6 11.5-26.0 58 40.3 31.6-49.6 20 12.5 7.8-19.6 51 29.6 22.2-38.3
45-64 136 25 18.1 12.1-26.3 26 19.7 13.2-28.4 17 11.2 6.1-19.6 68 51.0 41.1-60.7
65+ 137 17 13.5 7.9-22.1 28 21.1 14.1-30.4 *** *** *** 83 57.3 47.2-66.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 149 26 19.7 12.9-28.8 39 27.9 20.1-37.3 15 11.9 6.8-20.0 69 40.6 31.8-49.9
Some Post-H.S. 123 20 15.5 9.9-23.5 26 24.3 16.7-34.0 17 12.1 7.1-19.7 60 48.1 38.2-58.2
College Graduate 157 20 14.6 9.2-22.3 47 34.0 25.9-43.2 14 7.3 4.0-12.8 76 44.1 35.6-53.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 138 18 12.4 7.5-19.8 42 31.2 22.9-40.9 15 10.4 5.5-18.5 63 46.0 36.5-55.8
$50,000+ 192 32 17.5 12.2-24.5 50 27.4 20.8-35.3 23 11.8 7.4-18.2 87 43.3 35.4-51.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 100 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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