2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 6

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 6 366 82 25.1 20.0-30.9 85 26.7 21.4-32.7 48 13.7 10.0-18.4 151 34.6 29.2-40.4
GENDER
Male 154 32 24.6 17.1-34.0 40 27.8 20.3-36.8 17 10.7 6.0-18.3 65 36.9 28.6-46.0
Female 212 50 25.5 19.1-33.0 45 25.7 18.6-34.3 31 16.2 11.2-22.9 86 32.6 25.8-40.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 239 47 22.1 16.3-29.2 48 22.6 16.8-29.7 30 13.7 9.1-19.9 114 41.6 34.5-49.1
Non-Hispanic Black 83 *** *** *** *** *** *** 12 14.0 7.6-24.5 23 22.0 14.0-32.8
Other 42 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 111 28 26.5 18.4-36.7 *** *** *** 15 14.3 8.4-23.3 31 23.5 16.1-33.0
45-64 123 31 27.2 18.3-38.4 19 16.2 10.0-25.0 20 15.5 9.8-23.7 53 41.1 31.6-51.4
65+ 129 23 21.8 14.2-31.8 28 24.9 16.8-35.3 13 11.5 6.0-20.9 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 116 32 30.8 21.9-41.3 28 21.9 14.8-31.0 18 14.6 8.9-23.2 38 32.7 23.8-43.1
Some Post-H.S. 110 28 26.1 17.7-36.7 26 28.5 19.6-39.5 13 14.2 8.1-23.7 43 31.2 22.5-41.4
College Graduate 137 22 16.3 10.2-25.1 *** *** *** 16 9.9 5.9-16.3 68 41.6 32.0-51.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 111 32 27.3 18.8-37.8 23 22.4 14.3-33.1 15 14.7 8.5-24.1 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 156 30 22.3 15.4-31.3 38 29.3 21.5-38.6 19 12.6 7.5-20.4 69 35.7 27.9-44.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 99 *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 14.4 8.0-24.4 *** *** ***

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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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