2013 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Sodium or Salt-Related Behavior-FEMALES

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,915 2,593 59.4 57.2-61.6 1,322 40.6 38.4-42.8
-FEMALES 2,437 1,684 62.7 59.8-65.5 753 37.3 34.5-40.2
RACE
White 1,682 1,090 58.6 55.2-61.9 592 41.4 38.1-44.8
African American 507 423 73.3 66.3-79.3 84 26.7 20.7-33.7
Other Minorities 221 150 67.3 57.5-75.8 71 32.7 24.2-42.5
AGE
18-34 295 142 43.2 36.5-50.1 153 56.8 49.9-63.5
35-44 303 188 64.4 57.7-70.6 115 35.6 29.4-42.3
45-54 397 271 66.6 60.5-72.3 126 33.4 27.7-39.5
55-64 516 378 73.3 68.1-77.9 138 26.7 22.1-31.9
65-74 502 378 74.8 69.5-79.4 124 25.2 20.6-30.5
75+ 395 304 75.6 69.8-80.7 91 24.4 19.3-30.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 297 230 73.6 65.6-80.3 67 26.4 19.7-34.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 704 510 66.9 61.7-71.8 194 33.1 28.2-38.3
Some Post-H.S. 730 493 57.3 51.9-62.6 237 42.7 37.4-48.1
College Graduate 704 449 59.7 54.8-64.6 255 40.3 35.4-45.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 345 260 70.8 63.0-77.6 85 29.2 22.4-37.0
$15,000- 24,999 444 331 70.3 63.5-76.2 113 29.7 23.8-36.5
$25,000- 34,999 249 182 65.9 56.8-74.0 67 34.1 26.0-43.2
$35,000- 49,999 275 181 61.0 52.3-69.0 94 39.0 31.0-47.7
$50,000- 74,999 250 157 53.5 44.7-62.0 93 46.5 38.0-55.3
$75,000+ 384 235 58.5 52.1-64.7 149 41.5 35.3-47.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 757 570 71.3 66.2-75.9 187 28.7 24.1-33.8
No 1,669 1,105 59.6 56.2-63.0 564 40.4 37.0-43.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 2,377 1,646 62.7 59.7-65.5 731 37.3 34.5-40.3
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,275 902 64.0 59.9-67.9 373 36.0 32.1-40.1
No 1,162 782 61.2 57.2-65.2 380 38.8 34.8-42.8

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2013 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2013 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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