2015 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Sodium or Salt-Related Behavior-Non-Hispanic Black

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,779 3,608 58.7 57.1-60.3 2,171 41.3 39.7-42.9
-Non-Hispanic Black 1,119 846 71.1 67.6-74.3 273 28.9 25.7-32.4
GENDER
Male 409 279 65.3 59.5-70.7 130 34.7 29.3-40.5
Female 710 567 75.5 71.2-79.4 143 24.5 20.6-28.8
AGE
18-34 196 107 52.3 44.5-60.1 89 47.7 39.9-55.5
35-44 180 135 73.5 65.2-80.4 45 26.5 19.6-34.8
45-54 226 177 77.1 70.0-82.9 49 22.9 17.1-30.0
55-64 255 206 81.1 74.7-86.2 49 18.9 13.8-25.3
65-74 158 135 82.9 74.7-88.8 23 17.1 11.2-25.3
75+ 92 76 83.0 71.3-90.6 16 17.0 9.4-28.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 137 109 72.6 62.0-81.2 28 27.4 18.8-38.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 403 305 70.4 64.2-75.9 98 29.6 24.1-35.8
Some Post-H.S. 311 229 69.8 63.3-75.6 82 30.2 24.4-36.7
College Graduate 268 203 73.5 66.9-79.2 65 26.5 20.8-33.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 157 126 73.3 62.6-81.8 31 26.7 18.2-37.4
$15,000- 24,999 273 208 71.3 63.9-77.7 65 28.7 22.3-36.1
$25,000- 34,999 111 80 69.9 59.1-78.8 31 30.1 21.2-40.9
$35,000- 49,999 127 97 73.2 62.0-82.1 *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 116 98 82.9 73.3-89.6 18 17.1 10.4-26.7
$75,000+ 112 77 67.0 56.2-76.2 35 33.0 23.8-43.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 325 267 78.4 71.9-83.7 58 21.6 16.3-28.1
No 790 576 68.4 64.2-72.4 214 31.6 27.6-35.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 143 108 78.9 70.5-85.3 35 21.1 14.7-29.5
Non-Veteran 975 738 70.1 66.3-73.7 237 29.9 26.3-33.7
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 414 313 72.3 66.9-77.2 101 27.7 22.8-33.1
Regional City or Suburban 190 148 74.8 66.4-81.7 42 25.2 18.3-33.6
Rural 515 385 68.1 62.4-73.3 130 31.9 26.7-37.6

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 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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