2015 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Sodium or Salt-Related Behavior-Non-Hispanic White

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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 White 3,909 2,346 56.3 54.3-58.2 1,563 43.7 41.8-45.7
GENDER
Male 1,664 921 52.5 49.6-55.4 743 47.5 44.6-50.4
Female 2,245 1,425 59.7 57.1-62.3 820 40.3 37.7-42.9
AGE
18-34 500 197 39.8 34.8-44.9 303 60.2 55.1-65.2
35-44 439 211 48.9 43.5-54.3 228 51.1 45.7-56.5
45-54 669 357 53.0 48.5-57.3 312 47.0 42.7-51.5
55-64 854 542 63.4 59.5-67.1 312 36.6 32.9-40.5
65-74 842 606 70.5 66.4-74.3 236 29.5 25.7-33.6
75+ 571 417 73.7 69.0-77.9 154 26.3 22.1-31.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 290 197 59.3 51.7-66.5 93 40.7 33.5-48.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 985 624 59.9 56.0-63.6 361 40.1 36.4-44.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,146 700 56.9 53.4-60.3 446 43.1 39.7-46.6
College Graduate 1,474 820 51.1 48.2-54.1 654 48.9 45.9-51.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 278 202 67.8 60.5-74.4 76 32.2 25.6-39.5
$15,000- 24,999 511 335 62.8 57.1-68.2 176 37.2 31.8-42.9
$25,000- 34,999 314 199 61.2 54.1-67.9 115 38.8 32.1-45.9
$35,000- 49,999 462 290 55.9 50.1-61.6 172 44.1 38.4-49.9
$50,000- 74,999 551 303 54.6 49.3-59.8 248 45.4 40.2-50.7
$75,000+ 1,014 542 48.9 45.3-52.5 472 51.1 47.5-54.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,137 778 65.8 62.1-69.2 359 34.2 30.8-37.9
No 2,757 1,559 52.7 50.4-55.0 1,198 47.3 45.0-49.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 558 344 60.3 55.3-65.1 214 39.7 34.9-44.7
Non-Veteran 3,346 1,999 55.7 53.6-57.8 1,347 44.3 42.2-46.4
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 930 507 51.3 47.5-55.1 423 48.7 44.9-52.5
Regional City or Suburban 939 563 57.2 53.4-60.9 376 42.8 39.1-46.6
Rural 2,040 1,276 58.7 55.8-61.5 764 41.3 38.5-44.2

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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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