2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 Demographics

Sodium or Salt-Related Behavior

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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
Region 1 & 2 926 553 55.1 50.7-59.4 373 44.9 40.6-49.3
GENDER
Male 397 226 54.4 48.0-60.7 171 45.6 39.3-52.0
Female 529 327 55.7 49.7-61.5 202 44.3 38.5-50.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 785 470 55.2 50.5-59.9 315 44.8 40.1-49.5
Non-Hispanic Black 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 225 107 43.8 36.0-52.0 118 56.2 48.0-64.0
44-64 335 188 56.6 49.5-63.5 147 43.4 36.5-50.5
65+ 355 256 69.3 62.7-75.2 99 30.7 24.8-37.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 355 217 57.5 50.4-64.3 138 42.5 35.7-49.6
Some College + 568 335 53.2 47.7-58.6 233 46.8 41.4-52.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 473 292 58.6 52.5-64.5 181 41.4 35.5-47.5
$50,000+ 282 153 48.5 41.0-56.0 129 51.5 44.0-59.0

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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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