2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 3 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 3 553 348 59.2 53.8-64.3 205 40.8 35.7-46.2
GENDER
Male 245 138 55.2 47.2-62.9 107 44.8 37.1-52.8
Female 308 210 62.7 55.6-69.3 98 37.3 30.7-44.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 436 275 60.1 54.3-65.5 161 39.9 34.5-45.7
Non-Hispanic Black 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 150 66 46.0 36.0-56.2 *** *** ***
44-64 217 141 63.1 55.3-70.2 76 36.9 29.8-44.7
65+ 181 138 75.7 67.7-82.3 43 24.3 17.7-32.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 224 144 62.2 54.3-69.4 80 37.8 30.6-45.7
Some College + 327 204 56.9 49.6-63.9 123 43.1 36.1-50.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 279 187 61.4 53.5-68.7 92 38.6 31.3-46.5
$50,000+ 177 102 55.3 46.4-63.9 75 44.7 36.1-53.6

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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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