2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 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 4 1,005 634 60.3 56.6-63.9 371 39.7 36.1-43.4
GENDER
Male 411 229 54.0 48.3-59.6 182 46.0 40.4-51.7
Female 594 405 65.8 61.1-70.3 189 34.2 29.7-38.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 658 396 56.5 51.8-61.0 262 43.5 39.0-48.2
Non-Hispanic Black 200 157 77.4 69.9-83.4 43 22.6 16.6-30.1
Other 131 73 55.8 46.2-65.0 58 44.2 35.0-53.8
AGE
18-44 305 163 53.4 47.0-59.7 142 46.6 40.3-53.0
44-64 425 278 63.9 58.7-68.9 147 36.1 31.1-41.3
65+ 261 186 70.7 63.6-77.0 75 29.3 23.0-36.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 385 254 61.7 55.5-67.6 131 38.3 32.4-44.5
Some College + 613 378 59.6 55.1-64.0 235 40.4 36.0-44.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 441 303 64.9 59.3-70.1 138 35.1 29.9-40.7
$50,000+ 346 195 55.4 49.2-61.4 151 44.6 38.6-50.8

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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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