2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 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 6 435 283 60.8 55.2-66.1 152 39.2 33.9-44.8
GENDER
Male 191 123 59.5 50.9-67.6 68 40.5 32.4-49.1
Female 244 160 62.0 54.8-68.7 84 38.0 31.3-45.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 247 143 54.7 47.5-61.8 104 45.3 38.2-52.5
Non-Hispanic Black 126 103 76.9 66.3-84.9 23 23.1 15.1-33.7
Other 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 144 74 47.1 38.1-56.3 70 52.9 43.7-61.9
44-64 170 120 70.0 61.6-77.2 50 30.0 22.8-38.4
65+ 116 87 78.6 70.1-85.2 29 21.4 14.8-29.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 169 112 62.8 53.7-71.0 57 37.2 29.0-46.3
Some College + 265 170 58.8 51.7-65.6 95 41.2 34.4-48.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 199 137 62.7 54.1-70.6 62 37.3 29.4-45.9
$50,000+ 143 95 65.0 55.8-73.2 48 35.0 26.8-44.2

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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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