2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 771 461 57.1 53.1-61.1 310 42.9 38.9-46.9
GENDER
Male 335 184 54.1 48.1-60.0 151 45.9 40.0-51.9
Female 436 277 60.0 54.5-65.2 159 40.0 34.8-45.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 461 256 52.1 47.0-57.3 205 47.9 42.7-53.0
Non-Hispanic Black 182 135 70.3 61.7-77.6 47 29.7 22.4-38.3
Other 120 65 54.7 44.9-64.2 55 45.3 35.8-55.1
AGE
18-44 308 152 48.9 42.6-55.3 156 51.1 44.7-57.4
44-64 272 164 58.1 51.4-64.5 108 41.9 35.5-48.6
65+ 183 139 74.3 66.2-81.1 44 25.7 18.9-33.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 264 168 59.2 52.1-66.0 96 40.8 34.0-47.9
Some College + 505 291 55.7 50.7-60.5 214 44.3 39.5-49.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 311 208 63.5 56.9-69.7 103 36.5 30.3-43.1
$50,000+ 308 166 50.3 44.2-56.5 142 49.7 43.5-55.8

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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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