2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 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 9 & 10 817 526 56.7 51.9-61.5 291 43.3 38.5-48.1
GENDER
Male 335 189 48.2 41.3-55.1 146 51.8 44.9-58.7
Female 482 337 64.5 57.7-70.7 145 35.5 29.3-42.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 526 329 56.1 49.9-62.1 197 43.9 37.9-50.1
Non-Hispanic Black 224 165 63.2 53.7-71.7 59 36.8 28.3-46.3
Other 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 194 83 35.4 27.6-44.0 111 64.6 56.0-72.4
44-64 347 230 67.4 61.4-72.9 117 32.6 27.1-38.6
65+ 269 208 78.6 72.1-83.9 61 21.4 16.1-27.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 348 224 56.7 49.1-64.1 124 43.3 35.9-50.9
Some College + 467 301 56.8 50.5-62.8 166 43.2 37.2-49.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 395 274 59.5 52.1-66.5 121 40.5 33.5-47.9
$50,000+ 256 153 55.1 46.8-63.1 103 44.9 36.9-53.2

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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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