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| Total Respond.^ |
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 3,349 | 447 | 14.7 | 13.3-16.3 | 1,203 | 37.7 | 35.7-39.8 | 547 | 15.5 | 14.2-17.1 | 730 | 19.3 | 17.8-20.9 |
| -Western | 507 | 68 | 15.7 | 11.9-20.5 | 189 | 38.7 | 33.3-44.4 | 107 | 21.1 | 17.0-25.9 | 143 | 24.5 | 20.0-29.5 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 219 | 27 | 12.7 | 7.8-20.0 | 74 | 37.5 | 29.2-46.5 | 55 | 23.5 | 17.2-31.2 | 63 | 26.4 | 19.3-34.8 |
| Female | 288 | 41 | 18.6 | 13.2-25.4 | 115 | 39.8 | 32.9-47.1 | 52 | 18.9 | 13.8-25.3 | 80 | 22.7 | 17.6-28.8 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 445 | 59 | 15.8 | 11.7-21.0 | 163 | 36.4 | 30.7-42.4 | 94 | 21.6 | 17.2-26.8 | 129 | 26.3 | 21.4-31.8 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 20 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Other | 40 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 53 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 45 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 65 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 111 | 14 | 14.5 | 8.0-24.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 28 | 23.9 | 15.3-35.4 |
| 65-74 | 143 | 13 | 8.8 | 4.8-15.5 | 51 | 35.9 | 26.7-46.2 | 32 | 22.5 | 15.2-32.0 | 47 | 32.8 | 23.8-43.2 |
| 75+ | 88 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 54 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 140 | 22 | 19.1 | 11.7-29.6 | *** | *** | *** | 24 | 16.4 | 10.5-24.7 | 36 | 21.9 | 14.4-31.9 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 139 | 18 | 18.2 | 11.1-28.3 | 49 | 37.8 | 28.3-48.3 | 26 | 19.5 | 12.8-28.7 | 46 | 24.5 | 17.4-33.4 |
| College Graduate | 173 | 23 | 14.1 | 8.7-21.9 | 63 | 40.0 | 31.1-49.6 | 39 | 22.0 | 15.5-30.3 | 48 | 23.9 | 17.6-31.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 56 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 99 | 18 | 16.9 | 10.2-26.7 | *** | *** | *** | 18 | 20.6 | 12.5-32.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 55 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 69 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 61 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 91 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 23 | 17.9 | 11.1-27.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 187 | 30 | 15.4 | 10.0-22.9 | 62 | 32.6 | 24.7-41.6 | 38 | 21.7 | 14.9-30.6 | 57 | 30.3 | 22.4-39.5 |
| No | 320 | 38 | 15.9 | 11.0-22.5 | 127 | 42.3 | 35.3-49.6 | 69 | 20.7 | 15.9-26.6 | 86 | 21.0 | 16.1-27.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 76 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 431 | 60 | 16.5 | 12.2-21.9 | 165 | 39.0 | 33.2-45.2 | 90 | 21.3 | 16.8-26.6 | 116 | 23.2 | 18.6-28.6 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||||||||
| Regional City or Suburban | 112 | 16 | 14.7 | 8.7-23.8 | *** | *** | *** | 28 | 29.2 | 20.0-40.6 | 25 | 15.1 | 9.6-23.0 |
| Rural | 395 | 52 | 16.1 | 11.5-22.0 | 146 | 37.9 | 31.7-44.5 | 79 | 18.3 | 14.0-23.4 | 118 | 27.8 | 22.3-34.0 |
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*Asked of those who are currently watching or reducing their salt intake.
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.
Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
**Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.
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