2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 Demographics

Sodium or Salt-Related Behavior

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,891 2,369 57.2 55.0-59.3 1,522 42.8 40.7-45.0
Region 1 & 2 698 417 56.5 50.9-61.9 281 43.5 38.1-49.1
GENDER
Male 307 170 51.9 43.4-60.3 137 48.1 39.7-56.6
Female 391 247 61.0 53.9-67.6 144 39.0 32.4-46.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 620 375 56.1 50.2-61.8 245 43.9 38.2-49.8
Non-Hispanic Black 23 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 156 70 40.8 31.1-51.4 86 59.2 48.6-68.9
45-64 248 144 58.8 49.3-67.6 104 41.2 32.4-50.7
65+ 287 199 71.5 64.0-78.0 88 28.5 22.0-36.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 240 147 57.8 48.4-66.7 93 42.2 33.3-51.6
Some College + 456 269 55.5 48.8-62.0 187 44.5 38.0-51.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 331 198 59.8 51.7-67.4 133 40.2 32.6-48.3
$50,000+ 243 141 52.3 42.9-61.6 102 47.7 38.4-57.1

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 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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