2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 & 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 3,891 2,369 57.2 55.0-59.3 1,522 42.8 40.7-45.0
Region 6 & 7 784 471 55.7 51.2-60.1 313 44.3 39.9-48.8
GENDER
Male 353 204 54.0 47.4-60.4 149 46.0 39.6-52.6
Female 431 267 57.2 50.9-63.3 164 42.8 36.7-49.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 432 236 53.4 47.7-59.0 196 46.6 41.0-52.3
Non-Hispanic Black 241 170 64.2 55.6-72.0 71 35.8 28.0-44.4
Other 111 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 250 121 43.2 35.7-51.0 129 56.8 49.0-64.3
45-64 335 214 63.3 56.8-69.4 121 36.7 30.6-43.2
65+ 191 132 67.0 58.2-74.7 59 33.0 25.3-41.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 276 172 54.6 46.8-62.2 104 45.4 37.8-53.2
Some College + 505 297 56.4 51.0-61.7 208 43.6 38.3-49.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 358 227 59.6 52.5-66.4 131 40.4 33.6-47.5
$50,000+ 283 152 50.2 43.1-57.2 131 49.8 42.8-56.9

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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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