2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

Sodium or Salt-Related Behavior

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,342 1,904 54.0 52.0-56.0 1,438 46.0 44.0-48.0
Medicaid Region 1 429 227 49.6 43.8-55.4 202 50.4 44.6-56.2
GENDER
Male 214 107 46.6 38.7-54.6 107 53.4 45.4-61.3
Female 215 120 52.4 44.2-60.5 95 47.6 39.5-55.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 346 181 50.3 44.0-56.6 165 49.7 43.4-56.0
Non-Hispanic Black 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 127 46 33.9 25.2-43.8 81 66.1 56.2-74.8
45-64 145 *** *** *** 61 41.7 32.0-52.1
65+ 151 94 60.1 49.9-69.4 57 39.9 30.6-50.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 149 80 50.2 40.7-59.7 69 49.8 40.3-59.3
Some Post-H.S. 129 65 46.3 36.2-56.7 64 53.7 43.3-63.8
College Graduate 151 82 53.5 44.5-62.2 69 46.5 37.8-55.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 191 104 51.9 43.2-60.5 87 48.1 39.5-56.8
$50,000+ 138 66 47.2 37.5-57.2 72 52.8 42.8-62.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 100 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2019 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2019 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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