2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 2

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 2 414 224 52.8 46.8-58.6 190 47.2 41.4-53.2
GENDER
Male 200 103 49.3 41.1-57.6 97 50.7 42.4-58.9
Female 214 121 55.8 47.5-63.7 93 44.2 36.3-52.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 313 167 51.6 44.9-58.1 146 48.4 41.9-55.1
Non-Hispanic Black 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 114 40 37.8 28.2-48.6 74 62.2 51.4-71.8
45-64 163 95 62.5 53.8-70.5 68 37.5 29.5-46.2
65+ 132 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 141 69 49.2 39.5-59.0 72 50.8 41.0-60.5
Some Post-H.S. 136 86 59.8 49.2-69.5 50 40.2 30.5-50.8
College Graduate 137 69 48.2 38.7-57.9 68 51.8 42.1-61.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 174 95 51.3 42.4-60.1 79 48.7 39.9-57.6
$50,000+ 144 74 51.7 41.9-61.4 70 48.3 38.6-58.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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