2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 3

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 3 426 234 51.7 46.3-57.1 192 48.3 42.9-53.7
GENDER
Male 211 107 48.5 40.9-56.0 104 51.5 44.0-59.1
Female 215 127 54.8 46.9-62.4 88 45.2 37.6-53.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 245 122 45.9 39.0-53.0 123 54.1 47.0-61.0
Non-Hispanic Black 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 132 55 39.0 30.4-48.4 77 61.0 51.6-69.6
45-64 170 97 54.1 45.5-62.5 73 45.9 37.5-54.5
65+ 119 79 69.9 60.3-78.1 40 30.1 21.9-39.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 140 77 53.5 44.0-62.7 63 46.5 37.3-56.0
Some Post-H.S. 121 65 49.1 39.3-59.0 56 50.9 41.0-60.7
College Graduate 165 92 52.4 44.0-60.6 73 47.6 39.4-56.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 162 98 56.6 47.6-65.2 64 43.4 34.8-52.4
$50,000+ 180 96 48.6 40.6-56.7 84 51.4 43.3-59.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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