2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 4

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 4 446 256 57.5 52.1-62.7 190 42.5 37.3-47.9
GENDER
Male 204 119 60.4 52.5-67.8 85 39.6 32.2-47.5
Female 242 137 54.8 47.5-61.9 105 45.2 38.1-52.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 254 136 53.8 46.7-60.8 118 46.2 39.2-53.3
Non-Hispanic Black 118 85 68.1 57.6-77.0 33 31.9 23.0-42.4
Other 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 162 71 46.4 38.0-55.1 91 53.6 44.9-62.0
45-64 148 93 63.3 54.2-71.5 55 36.7 28.5-45.8
65+ 129 89 72.1 62.6-80.0 40 27.9 20.0-37.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 136 79 62.3 52.6-71.0 57 37.7 29.0-47.4
Some Post-H.S. 116 75 61.4 51.2-70.7 41 38.6 29.3-48.8
College Graduate 192 102 48.6 41.0-56.3 90 51.4 43.7-59.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 157 91 58.5 49.4-67.0 66 41.5 33.0-50.6
$50,000+ 184 111 59.4 51.0-67.3 73 40.6 32.7-49.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 105 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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