2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 6

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 6 369 176 50.3 44.1-56.4 193 49.7 43.6-55.9
GENDER
Male 170 82 51.4 42.0-60.7 88 48.6 39.3-58.0
Female 199 94 49.2 41.4-57.1 105 50.8 42.9-58.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 219 96 42.2 34.9-49.8 123 57.8 50.2-65.1
Non-Hispanic Black 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 143 51 40.2 30.5-50.8 92 59.8 49.2-69.5
45-64 141 77 55.4 45.1-65.3 64 44.6 34.7-54.9
65+ 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 187 75 37.9 30.7-45.6 112 62.1 54.4-69.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 204 95 49.5 41.3-57.7 109 50.5 42.3-58.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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