2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Sodium or Salt-Related Behavior

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,342 1,904 54.0 52.0-56.0 1,438 46.0 44.0-48.0
GENDER
Male 1,525 835 52.6 49.6-55.5 690 47.4 44.5-50.4
Female 1,817 1,069 55.3 52.5-58.0 748 44.7 42.0-47.5
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,903 1,691 55.1 53.0-57.3 1,212 44.9 42.7-47.0
No 433 209 47.8 42.2-53.3 224 52.2 46.7-57.8
Body Mass Index
Underweight 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 829 375 40.9 37.1-44.9 454 59.1 55.1-62.9
Overweight 1,119 645 54.7 51.2-58.2 474 45.3 41.8-48.8
Obese 1,094 730 64.9 61.5-68.2 364 35.1 31.8-38.5
Current Smoker
Yes 549 282 47.9 43.0-52.9 267 52.1 47.1-57.0
No 2,771 1,607 55.3 53.1-57.5 1,164 44.7 42.5-46.9
History of CVD**
Yes 423 312 75.2 70.2-79.5 111 24.8 20.5-29.8
No 2,887 1,568 51.1 49.0-53.3 1,319 48.9 46.7-51.0
Binge Drinker
Yes 371 160 39.6 33.9-45.5 211 60.4 54.5-66.1
No 2,836 1,668 56.0 53.8-58.1 1,168 44.0 41.9-46.2
COPD
Yes 304 189 56.7 49.6-63.5 115 43.3 36.5-50.4
No 3,028 1,707 53.7 51.6-55.8 1,321 46.3 44.2-48.4
Current Asthma
Yes 301 199 60.1 53.3-66.5 102 39.9 33.5-46.7
No 3,031 1,698 53.4 51.2-55.5 1,333 46.6 44.5-48.8
Functional Disability
Yes 1,159 764 63.1 59.6-66.5 395 36.9 33.5-40.4
No 2,161 1,123 49.3 46.8-51.8 1,038 50.7 48.2-53.2
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,119 755 65.2 61.7-68.6 364 34.8 31.4-38.3
No 2,223 1,149 49.3 46.9-51.8 1,074 50.7 48.2-53.1

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**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

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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