2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

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
Region 5 475 273 57.9 52.7-62.9 202 42.1 37.1-47.3
GENDER
Male 218 126 59.7 52.1-66.9 92 40.3 33.1-47.9
Female 257 147 56.2 49.1-63.0 110 43.8 37.0-50.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 276 148 54.9 48.1-61.5 128 45.1 38.5-51.9
Non-Hispanic Black 121 88 69.1 58.8-77.8 33 30.9 22.2-41.2
Other 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 166 72 45.6 37.3-54.1 94 54.4 45.9-62.7
45-64 161 103 63.9 55.1-71.8 58 36.1 28.2-44.9
65+ 141 95 71.2 62.2-78.9 46 28.8 21.1-37.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 147 87 63.4 54.2-71.8 60 36.6 28.2-45.8
Some Post-H.S. 120 77 61.2 51.2-70.4 43 38.8 29.6-48.8
College Graduate 206 109 48.8 41.5-56.2 97 51.2 43.8-58.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 166 98 60.0 51.3-68.1 68 40.0 31.9-48.7
$50,000+ 202 120 58.6 50.6-66.1 82 41.4 33.9-49.4
Don't know/Not Sure 107 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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