2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 417 263 57.8 51.6-63.7 154 42.2 36.3-48.4
GENDER
Male 171 102 56.6 47.5-65.3 69 43.4 34.7-52.5
Female 246 161 58.7 50.3-66.6 85 41.3 33.4-49.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 262 150 49.8 42.6-57.0 112 50.2 43.0-57.4
Non-Hispanic Black 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 118 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-64 158 114 71.9 63.1-79.3 44 28.1 20.7-36.9
65+ 139 98 70.4 60.4-78.7 41 29.6 21.3-39.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 177 111 56.3 46.8-65.3 66 43.7 34.7-53.2
Some Post-H.S. 135 86 58.7 48.5-68.3 49 41.3 31.7-51.5
College Graduate 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 180 115 59.2 49.9-67.9 65 40.8 32.1-50.1
$50,000+ 139 85 58.7 48.5-68.3 54 41.3 31.7-51.5
Don't know/Not Sure 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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