2017 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Sodium or Salt-Related Behavior

Has a doctor or other health professional ever advised you to reduce sodium or salt intake?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,877 1,048 24.9 23.1-26.7 2,829 75.1 73.3-76.9
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 695 189 23.8 19.5-28.6 506 76.2 71.4-80.5
Region 3 & 5 746 172 22.7 19.3-26.5 574 77.3 73.5-80.7
Region 4 419 110 26.7 22.0-31.9 309 73.3 68.1-78.0
Region 6 & 7 782 231 27.0 23.3-31.0 551 73.0 69.0-76.7
Region 8 598 173 23.6 19.7-28.0 425 76.4 72.0-80.3
Region 9 & 10 639 173 23.8 20.0-28.0 466 76.2 72.0-80.0
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,623 469 25.5 22.8-28.4 1,154 74.5 71.6-77.2
Piedmont 1,442 361 24.9 22.3-27.6 1,081 75.1 72.4-77.7
Western NC 814 218 23.4 19.6-27.7 596 76.6 72.3-80.4
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 620 163 21.8 17.6-26.6 457 78.2 73.4-82.4
Northwest 536 124 22.4 18.3-27.1 412 77.6 72.9-81.7
Charlotte 321 88 27.2 21.9-33.3 233 72.8 66.7-78.1
Greensboro 301 71 24.0 18.8-30.1 230 76.0 69.9-81.2
Southern Regional 575 188 27.0 22.2-32.4 387 73.0 67.6-77.8
Southeast 251 54 20.3 15.2-26.5 197 79.7 73.5-84.8
Wake 472 134 26.8 22.4-31.6 338 73.2 68.4-77.6
Area L & Eastern 803 226 25.6 21.9-29.7 577 74.4 70.3-78.1

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 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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