2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

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 3,327 880 24.8 23.2-26.6 2,447 75.2 73.4-76.8
Medicaid Region 1 430 101 22.6 18.0-27.9 329 77.4 72.1-82.0
GENDER
Male 215 43 17.0 12.1-23.2 172 83.0 76.8-87.9
Female 215 58 27.7 20.7-36.1 157 72.3 63.9-79.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 346 77 22.6 17.6-28.5 269 77.4 71.5-82.4
Non-Hispanic Black 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 127 12 10.6 5.2-20.2 115 89.4 79.8-94.8
45-64 145 47 31.6 23.0-41.6 98 68.4 58.4-77.0
65+ 152 42 28.8 20.7-38.5 110 71.2 61.5-79.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 149 44 26.4 18.7-35.8 105 73.6 64.2-81.3
Some Post-H.S. 130 31 21.4 14.0-31.1 99 78.6 68.9-86.0
College Graduate 151 26 17.8 11.7-26.1 125 82.2 73.9-88.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 193 53 24.4 18.1-32.1 140 75.6 67.9-81.9
$50,000+ 137 26 21.3 13.5-31.9 111 78.7 68.1-86.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 100 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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