2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 2

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 2 413 83 19.5 15.1-24.8 330 80.5 75.2-84.9
GENDER
Male 198 48 22.3 16.0-30.3 150 77.7 69.7-84.0
Female 215 35 17.1 11.5-24.7 180 82.9 75.3-88.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 311 58 17.0 12.7-22.5 253 83.0 77.5-87.3
Non-Hispanic Black 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 115 *** *** *** 105 89.8 79.7-95.1
45-64 162 31 19.8 13.4-28.2 131 80.2 71.8-86.6
65+ 131 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 141 33 23.3 15.8-33.0 108 76.7 67.0-84.2
Some Post-H.S. 135 30 19.4 12.6-28.7 105 80.6 71.3-87.4
College Graduate 137 20 12.5 7.7-19.8 117 87.5 80.2-92.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 172 47 27.5 20.1-36.3 125 72.5 63.7-79.9
$50,000+ 144 18 12.8 7.0-22.3 126 87.2 77.7-93.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 97 18 15.7 8.6-27.0 79 84.3 73.0-91.4

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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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