2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 3

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 3 423 116 26.5 22.0-31.6 307 73.5 68.4-78.0
GENDER
Male 209 55 26.4 20.2-33.7 154 73.6 66.3-79.8
Female 214 61 26.6 20.4-33.9 153 73.4 66.1-79.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 243 49 20.0 14.8-26.5 194 80.0 73.5-85.2
Non-Hispanic Black 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 131 27 22.4 15.4-31.3 104 77.6 68.7-84.6
45-64 170 46 25.8 19.0-34.0 124 74.2 66.0-81.0
65+ 118 42 35.2 25.8-45.8 76 64.8 54.2-74.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 138 50 35.0 26.5-44.5 88 65.0 55.5-73.5
Some Post-H.S. 120 31 22.2 15.1-31.4 89 77.8 68.6-84.9
College Graduate 165 35 20.6 14.5-28.5 130 79.4 71.5-85.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 161 53 31.1 23.5-39.9 108 68.9 60.1-76.5
$50,000+ 180 43 22.6 16.6-30.1 137 77.4 69.9-83.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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