2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 4

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 4 443 112 22.5 18.5-27.0 331 77.5 73.0-81.5
GENDER
Male 201 58 28.0 21.5-35.6 143 72.0 64.4-78.5
Female 242 54 17.3 13.0-22.7 188 82.7 77.3-87.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 251 55 19.0 14.3-24.8 196 81.0 75.2-85.7
Non-Hispanic Black 118 37 26.1 18.7-35.1 81 73.9 64.9-81.3
Other 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 162 18 10.9 6.6-17.6 144 89.1 82.4-93.4
45-64 148 45 28.7 21.3-37.3 103 71.3 62.7-78.7
65+ 126 48 36.1 27.0-46.4 78 63.9 53.6-73.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 135 40 28.0 20.4-37.1 95 72.0 62.9-79.6
Some Post-H.S. 115 32 20.8 14.5-29.0 83 79.2 71.0-85.5
College Graduate 191 40 17.7 12.8-23.9 151 82.3 76.1-87.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 157 46 28.0 20.8-36.5 111 72.0 63.5-79.2
$50,000+ 183 43 20.2 14.6-27.3 140 79.8 72.7-85.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 103 23 18.2 11.8-27.1 80 81.8 72.9-88.2

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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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