2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 6

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 6 370 84 24.3 19.4-30.1 286 75.7 69.9-80.6
GENDER
Male 169 38 22.2 15.3-31.1 131 77.8 68.9-84.7
Female 201 46 26.4 19.8-34.2 155 73.6 65.8-80.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 220 38 18.2 13.1-24.7 182 81.8 75.3-86.9
Non-Hispanic Black 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 143 24 18.2 11.3-27.9 119 81.8 72.1-88.7
45-64 142 32 27.3 18.9-37.7 110 72.7 62.3-81.1
65+ 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 187 30 16.4 11.4-22.9 157 83.6 77.1-88.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 97 33 27.7 18.9-38.6 64 72.3 61.4-81.1
$50,000+ 205 33 21.2 14.6-29.6 172 78.8 70.4-85.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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