2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 3,327 880 24.8 23.2-26.6 2,447 75.2 73.4-76.8
GENDER
Male 1,512 397 24.8 22.3-27.4 1,115 75.2 72.6-77.7
Female 1,815 483 24.9 22.6-27.4 1,332 75.1 72.6-77.4
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,892 776 25.1 23.3-27.0 2,116 74.9 73.0-76.7
No 429 101 23.1 18.6-28.2 328 76.9 71.8-81.4
Body Mass Index
Underweight 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 827 140 14.4 11.8-17.3 687 85.6 82.7-88.2
Overweight 1,116 281 23.6 20.8-26.6 835 76.4 73.4-79.2
Obese 1,087 403 35.9 32.6-39.3 684 64.1 60.7-67.4
Current Smoker
Yes 550 152 25.9 21.9-30.3 398 74.1 69.7-78.1
No 2,755 723 24.7 22.8-26.6 2,032 75.3 73.4-77.2
History of CVD**
Yes 419 221 52.8 46.9-58.6 198 47.2 41.4-53.1
No 2,877 643 21.2 19.5-23.0 2,234 78.8 77.0-80.5
Binge Drinker
Yes 370 71 16.9 13.1-21.5 299 83.1 78.5-86.9
No 2,820 774 26.0 24.2-28.0 2,046 74.0 72.0-75.8
COPD
Yes 302 125 38.9 32.5-45.6 177 61.1 54.4-67.5
No 3,016 750 23.4 21.7-25.3 2,266 76.6 74.7-78.3
Current Asthma
Yes 300 114 34.4 28.6-40.7 186 65.6 59.3-71.4
No 3,017 762 23.9 22.2-25.8 2,255 76.1 74.2-77.8
Functional Disability
Yes 1,148 419 34.8 31.5-38.2 729 65.2 61.8-68.5
No 2,158 452 19.9 18.0-21.9 1,706 80.1 78.1-82.0
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,110 463 39.9 36.5-43.4 647 60.1 56.6-63.5
No 2,217 417 18.6 16.7-20.6 1,800 81.4 79.4-83.3

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**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

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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