2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 Demographics

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
Region 4 609 163 26.2 22.4-30.4 446 73.8 69.6-77.6
GENDER
Male 298 76 25.2 19.9-31.3 222 74.8 68.7-80.1
Female 311 87 27.1 21.8-33.1 224 72.9 66.9-78.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 387 83 20.1 16.0-25.0 304 79.9 75.0-84.0
Non-Hispanic Black 117 48 39.3 29.9-49.5 69 60.7 50.5-70.1
Other 105 32 30.7 21.5-41.8 73 69.3 58.2-78.5
AGE
18-44 174 29 18.5 12.9-26.0 145 81.5 74.0-87.1
45-64 257 71 28.1 22.2-34.9 186 71.9 65.1-77.8
65+ 170 61 36.4 28.5-45.2 109 63.6 54.8-71.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 211 72 32.3 25.7-39.8 139 67.7 60.2-74.3
Some Post-H.S. 181 46 23.0 16.8-30.6 135 77.0 69.4-83.2
College Graduate 217 45 20.8 15.1-27.8 172 79.2 72.2-84.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 244 77 30.1 23.9-37.1 167 69.9 62.9-76.1
$50,000+ 235 52 21.8 16.3-28.4 183 78.2 71.6-83.7
Don't know/Not Sure 130 34 27.0 19.0-37.0 96 73.0 63.0-81.0

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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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