2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 472 119 22.5 18.6-26.9 353 77.5 73.1-81.4
GENDER
Male 215 61 27.6 21.4-34.8 154 72.4 65.2-78.6
Female 257 58 17.8 13.5-23.1 199 82.2 76.9-86.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 273 59 19.2 14.7-24.7 214 80.8 75.3-85.3
Non-Hispanic Black 121 38 26.7 19.3-35.7 83 73.3 64.3-80.7
Other 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 166 18 10.4 6.3-16.7 148 89.6 83.3-93.7
45-64 161 50 28.8 21.7-37.1 111 71.2 62.9-78.3
65+ 138 50 34.0 25.5-43.8 88 66.0 56.2-74.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 146 44 27.7 20.4-36.3 102 72.3 63.7-79.6
Some Post-H.S. 119 32 20.6 14.3-28.6 87 79.4 71.4-85.7
College Graduate 205 43 18.4 13.5-24.4 162 81.6 75.6-86.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 166 50 28.5 21.5-36.8 116 71.5 63.2-78.5
$50,000+ 201 45 19.4 14.1-25.9 156 80.6 74.1-85.9
Don't know/Not Sure 105 24 19.2 12.5-28.3 81 80.8 71.7-87.5

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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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