2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 526 137 25.1 21.1-29.6 389 74.9 70.4-78.9
GENDER
Male 229 58 23.7 18.0-30.6 171 76.3 69.4-82.0
Female 297 79 26.4 21.1-32.5 218 73.6 67.5-78.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 295 61 21.3 16.5-27.1 234 78.7 72.9-83.5
Non-Hispanic Black 143 52 34.8 26.3-44.3 91 65.2 55.7-73.7
Other 88 24 20.8 13.3-31.1 64 79.2 68.9-86.7
AGE
18-44 193 32 15.1 10.3-21.6 161 84.9 78.4-89.7
45-64 207 59 31.8 24.7-39.9 148 68.2 60.1-75.3
65+ 117 44 35.9 27.1-45.7 73 64.1 54.3-72.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 148 55 32.7 24.7-41.9 93 67.3 58.1-75.3
Some Post-H.S. 155 42 26.2 19.3-34.6 113 73.8 65.4-80.7
College Graduate 222 40 16.2 11.7-21.9 182 83.8 78.1-88.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 171 61 32.3 25.0-40.5 110 67.7 59.5-75.0
$50,000+ 241 44 20.4 15.0-27.2 197 79.6 72.8-85.0
Don't know/Not Sure 114 32 23.7 15.8-33.8 82 76.3 66.2-84.2

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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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