| Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System |
| Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2011 |
| M10.02 (Are you) cutting down on salt (to help lower or control your high blood pressure)? (BPSALT) |
| Denominator is all respondents who were ever told they have high blood pressure. Weighting based on _landwt. |
| Categories | Yes |
No |
Do not use salt |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | N | |
| Age Group: | ** | ** | ** | 15 |
| 18-24 | ||||
| 25-34 | 77.3 | 16.5 | 6.1 | 62 |
| 35-44 | 77.0 | 18.8 | 4.2 | 145 |
| 45-54 | 79.1 | 15.6 | 5.4 | 412 |
| 55-64 | 78.7 | 14.7 | 6.7 | 819 |
| 65-74 | 77.5 | 14.9 | 7.6 | 795 |
| 75 + | 78.1 | 12.5 | 9.4 | 786 |
| Unk/Ref | ** | ** | ** | 20 |
| Sex: | 74.4 | 18.7 | 6.9 | 1,144 |
| Male | ||||
| Female | 80.6 | 12.9 | 6.5 | 1,910 |
| Race/Ethnicity: | 77.4 | 16.0 | 6.6 | 2,427 |
| White, Non-Hispanic | ||||
| Black, Non-Hispanic | 79.0 | 12.3 | 8.7 | 443 |
| Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic | 64.9 | 26.5 | 8.6 | 64 |
| Hispanic | 80.7 | 16.5 | 2.8 | 66 |
| Unk/Ref | 88.3 | 7.1 | 4.5 | 54 |
| Income Group: | 77.7 | 13.1 | 9.3 | 416 |
| < $15,000 | ||||
| $15-$24,999 | 75.4 | 17.2 | 7.5 | 678 |
| $25-$49,999 | 77.0 | 16.8 | 6.2 | 778 |
| $50-$74,999 | 78.3 | 14.2 | 7.5 | 334 |
| >=$75,000 | 79.6 | 16.6 | 3.7 | 370 |
| Unk/Ref | 78.1 | 15.4 | 6.4 | 478 |
| Education Level: | 81.1 | 11.9 | 7.1 | 341 |
| < H S Graduate | ||||
| H S Graduate/GED | 75.2 | 16.5 | 8.3 | 1,252 |
| Some college/Tech school | 78.3 | 16.0 | 5.6 | 748 |
| College graduate | 78.4 | 16.9 | 4.8 | 698 |
| Unk/Ref | ** | ** | ** | 15 |
| Marital Status: | 77.8 | 15.2 | 7.0 | 1,385 |
| Married | ||||
| Unmarried | 77.6 | 15.9 | 6.5 | 1,657 |
| Unk/Ref | ** | ** | ** | 12 |
| Employment Status: | 76.9 | 17.2 | 5.8 | 936 |
| Employed | ||||
| Not employed | 78.5 | 15.1 | 6.3 | 160 |
| Student/Homemaker | 80.7 | 17.3 | 2.0 | 230 |
| Retired/Unable to work | 76.8 | 14.6 | 8.6 | 1,713 |
| Unk/Ref | ** | ** | ** | 15 |
| Grand Totals | 77.5 | 15.8 | 6.7 | 3,054 |
| SOURCE: 2011 Indiana BRFSS Statewide Survey Data |
| NOTE: Percents are based on weighted data; unless otherwise specified, totals are unweighted numbers. |
| ** Asterisks indicate too few cases to calculate a reliable percent. |
| Excluding the 'Unknown/Refused' responses |
| Table produced February 6, 2014 |