| Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System |
| Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2011 |
| M10.06 (Ever advised you to) cut down on salt (to help lower or control your high blood pressure)? (BPSLTADV) |
| 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 | 63.0 | 37.0 | 0.0 | 62 |
| 35-44 | 74.6 | 24.0 | 1.4 | 146 |
| 45-54 | 77.5 | 20.7 | 1.9 | 407 |
| 55-64 | 75.9 | 21.9 | 2.1 | 813 |
| 65-74 | 67.9 | 30.2 | 1.9 | 795 |
| 75 + | 71.6 | 25.7 | 2.7 | 786 |
| Unk/Ref | ** | ** | ** | 23 |
| Sex: | 71.7 | 26.3 | 2.0 | 1,140 |
| Male | ||||
| Female | 71.6 | 26.9 | 1.5 | 1,907 |
| Race/Ethnicity: | 70.1 | 28.1 | 1.7 | 2,421 |
| White, Non-Hispanic | ||||
| Black, Non-Hispanic | 83.3 | 14.1 | 2.5 | 444 |
| Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic | 72.9 | 26.1 | 1.0 | 64 |
| Hispanic | 81.4 | 18.0 | 0.6 | 65 |
| Unk/Ref | 65.3 | 32.3 | 2.4 | 53 |
| Income Group: | 75.5 | 21.7 | 2.8 | 416 |
| < $15,000 | ||||
| $15-$24,999 | 71.5 | 27.0 | 1.6 | 676 |
| $25-$49,999 | 73.2 | 25.2 | 1.7 | 774 |
| $50-$74,999 | 66.0 | 31.1 | 2.8 | 335 |
| >=$75,000 | 71.3 | 28.0 | 0.6 | 366 |
| Unk/Ref | 70.8 | 27.6 | 1.6 | 480 |
| Education Level: | 77.4 | 20.9 | 1.7 | 343 |
| < H S Graduate | ||||
| H S Graduate/GED | 71.0 | 27.1 | 2.0 | 1,246 |
| Some college/Tech school | 72.8 | 25.3 | 1.9 | 750 |
| College graduate | 65.7 | 33.1 | 1.2 | 693 |
| Unk/Ref | ** | ** | ** | 15 |
| Marital Status: | 73.1 | 25.3 | 1.6 | 1,387 |
| Married | ||||
| Unmarried | 70.6 | 27.4 | 2.0 | 1,648 |
| Unk/Ref | ** | ** | ** | 12 |
| Employment Status: | 73.1 | 25.4 | 1.5 | 925 |
| Employed | ||||
| Not employed | 66.2 | 33.8 | 0.0 | 162 |
| Student/Homemaker | 68.3 | 31.3 | 0.4 | 230 |
| Retired/Unable to work | 71.8 | 25.4 | 2.7 | 1,715 |
| Unk/Ref | ** | ** | ** | 15 |
| Grand Totals | 71.7 | 26.6 | 1.8 | 3,047 |
| 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 |