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Increase the proportion of persons aged 2 years and older who consume 2,400 mg or less of sodium daily.

Target: 65 percent.

Baseline: 21 percent of persons aged 2 years and older consumed 2,400 mg or less of sodium daily (from foods, dietary supplements, tap water, and salt use at the table) in 1988–94 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population).

Target setting method: Better than the best.

Data source: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC, NCHS.

Persons Aged 2 Years and Older, 1988–94 (unless noted)

Consume 2,400 mg of Sodium or Less

Percent

TOTAL

21

Race and ethnicity

American Indian or Alaska Native

DSU

Asian or Pacific Islander

DSU

Asian

DNC

Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander

DNC

Black or African American

25

White

20

 

Hispanic or Latino

DSU

Mexican American

25

Not Hispanic or Latino

21

Black or African American

25

White

20

Gender and age

Female

2 years and older

32

2 to 5 years (not age adjusted)

64

6 to 11 years (not age adjusted)

26

12 to 19 years (not age adjusted)

29

20 years and older

30

Male

2 years and older

9

2 to 5 years (not age adjusted)

50

6 to 11 years (not age adjusted)

16

12 to 19 years (not age adjusted)

4

20 years and older

6

Family income level*

Lower income (<130 percent of poverty
threshold)

25

Higher income (>130 percent of poverty
threshold)

20

Disability status (aged 20 years and older)

Persons with disabilities

18 (1991–94)

Persons without disabilities

16 (1991–94)

Select populations

Females with high blood pressure

32

Females without high blood pressure

29

Males with high blood pressure

7

Males without high blood pressure

5

DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.
Note: Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.
*A household income below 130 percent of poverty threshold is used by the Food Stamp Program.