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Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 1,742 | 1,326 | 74.9 | 71.6-77.9 | 416 | 25.1 | 22.1-28.4 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 620 | 438 | 68.9 | 63.2-74.1 | 182 | 31.1 | 25.9-36.8 |
Female | 1,122 | 888 | 79.7 | 76.0-82.9 | 234 | 20.3 | 17.1-24.0 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 1,236 | 944 | 74.8 | 70.9-78.3 | 292 | 25.2 | 21.7-29.1 |
African American | 427 | 324 | 74.6 | 67.5-80.6 | 103 | 25.4 | 19.4-32.5 |
Other Minorities | 51 | 37 | 79.0 | 61.7-89.8 | 14 | 21.0 | 10.2-38.3 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Yes | 37 | 21 | 47.6 | 24.8-71.5 | 16 | 52.4 | 28.5-75.2 |
No | 1,703 | 1,303 | 75.6 | 72.3-78.6 | 400 | 24.4 | 21.4-27.7 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 42 | 4 | 6.9 | 2.3-19.0 | 38 | 93.1 | 81.0-97.7 |
25-34 | 106 | 31 | 28.3 | 17.6-42.1 | 75 | 71.7 | 57.9-82.4 |
35-44 | 208 | 122 | 60.9 | 50.5-70.3 | 86 | 39.1 | 29.7-49.5 |
45-54 | 342 | 250 | 72.4 | 64.7-79.0 | 92 | 27.6 | 21.0-35.3 |
55-64 | 388 | 326 | 86.5 | 81.5-90.2 | 62 | 13.5 | 9.8-18.5 |
65+ | 632 | 572 | 89.6 | 85.7-92.6 | 60 | 10.4 | 7.4-14.3 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 373 | 312 | 83.7 | 77.1-88.7 | 61 | 16.3 | 11.3-22.9 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 577 | 432 | 72.8 | 66.9-78.1 | 145 | 27.2 | 21.9-33.1 |
Some Post-H.S. | 421 | 307 | 70.1 | 62.9-76.5 | 114 | 29.9 | 23.5-37.1 |
College Graduate | 360 | 266 | 73.2 | 66.0-79.3 | 94 | 26.8 | 20.7-34.0 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 244 | 190 | 77.0 | 68.2-83.9 | 54 | 23.0 | 16.1-31.8 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 339 | 264 | 75.3 | 67.1-82.0 | 75 | 24.7 | 18.0-32.9 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 236 | 160 | 72.0 | 63.3-79.4 | 76 | 28.0 | 20.6-36.7 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 213 | 160 | 73.0 | 63.2-81.0 | 53 | 27.0 | 19.0-36.8 |
$50,000+ | 314 | 221 | 68.5 | 59.8-76.0 | 93 | 31.5 | 24.0-40.2 |
COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
Buncombe | 113 | 82 | 72.5 | 62.4-80.8 | 31 | 27.5 | 19.2-37.6 |
Cumberland | 132 | 100 | 70.8 | 60.7-79.2 | 32 | 29.2 | 20.8-39.3 |
Durham | 106 | 85 | 76.8 | 65.7-85.1 | 21 | 23.2 | 14.9-34.3 |
Forsyth | 145 | 112 | 75.7 | 66.2-83.3 | 33 | 24.3 | 16.7-33.8 |
Gaston | 146 | 110 | 71.3 | 62.1-79.0 | 36 | 28.7 | 21.0-37.9 |
Guilford | 112 | 83 | 73.6 | 63.6-81.6 | 29 | 26.4 | 18.4-36.4 |
Mecklenburg | 96 | 70 | 71.4 | 60.2-80.4 | 26 | 28.6 | 19.6-39.8 |
New Hanover | 107 | 86 | 78.5 | 67.9-86.4 | 21 | 21.5 | 13.6-32.1 |
Onslow | 98 | 74 | 66.6 | 49.1-80.4 | 24 | 33.4 | 19.6-50.9 |
Wake | 82 | 61 | 77.0 | 65.5-85.5 | 21 | 23.0 | 14.5-34.5 |
Western NC | 199 | 153 | 75.1 | 67.5-81.4 | 46 | 24.9 | 18.6-32.5 |
Piedmont NC | 203 | 158 | 79.0 | 71.9-84.8 | 45 | 21.0 | 15.2-28.1 |
Eastern NC | 203 | 152 | 71.6 | 62.8-79.0 | 51 | 28.4 | 21.0-37.2 |
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported having had high blood pressure.
#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.
** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange,
Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey
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