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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 3,185 | 2,579 | 76.0 | 73.3-78.5 | 606 | 24.0 | 21.5-26.7 |
| -Eastern NC | 1,262 | 1,035 | 74.9 | 70.0-79.2 | 227 | 25.1 | 20.8-30.0 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 447 | 344 | 70.0 | 61.4-77.4 | 103 | 30.0 | 22.6-38.6 |
| Female | 815 | 691 | 78.8 | 73.5-83.4 | 124 | 21.2 | 16.6-26.5 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 728 | 605 | 78.3 | 71.6-83.8 | 123 | 21.7 | 16.2-28.4 |
| African American | 464 | 380 | 72.7 | 64.6-79.5 | 84 | 27.3 | 20.5-35.4 |
| Other Minorities | 69 | 50 | 54.1 | 36.6-70.6 | 19 | 45.9 | 29.4-63.4 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 17 | 2 | 6.6 | 1.1-31.5 | 15 | 93.4 | 68.5-98.9 |
| 25-34 | 60 | 28 | 36.3 | 21.1-54.8 | 32 | 63.7 | 45.2-78.9 |
| 35-44 | 125 | 84 | 67.3 | 53.1-78.8 | 41 | 32.7 | 21.2-46.9 |
| 45-54 | 261 | 202 | 67.2 | 56.6-76.3 | 59 | 32.8 | 23.7-43.4 |
| 55-64 | 318 | 279 | 87.2 | 81.3-91.4 | 39 | 12.8 | 8.6-18.7 |
| 65-74 | 265 | 240 | 91.0 | 84.0-95.1 | 25 | 9.0 | 4.9-16.0 |
| 75+ | 207 | 193 | 91.7 | 84.0-95.9 | 14 | 8.3 | 4.1-16.0 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 361 | 300 | 78.0 | 69.8-84.4 | 61 | 22.0 | 15.6-30.2 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 421 | 352 | 80.5 | 73.4-86.0 | 69 | 19.5 | 14.0-26.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 288 | 231 | 68.3 | 55.4-79.0 | 57 | 31.7 | 21.0-44.6 |
| College Graduate | 190 | 150 | 69.1 | 57.2-78.9 | 40 | 30.9 | 21.1-42.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 264 | 229 | 84.0 | 74.9-90.3 | 35 | 16.0 | 9.7-25.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 259 | 201 | 66.8 | 56.1-76.1 | 58 | 33.2 | 23.9-43.9 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 140 | 112 | 66.6 | 51.1-79.2 | 28 | 33.4 | 20.8-48.9 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 116 | 100 | 82.8 | 68.0-91.6 | 16 | 17.2 | 8.4-32.0 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 99 | 83 | 75.2 | 45.1-91.8 | 16 | 24.8 | 8.2-54.9 |
| $75,000+ | 73 | 58 | 72.2 | 53.6-85.4 | 15 | 27.8 | 14.6-46.4 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 161 | 137 | 80.3 | 71.6-86.8 | 24 | 19.7 | 13.2-28.4 |
| Guilford | 134 | 110 | 77.1 | 66.1-85.4 | 24 | 22.9 | 14.6-33.9 |
| Mecklenburg | 126 | 108 | 77.0 | 62.6-87.0 | 18 | 23.0 | 13.0-37.4 |
| Orange | 96 | 64 | 60.6 | 48.6-71.5 | 32 | 39.4 | 28.5-51.4 |
| Wake | 108 | 82 | 74.4 | 62.5-83.5 | 26 | 25.6 | 16.5-37.5 |
| Chatham/Lee | 138 | 115 | 75.1 | 62.2-84.6 | 23 | 24.9 | 15.4-37.8 |
| Nash/Wilson | 156 | 125 | 75.9 | 67.1-83.0 | 31 | 24.1 | 17.0-32.9 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 170 | 142 | 77.7 | 68.1-85.0 | 28 | 22.3 | 15.0-31.9 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 137 | 115 | 84.7 | 76.4-90.4 | 22 | 15.3 | 9.6-23.6 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 149 | 121 | 75.5 | 64.9-83.8 | 28 | 24.5 | 16.2-35.1 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 182 | 137 | 56.2 | 37.0-73.7 | 45 | 43.8 | 26.3-63.0 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 136 | 107 | 72.9 | 60.6-82.5 | 29 | 27.1 | 17.5-39.4 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 185 | 148 | 72.4 | 63.4-79.9 | 37 | 27.6 | 20.1-36.6 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 173 | 151 | 85.3 | 77.7-90.6 | 22 | 14.7 | 9.4-22.3 |
| Northeast NC I | 186 | 156 | 82.6 | 75.1-88.1 | 30 | 17.4 | 11.9-24.9 |
| Northeast NC II | 201 | 169 | 79.8 | 71.4-86.3 | 32 | 20.2 | 13.7-28.6 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 387 | 325 | 80.8 | 74.9-85.6 | 62 | 19.2 | 14.4-25.1 |
| Mountain AHEC | 429 | 356 | 81.5 | 75.6-86.2 | 73 | 18.5 | 13.8-24.4 |
| NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
| Piedmont | 1,234 | 973 | 75.3 | 71.3-79.0 | 261 | 24.7 | 21.0-28.7 |
| Western NC | 689 | 571 | 81.1 | 76.0-85.3 | 118 | 18.9 | 14.7-24.0 |
Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Eastern North Carolina**. Please refer to the North Carolina table for statewide breakdowns.
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*This question is asked only if the respondent reported being diagnosed with high blood pressure.
^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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.
** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore,
Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.
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