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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 822 | 671 | 75.5 | 69.8-80.5 | 151 | 24.5 | 19.5-30.2 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 256 | 189 | 69.6 | 59.0-78.5 | 67 | 30.4 | 21.5-41.0 |
| Female | 566 | 482 | 79.8 | 73.5-84.8 | 84 | 20.2 | 15.2-26.5 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 15 | 2 | 7.5 | 1.4-32.4 | 13 | 92.5 | 67.6-98.6 |
| 25-34 | 49 | 24 | 30.5 | 15.7-50.8 | 25 | 69.5 | 49.2-84.3 |
| 35-44 | 108 | 73 | 70.6 | 56.4-81.8 | 35 | 29.4 | 18.2-43.6 |
| 45-54 | 206 | 168 | 81.9 | 72.3-88.7 | 38 | 18.1 | 11.3-27.7 |
| 55-64 | 197 | 171 | 85.0 | 76.8-90.7 | 26 | 15.0 | 9.3-23.2 |
| 65-74 | 136 | 129 | 94.7 | 85.8-98.1 | 7 | 5.3 | 1.9-14.2 |
| 75+ | 103 | 99 | 93.2 | 80.3-97.9 | 4 | 6.8 | 2.1-19.7 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 265 | 228 | 84.1 | 75.3-90.1 | 37 | 15.9 | 9.9-24.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 269 | 213 | 70.1 | 59.0-79.2 | 56 | 29.9 | 20.8-41.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 164 | 128 | 73.0 | 60.8-82.5 | 36 | 27.0 | 17.5-39.2 |
| College Graduate | 120 | 98 | 75.7 | 59.4-87.0 | 22 | 24.3 | 13.0-40.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 198 | 169 | 80.3 | 69.3-88.0 | 29 | 19.7 | 12.0-30.7 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 193 | 151 | 64.2 | 50.2-76.0 | 42 | 35.8 | 24.0-49.8 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 83 | 61 | 78.2 | 64.6-87.6 | 22 | 21.8 | 12.4-35.4 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 69 | 53 | 75.4 | 56.2-87.9 | 16 | 24.6 | 12.1-43.8 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 46 | 37 | 76.4 | 51.8-90.7 | 9 | 23.6 | 9.3-48.2 |
| $75,000+ | 30 | 24 | 78.1 | 48.1-93.2 | 6 | 21.9 | 6.8-51.9 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 12 | 8 | 57.6 | 26.9-83.4 | 4 | 42.4 | 16.6-73.1 |
| Guilford | 38 | 31 | 73.2 | 49.5-88.4 | 7 | 26.8 | 11.6-50.5 |
| Mecklenburg | 43 | 40 | 87.8 | 66.8-96.2 | 3 | 12.2 | 3.8-33.2 |
| Orange | 14 | 13 | 89.9 | 53.3-98.6 | 1 | 10.1 | 1.4-46.7 |
| Wake | 33 | 23 | 75.8 | 56.9-88.2 | 10 | 24.2 | 11.8-43.1 |
| Chatham/Lee | 30 | 24 | 83.3 | 64.5-93.2 | 6 | 16.7 | 6.8-35.5 |
| Nash/Wilson | 52 | 38 | 68.0 | 52.2-80.5 | 14 | 32.0 | 19.5-47.8 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 43 | 37 | 79.7 | 59.4-91.3 | 6 | 20.3 | 8.7-40.6 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 9 | 8 | 94.5 | 65.1-99.4 | 1 | 5.5 | 0.6-34.9 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 4 | 3 | 83.5 | 32.9-98.1 | 1 | 16.5 | 1.9-67.1 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 75 | 59 | 53.0 | 20.7-83.0 | 16 | 47.0 | 17.0-79.3 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 3 | 1 | 24.4 | 2.8-78.2 | 2 | 75.6 | 21.8-97.2 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 68 | 55 | 77.5 | 63.8-87.1 | 13 | 22.5 | 12.9-36.2 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 73 | 67 | 89.8 | 77.1-95.8 | 6 | 10.2 | 4.2-22.9 |
| Northeast NC I | 115 | 92 | 78.8 | 68.7-86.4 | 23 | 21.2 | 13.6-31.3 |
| Northeast NC II | 74 | 67 | 87.2 | 73.5-94.4 | 7 | 12.8 | 5.6-26.5 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 189 | 159 | 83.0 | 75.2-88.7 | 30 | 17.0 | 11.3-24.8 |
| Mountain AHEC | 22 | 16 | 74.3 | 47.9-90.1 | 6 | 25.7 | 9.9-52.1 |
| NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
| Eastern NC | 464 | 380 | 72.7 | 64.6-79.5 | 84 | 27.3 | 20.5-35.4 |
| Piedmont | 322 | 263 | 77.2 | 68.3-84.1 | 59 | 22.8 | 15.9-31.7 |
| Western NC | 36 | 28 | 86.2 | 66.9-95.0 | 8 | 13.8 | 5.0-33.1 |
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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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