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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 3,185 | 2,579 | 76.0 | 73.3-78.5 | 606 | 24.0 | 21.5-26.7 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 1,165 | 896 | 73.7 | 69.1-77.8 | 269 | 26.3 | 22.2-30.9 |
| Female | 2,020 | 1,683 | 78.0 | 74.6-80.9 | 337 | 22.0 | 19.1-25.4 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 2,215 | 1,806 | 77.5 | 74.3-80.5 | 409 | 22.5 | 19.5-25.7 |
| African American | 822 | 671 | 75.5 | 69.8-80.5 | 151 | 24.5 | 19.5-30.2 |
| Asian | 3 | 2 | 28.9 | 3.3-82.8 | 1 | 71.1 | 17.2-96.7 |
| Native American | 87 | 67 | 58.6 | 39.2-75.7 | 20 | 41.4 | 24.3-60.8 |
| Other Minorities | 49 | 26 | 51.9 | 32.4-70.7 | 23 | 48.1 | 29.3-67.6 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 54 | 28 | 45.6 | 26.0-66.7 | 26 | 54.4 | 33.3-74.0 |
| -English Speaking | 29 | 19 | 65.2 | 38.6-84.9 | 10 | 34.8 | 15.1-61.4 |
| -Spanish Speaking | 25 | 9 | 37.6 | 15.5-66.5 | 16 | 62.4 | 33.5-84.5 |
| Non-Hispanic | 3,130 | 2,551 | 76.6 | 73.9-79.2 | 579 | 23.4 | 20.8-26.1 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 42 | 4 | 11.2 | 2.4-39.3 | 38 | 88.8 | 60.7-97.6 |
| 25-34 | 145 | 58 | 35.0 | 24.0-47.9 | 87 | 65.0 | 52.1-76.0 |
| 35-44 | 319 | 198 | 65.7 | 57.6-72.9 | 121 | 34.3 | 27.1-42.4 |
| 45-54 | 628 | 484 | 75.1 | 69.3-80.1 | 144 | 24.9 | 19.9-30.7 |
| 55-64 | 755 | 652 | 86.0 | 82.1-89.2 | 103 | 14.0 | 10.8-17.9 |
| 65-74 | 707 | 642 | 88.9 | 84.7-92.1 | 65 | 11.1 | 7.9-15.3 |
| 75+ | 562 | 522 | 91.7 | 87.4-94.6 | 40 | 8.3 | 5.4-12.6 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 804 | 671 | 78.9 | 73.6-83.4 | 133 | 21.1 | 16.6-26.4 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 988 | 811 | 77.5 | 72.6-81.7 | 177 | 22.5 | 18.3-27.4 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 740 | 584 | 71.5 | 64.8-77.4 | 156 | 28.5 | 22.6-35.2 |
| College Graduate | 642 | 503 | 75.9 | 70.4-80.7 | 139 | 24.1 | 19.3-29.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 552 | 471 | 82.8 | 76.9-87.4 | 81 | 17.2 | 12.6-23.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 625 | 496 | 73.3 | 66.6-79.1 | 129 | 26.7 | 20.9-33.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 329 | 244 | 68.8 | 59.9-76.5 | 85 | 31.2 | 23.5-40.1 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 354 | 283 | 76.5 | 68.8-82.7 | 71 | 23.5 | 17.3-31.2 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 265 | 205 | 72.2 | 61.2-81.0 | 60 | 27.8 | 19.0-38.8 |
| $75,000+ | 268 | 214 | 78.3 | 70.0-84.8 | 54 | 21.7 | 15.2-30.0 |
| 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*** | |||||||
| Eastern NC | 1,262 | 1,035 | 74.9 | 70.0-79.2 | 227 | 25.1 | 20.8-30.0 |
| 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 |
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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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