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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 2,020 | 1,683 | 78.0 | 74.6-80.9 | 337 | 22.0 | 19.1-25.4 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 1,355 | 1,134 | 79.8 | 75.9-83.3 | 221 | 20.2 | 16.7-24.1 |
| African American | 566 | 482 | 79.8 | 73.5-84.8 | 84 | 20.2 | 15.2-26.5 |
| Asian | 2 | 1 | 10.5 | 0.7-65.2 | 1 | 89.5 | 34.8-99.3 |
| Native American | 58 | 47 | 60.1 | 36.6-79.7 | 11 | 39.9 | 20.3-63.4 |
| Other Minorities | 33 | 14 | 35.5 | 17.1-59.5 | 19 | 64.5 | 40.5-82.9 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 38 | 17 | 33.4 | 15.2-58.5 | 21 | 66.6 | 41.5-84.8 |
| -English Speaking | 21 | 14 | 62.3 | 31.7-85.4 | 7 | 37.7 | 14.6-68.3 |
| -Spanish Speaking | 17 | 3 | 20.9 | 4.5-59.6 | 14 | 79.1 | 40.4-95.5 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,982 | 1,666 | 79.2 | 75.9-82.1 | 316 | 20.8 | 17.9-24.1 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 27 | 2 | 2.1 | 0.5- 8.9 | 25 | 97.9 | 91.1-99.5 |
| 25-34 | 91 | 40 | 40.9 | 26.9-56.5 | 51 | 59.1 | 43.5-73.1 |
| 35-44 | 184 | 122 | 66.7 | 55.3-76.5 | 62 | 33.3 | 23.5-44.7 |
| 45-54 | 370 | 293 | 75.3 | 67.8-81.6 | 77 | 24.7 | 18.4-32.2 |
| 55-64 | 450 | 396 | 86.2 | 80.7-90.3 | 54 | 13.8 | 9.7-19.3 |
| 65-74 | 469 | 432 | 90.6 | 85.3-94.1 | 37 | 9.4 | 5.9-14.7 |
| 75+ | 411 | 383 | 90.8 | 84.8-94.5 | 28 | 9.2 | 5.5-15.2 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 538 | 465 | 81.9 | 75.5-86.9 | 73 | 18.1 | 13.1-24.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 665 | 564 | 79.7 | 74.0-84.5 | 101 | 20.3 | 15.5-26.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 473 | 382 | 72.1 | 64.0-79.1 | 91 | 27.9 | 20.9-36.0 |
| College Graduate | 339 | 268 | 77.0 | 69.8-83.0 | 71 | 23.0 | 17.0-30.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 407 | 350 | 80.6 | 72.8-86.6 | 57 | 19.4 | 13.4-27.2 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 409 | 339 | 79.4 | 72.6-84.8 | 70 | 20.6 | 15.2-27.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 204 | 153 | 66.5 | 54.0-77.1 | 51 | 33.5 | 22.9-46.0 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 191 | 159 | 82.7 | 73.3-89.3 | 32 | 17.3 | 10.7-26.7 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 129 | 102 | 71.1 | 58.0-81.4 | 27 | 28.9 | 18.6-42.0 |
| $75,000+ | 122 | 103 | 80.3 | 66.3-89.4 | 19 | 19.7 | 10.6-33.7 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 97 | 84 | 80.5 | 68.2-88.8 | 13 | 19.5 | 11.2-31.8 |
| Guilford | 84 | 71 | 75.9 | 59.6-87.0 | 13 | 24.1 | 13.0-40.4 |
| Mecklenburg | 82 | 72 | 83.5 | 70.8-91.4 | 10 | 16.5 | 8.6-29.2 |
| Orange | 65 | 47 | 63.4 | 47.4-76.9 | 18 | 36.6 | 23.1-52.6 |
| Wake | 59 | 44 | 76.0 | 62.5-85.7 | 15 | 24.0 | 14.3-37.5 |
| Chatham/Lee | 94 | 80 | 78.6 | 64.7-88.1 | 14 | 21.4 | 11.9-35.3 |
| Nash/Wilson | 94 | 83 | 88.1 | 78.3-93.8 | 11 | 11.9 | 6.2-21.7 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 107 | 93 | 83.7 | 73.4-90.5 | 14 | 16.3 | 9.5-26.6 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 84 | 74 | 90.1 | 81.4-95.0 | 10 | 9.9 | 5.0-18.6 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 82 | 70 | 77.9 | 58.4-89.8 | 12 | 22.1 | 10.2-41.6 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 112 | 90 | 75.7 | 61.0-86.2 | 22 | 24.3 | 13.8-39.0 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 91 | 71 | 70.1 | 53.0-83.0 | 20 | 29.9 | 17.0-47.0 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 109 | 93 | 77.5 | 65.3-86.4 | 16 | 22.5 | 13.6-34.7 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 129 | 118 | 91.5 | 84.7-95.4 | 11 | 8.5 | 4.6-15.3 |
| Northeast NC I | 128 | 108 | 82.4 | 73.1-89.0 | 20 | 17.6 | 11.0-26.9 |
| Northeast NC II | 124 | 103 | 80.1 | 70.7-87.1 | 21 | 19.9 | 12.9-29.3 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 252 | 211 | 81.1 | 74.5-86.2 | 41 | 18.9 | 13.8-25.5 |
| Mountain AHEC | 269 | 224 | 82.1 | 74.4-87.9 | 45 | 17.9 | 12.1-25.6 |
| NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
| Eastern NC | 815 | 691 | 78.8 | 73.5-83.4 | 124 | 21.2 | 16.6-26.5 |
| Piedmont | 782 | 636 | 75.9 | 70.8-80.4 | 146 | 24.1 | 19.6-29.2 |
| Western NC | 423 | 356 | 83.8 | 78.0-88.2 | 67 | 16.2 | 11.8-22.0 |
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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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