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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 1,165 | 896 | 73.7 | 69.1-77.8 | 269 | 26.3 | 22.2-30.9 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 860 | 672 | 75.0 | 69.7-79.7 | 188 | 25.0 | 20.3-30.3 |
| African American | 256 | 189 | 69.6 | 59.0-78.5 | 67 | 30.4 | 21.5-41.0 |
| Asian | 1 | 1 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Native American | 29 | 20 | 56.2 | 24.9-83.2 | 9 | 43.8 | 16.8-75.1 |
| Other Minorities | 16 | 12 | 88.5 | 68.5-96.5 | 4 | 11.5 | 3.5-31.5 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 16 | 11 | 84.8 | 59.0-95.6 | 5 | 15.2 | 4.4-41.0 |
| -English Speaking | 8 | 5 | 77.1 | 42.5-93.8 | 3 | 22.9 | 6.2-57.5 |
| -Spanish Speaking | 8 | 6 | 87.3 | 52.8-97.7 | 2 | 12.7 | 2.3-47.2 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,148 | 885 | 73.7 | 69.1-77.9 | 263 | 26.3 | 22.1-30.9 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 15 | 2 | 18.1 | 3.3-58.7 | 13 | 81.9 | 41.3-96.7 |
| 25-34 | 54 | 18 | 29.3 | 14.3-50.7 | 36 | 70.7 | 49.3-85.7 |
| 35-44 | 135 | 76 | 64.7 | 52.9-74.9 | 59 | 35.3 | 25.1-47.1 |
| 45-54 | 258 | 191 | 74.9 | 65.8-82.2 | 67 | 25.1 | 17.8-34.2 |
| 55-64 | 305 | 256 | 85.8 | 79.6-90.3 | 49 | 14.2 | 9.7-20.4 |
| 65-74 | 238 | 210 | 86.5 | 78.8-91.7 | 28 | 13.5 | 8.3-21.2 |
| 75+ | 151 | 139 | 93.6 | 87.8-96.7 | 12 | 6.4 | 3.3-12.2 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 266 | 206 | 74.2 | 64.5-82.0 | 60 | 25.8 | 18.0-35.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 323 | 247 | 74.1 | 65.2-81.4 | 76 | 25.9 | 18.6-34.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 267 | 202 | 70.8 | 59.5-80.0 | 65 | 29.2 | 20.0-40.5 |
| College Graduate | 303 | 235 | 75.1 | 67.0-81.8 | 68 | 24.9 | 18.2-33.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 145 | 121 | 87.6 | 79.3-92.8 | 24 | 12.4 | 7.2-20.7 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 216 | 157 | 66.5 | 54.6-76.6 | 59 | 33.5 | 23.4-45.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 125 | 91 | 71.3 | 58.4-81.5 | 34 | 28.7 | 18.5-41.6 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 163 | 124 | 71.5 | 59.9-80.8 | 39 | 28.5 | 19.2-40.1 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 136 | 103 | 73.0 | 55.7-85.2 | 33 | 27.0 | 14.8-44.3 |
| $75,000+ | 146 | 111 | 77.1 | 66.1-85.3 | 35 | 22.9 | 14.7-33.9 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 64 | 53 | 80.1 | 66.7-89.0 | 11 | 19.9 | 11.0-33.3 |
| Guilford | 50 | 39 | 78.7 | 63.1-88.9 | 11 | 21.3 | 11.1-36.9 |
| Mecklenburg | 44 | 36 | 68.2 | 42.3-86.2 | 8 | 31.8 | 13.8-57.7 |
| Orange | 31 | 17 | 56.2 | 37.7-73.2 | 14 | 43.8 | 26.8-62.3 |
| Wake | 49 | 38 | 73.1 | 54.2-86.3 | 11 | 26.9 | 13.7-45.8 |
| Chatham/Lee | 44 | 35 | 69.8 | 45.9-86.3 | 9 | 30.2 | 13.7-54.1 |
| Nash/Wilson | 62 | 42 | 64.2 | 50.2-76.1 | 20 | 35.8 | 23.9-49.8 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 63 | 49 | 70.8 | 54.3-83.3 | 14 | 29.2 | 16.7-45.7 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 53 | 41 | 79.4 | 63.9-89.3 | 12 | 20.6 | 10.7-36.1 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 67 | 51 | 73.6 | 60.5-83.5 | 16 | 26.4 | 16.5-39.5 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 70 | 47 | 41.0 | 19.8-66.0 | 23 | 59.0 | 34.0-80.2 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 45 | 36 | 76.5 | 57.9-88.5 | 9 | 23.5 | 11.5-42.1 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 76 | 55 | 67.0 | 53.3-78.3 | 21 | 33.0 | 21.7-46.7 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 44 | 33 | 75.0 | 56.2-87.6 | 11 | 25.0 | 12.4-43.8 |
| Northeast NC I | 58 | 48 | 82.7 | 68.8-91.2 | 10 | 17.3 | 8.8-31.2 |
| Northeast NC II | 77 | 66 | 79.6 | 64.6-89.3 | 11 | 20.4 | 10.7-35.4 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 135 | 114 | 80.5 | 69.6-88.2 | 21 | 19.5 | 11.8-30.4 |
| Mountain AHEC | 160 | 132 | 80.7 | 71.0-87.8 | 28 | 19.3 | 12.2-29.0 |
| NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
| Eastern NC | 447 | 344 | 70.0 | 61.4-77.4 | 103 | 30.0 | 22.6-38.6 |
| Piedmont | 452 | 337 | 74.6 | 68.0-80.3 | 115 | 25.4 | 19.7-32.0 |
| Western NC | 266 | 215 | 78.1 | 69.2-85.0 | 51 | 21.9 | 15.0-30.8 |
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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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