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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 1,355 | 1,134 | 79.8 | 75.9-83.3 | 221 | 20.2 | 16.7-24.1 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 15 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.2-10.1 | 14 | 98.7 | 89.9-99.8 |
25-34 | 40 | 15 | 41.2 | 22.0-63.4 | 25 | 58.8 | 36.6-78.0 |
35-44 | 96 | 61 | 62.2 | 46.0-76.1 | 35 | 37.8 | 23.9-54.0 |
45-54 | 216 | 167 | 78.1 | 69.4-84.9 | 49 | 21.9 | 15.1-30.6 |
55-64 | 307 | 269 | 86.8 | 80.1-91.5 | 38 | 13.2 | 8.5-19.9 |
65-74 | 348 | 315 | 89.0 | 82.4-93.3 | 33 | 11.0 | 6.7-17.6 |
75+ | 321 | 295 | 89.9 | 82.9-94.2 | 26 | 10.1 | 5.8-17.1 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 319 | 281 | 85.2 | 77.8-90.4 | 38 | 14.8 | 9.6-22.2 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 452 | 388 | 82.5 | 75.7-87.7 | 64 | 17.5 | 12.3-24.3 |
Some Post-H.S. | 338 | 274 | 74.2 | 64.0-82.3 | 64 | 25.8 | 17.7-36.0 |
College Graduate | 242 | 188 | 76.1 | 67.4-83.2 | 54 | 23.9 | 16.8-32.6 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 227 | 196 | 86.4 | 79.4-91.4 | 31 | 13.6 | 8.6-20.6 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 256 | 216 | 85.5 | 78.1-90.7 | 40 | 14.5 | 9.3-21.9 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 136 | 104 | 61.2 | 45.1-75.2 | 32 | 38.8 | 24.8-54.9 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 142 | 121 | 86.2 | 75.8-92.6 | 21 | 13.8 | 7.4-24.2 |
$50,000-74,999 | 101 | 81 | 73.0 | 58.7-83.8 | 20 | 27.0 | 16.2-41.3 |
$75,000+ | 100 | 84 | 77.9 | 61.8-88.4 | 16 | 22.1 | 11.6-38.2 |
COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
Buncombe | 88 | 77 | 81.8 | 68.7-90.2 | 11 | 18.2 | 9.8-31.3 |
Guilford | 58 | 48 | 74.9 | 55.8-87.6 | 10 | 25.1 | 12.4-44.2 |
Mecklenburg | 43 | 36 | 78.8 | 59.8-90.3 | 7 | 21.2 | 9.7-40.2 |
Orange | 51 | 36 | 61.8 | 43.4-77.3 | 15 | 38.2 | 22.7-56.6 |
Wake | 35 | 28 | 77.5 | 58.9-89.2 | 7 | 22.5 | 10.8-41.1 |
Chatham/Lee | 64 | 58 | 82.3 | 62.4-92.8 | 6 | 17.7 | 7.2-37.6 |
Nash/Wilson | 63 | 57 | 91.8 | 82.0-96.5 | 6 | 8.2 | 3.5-18.0 |
Craven/Pamlico | 83 | 69 | 79.6 | 67.5-88.0 | 14 | 20.4 | 12.0-32.5 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 79 | 70 | 90.0 | 80.7-95.1 | 9 | 10.0 | 4.9-19.3 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 77 | 66 | 77.6 | 57.4-89.9 | 11 | 22.4 | 10.1-42.6 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 58 | 49 | 74.9 | 49.8-90.0 | 9 | 25.1 | 10.0-50.2 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 79 | 63 | 69.5 | 50.4-83.6 | 16 | 30.5 | 16.4-49.6 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 39 | 34 | 85.2 | 66.8-94.3 | 5 | 14.8 | 5.7-33.2 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 62 | 55 | 91.1 | 81.7-95.9 | 7 | 8.9 | 4.1-18.3 |
Northeast NC I | 40 | 35 | 85.4 | 68.0-94.1 | 5 | 14.6 | 5.9-32.0 |
Northeast NC II | 70 | 54 | 73.4 | 60.0-83.6 | 16 | 26.6 | 16.4-40.0 |
Northeastern Partnership | 110 | 89 | 76.5 | 65.7-84.7 | 21 | 23.5 | 15.3-34.3 |
Mountain AHEC | 242 | 203 | 82.0 | 73.6-88.1 | 39 | 18.0 | 11.9-26.4 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 452 | 383 | 83.7 | 77.0-88.8 | 69 | 16.3 | 11.2-23.0 |
Piedmont | 518 | 425 | 76.4 | 69.9-81.8 | 93 | 23.6 | 18.2-30.1 |
Western NC | 385 | 326 | 83.5 | 77.4-88.2 | 59 | 16.5 | 11.8-22.6 |
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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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