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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 2,215 | 1,806 | 77.5 | 74.3-80.5 | 409 | 22.5 | 19.5-25.7 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 860 | 672 | 75.0 | 69.7-79.7 | 188 | 25.0 | 20.3-30.3 |
| Female | 1,355 | 1,134 | 79.8 | 75.9-83.3 | 221 | 20.2 | 16.7-24.1 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 24 | 2 | 12.9 | 2.0-51.9 | 22 | 87.1 | 48.1-98.0 |
| 25-34 | 77 | 30 | 40.7 | 25.4-58.2 | 47 | 59.3 | 41.8-74.6 |
| 35-44 | 191 | 114 | 64.2 | 53.7-73.4 | 77 | 35.8 | 26.6-46.3 |
| 45-54 | 389 | 292 | 75.1 | 67.8-81.2 | 97 | 24.9 | 18.8-32.2 |
| 55-64 | 531 | 460 | 86.8 | 82.0-90.4 | 71 | 13.2 | 9.6-18.0 |
| 65-74 | 542 | 486 | 87.2 | 82.1-91.1 | 56 | 12.8 | 8.9-17.9 |
| 75+ | 443 | 408 | 91.3 | 86.4-94.6 | 35 | 8.7 | 5.4-13.6 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 480 | 409 | 81.5 | 75.1-86.6 | 71 | 18.5 | 13.4-24.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 682 | 572 | 81.2 | 75.9-85.5 | 110 | 18.8 | 14.5-24.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 548 | 432 | 70.9 | 62.6-78.0 | 116 | 29.1 | 22.0-37.4 |
| College Graduate | 498 | 387 | 76.8 | 70.8-81.9 | 111 | 23.2 | 18.1-29.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 319 | 276 | 87.5 | 81.8-91.6 | 43 | 12.5 | 8.4-18.2 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 389 | 318 | 81.6 | 74.6-87.0 | 71 | 18.4 | 13.0-25.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 232 | 172 | 64.3 | 53.3-74.0 | 60 | 35.7 | 26.0-46.7 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 274 | 224 | 78.1 | 69.3-84.9 | 50 | 21.9 | 15.1-30.7 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 209 | 163 | 71.8 | 59.3-81.7 | 46 | 28.2 | 18.3-40.7 |
| $75,000+ | 232 | 184 | 77.8 | 68.8-84.7 | 48 | 22.2 | 15.3-31.2 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 145 | 126 | 82.7 | 73.7-89.1 | 19 | 17.3 | 10.9-26.3 |
| Guilford | 95 | 78 | 78.5 | 65.8-87.4 | 17 | 21.5 | 12.6-34.2 |
| Mecklenburg | 74 | 61 | 72.7 | 52.6-86.4 | 13 | 27.3 | 13.6-47.4 |
| Orange | 77 | 49 | 57.2 | 43.9-69.6 | 28 | 42.8 | 30.4-56.1 |
| Wake | 71 | 57 | 75.3 | 59.3-86.4 | 14 | 24.7 | 13.6-40.7 |
| Chatham/Lee | 98 | 87 | 78.4 | 59.8-89.9 | 11 | 21.6 | 10.1-40.2 |
| Nash/Wilson | 100 | 83 | 79.5 | 68.1-87.6 | 17 | 20.5 | 12.4-31.9 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 126 | 104 | 76.8 | 65.4-85.3 | 22 | 23.2 | 14.7-34.6 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 127 | 106 | 83.8 | 74.8-90.0 | 21 | 16.2 | 10.0-25.2 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 142 | 115 | 75.0 | 64.0-83.5 | 27 | 25.0 | 16.5-36.0 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 103 | 76 | 60.3 | 45.4-73.6 | 27 | 39.7 | 26.4-54.6 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 118 | 96 | 76.1 | 62.7-85.8 | 22 | 23.9 | 14.2-37.3 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 75 | 62 | 75.9 | 60.8-86.5 | 13 | 24.1 | 13.5-39.2 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 94 | 79 | 82.9 | 72.7-89.8 | 15 | 17.1 | 10.2-27.3 |
| Northeast NC I | 67 | 61 | 91.2 | 80.7-96.2 | 6 | 8.8 | 3.8-19.3 |
| Northeast NC II | 124 | 100 | 76.3 | 65.1-84.8 | 24 | 23.7 | 15.2-34.9 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 191 | 161 | 79.7 | 70.6-86.6 | 30 | 20.3 | 13.4-29.4 |
| Mountain AHEC | 384 | 323 | 81.9 | 75.6-86.9 | 61 | 18.1 | 13.1-24.4 |
| NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
| Eastern NC | 728 | 605 | 78.3 | 71.6-83.8 | 123 | 21.7 | 16.2-28.4 |
| Piedmont | 862 | 680 | 76.1 | 71.3-80.3 | 182 | 23.9 | 19.7-28.7 |
| Western NC | 625 | 521 | 80.6 | 75.2-85.1 | 104 | 19.4 | 14.9-24.8 |
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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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