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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 860 | 672 | 75.0 | 69.7-79.7 | 188 | 25.0 | 20.3-30.3 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 9 | 1 | 21.1 | 2.9-70.7 | 8 | 78.9 | 29.3-97.1 |
| 25-34 | 37 | 15 | 40.5 | 20.1-64.8 | 22 | 59.5 | 35.2-79.9 |
| 35-44 | 95 | 53 | 65.6 | 51.9-77.1 | 42 | 34.4 | 22.9-48.1 |
| 45-54 | 173 | 125 | 72.8 | 61.4-81.7 | 48 | 27.2 | 18.3-38.6 |
| 55-64 | 224 | 191 | 86.7 | 79.2-91.8 | 33 | 13.3 | 8.2-20.8 |
| 65-74 | 194 | 171 | 85.0 | 75.9-91.0 | 23 | 15.0 | 9.0-24.1 |
| 75+ | 122 | 113 | 94.2 | 87.7-97.4 | 9 | 5.8 | 2.6-12.3 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 161 | 128 | 75.6 | 63.0-84.9 | 33 | 24.4 | 15.1-37.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 230 | 184 | 79.2 | 70.2-86.0 | 46 | 20.8 | 14.0-29.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 210 | 158 | 67.4 | 54.0-78.5 | 52 | 32.6 | 21.5-46.0 |
| College Graduate | 256 | 199 | 77.2 | 68.8-83.8 | 57 | 22.8 | 16.2-31.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 92 | 80 | 89.6 | 77.8-95.5 | 12 | 10.4 | 4.5-22.2 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 133 | 102 | 76.9 | 63.7-86.3 | 31 | 23.1 | 13.7-36.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 96 | 68 | 67.2 | 52.1-79.3 | 28 | 32.8 | 20.7-47.9 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 132 | 103 | 71.1 | 57.8-81.5 | 29 | 28.9 | 18.5-42.2 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 108 | 82 | 70.9 | 51.7-84.8 | 26 | 29.1 | 15.2-48.3 |
| $75,000+ | 132 | 100 | 77.7 | 66.2-86.1 | 32 | 22.3 | 13.9-33.8 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 57 | 49 | 83.8 | 69.8-92.0 | 8 | 16.2 | 8.0-30.2 |
| Guilford | 37 | 30 | 82.5 | 65.6-92.1 | 7 | 17.5 | 7.9-34.4 |
| Mecklenburg | 31 | 25 | 67.1 | 36.1-88.1 | 6 | 32.9 | 11.9-63.9 |
| Orange | 26 | 13 | 50.8 | 31.3-70.1 | 13 | 49.2 | 29.9-68.7 |
| Wake | 36 | 29 | 73.9 | 50.3-88.8 | 7 | 26.1 | 11.2-49.7 |
| Chatham/Lee | 34 | 29 | 73.4 | 40.2-91.9 | 5 | 26.6 | 8.1-59.8 |
| Nash/Wilson | 37 | 26 | 67.5 | 48.8-81.9 | 11 | 32.5 | 18.1-51.2 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 43 | 35 | 73.3 | 51.9-87.5 | 8 | 26.7 | 12.5-48.1 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 48 | 36 | 78.0 | 61.6-88.7 | 12 | 22.0 | 11.3-38.4 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 65 | 49 | 72.8 | 59.5-83.0 | 16 | 27.2 | 17.0-40.5 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 45 | 27 | 49.1 | 31.0-67.3 | 18 | 50.9 | 32.7-69.0 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 39 | 33 | 84.8 | 68.8-93.3 | 6 | 15.2 | 6.7-31.2 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 36 | 28 | 68.8 | 46.9-84.6 | 8 | 31.2 | 15.4-53.1 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 32 | 24 | 72.1 | 53.1-85.5 | 8 | 27.9 | 14.5-46.9 |
| Northeast NC I | 27 | 26 | 97.6 | 84.5-99.7 | 1 | 2.4 | 0.3-15.5 |
| Northeast NC II | 54 | 46 | 78.8 | 59.6-90.4 | 8 | 21.2 | 9.6-40.4 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 81 | 72 | 82.7 | 66.3-92.1 | 9 | 17.3 | 7.9-33.7 |
| Mountain AHEC | 142 | 120 | 81.9 | 71.3-89.1 | 22 | 18.1 | 10.9-28.7 |
| NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
| Eastern NC | 276 | 222 | 71.9 | 59.9-81.4 | 54 | 28.1 | 18.6-40.1 |
| Piedmont | 344 | 255 | 75.8 | 68.5-81.8 | 89 | 24.2 | 18.2-31.5 |
| Western NC | 240 | 195 | 77.3 | 67.8-84.7 | 45 | 22.7 | 15.3-32.2 |
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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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