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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 3,185 | 2,579 | 76.0 | 73.3-78.5 | 606 | 24.0 | 21.5-26.7 |
| -Piedmont NC | 1,234 | 973 | 75.3 | 71.3-79.0 | 261 | 24.7 | 21.0-28.7 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 452 | 337 | 74.6 | 68.0-80.3 | 115 | 25.4 | 19.7-32.0 |
| Female | 782 | 636 | 75.9 | 70.8-80.4 | 146 | 24.1 | 19.6-29.2 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 862 | 680 | 76.1 | 71.3-80.3 | 182 | 23.9 | 19.7-28.7 |
| African American | 322 | 263 | 77.2 | 68.3-84.1 | 59 | 22.8 | 15.9-31.7 |
| Other Minorities | 42 | 24 | 52.6 | 31.2-73.0 | 18 | 47.4 | 27.0-68.8 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 23 | 2 | 13.5 | 2.2-52.5 | 21 | 86.5 | 47.5-97.8 |
| 25-34 | 55 | 18 | 31.9 | 17.0-51.9 | 37 | 68.1 | 48.1-83.0 |
| 35-44 | 132 | 78 | 65.2 | 53.5-75.3 | 54 | 34.8 | 24.7-46.5 |
| 45-54 | 256 | 195 | 79.9 | 72.1-85.9 | 61 | 20.1 | 14.1-27.9 |
| 55-64 | 271 | 231 | 87.4 | 81.6-91.6 | 40 | 12.6 | 8.4-18.4 |
| 65-74 | 253 | 231 | 86.6 | 79.0-91.7 | 22 | 13.4 | 8.3-21.0 |
| 75+ | 232 | 211 | 90.3 | 83.5-94.4 | 21 | 9.7 | 5.6-16.5 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 265 | 211 | 77.4 | 68.7-84.2 | 54 | 22.6 | 15.8-31.3 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 360 | 290 | 74.9 | 66.8-81.5 | 70 | 25.1 | 18.5-33.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 294 | 222 | 71.4 | 62.0-79.3 | 72 | 28.6 | 20.7-38.0 |
| College Graduate | 309 | 244 | 77.4 | 69.9-83.5 | 65 | 22.6 | 16.5-30.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 164 | 138 | 81.2 | 70.3-88.8 | 26 | 18.8 | 11.2-29.7 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 233 | 184 | 74.4 | 63.8-82.7 | 49 | 25.6 | 17.3-36.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 119 | 86 | 72.7 | 59.5-82.9 | 33 | 27.3 | 17.1-40.5 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 150 | 108 | 72.0 | 60.5-81.2 | 42 | 28.0 | 18.8-39.5 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 108 | 76 | 69.4 | 57.1-79.5 | 32 | 30.6 | 20.5-42.9 |
| $75,000+ | 137 | 109 | 80.1 | 69.3-87.7 | 28 | 19.9 | 12.3-30.7 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 161 | 137 | 80.3 | 71.6-86.8 | 24 | 19.7 | 13.2-28.4 |
| Guilford | 134 | 110 | 77.1 | 66.1-85.4 | 24 | 22.9 | 14.6-33.9 |
| Mecklenburg | 126 | 108 | 77.0 | 62.6-87.0 | 18 | 23.0 | 13.0-37.4 |
| Orange | 96 | 64 | 60.6 | 48.6-71.5 | 32 | 39.4 | 28.5-51.4 |
| Wake | 108 | 82 | 74.4 | 62.5-83.5 | 26 | 25.6 | 16.5-37.5 |
| Chatham/Lee | 138 | 115 | 75.1 | 62.2-84.6 | 23 | 24.9 | 15.4-37.8 |
| Nash/Wilson | 156 | 125 | 75.9 | 67.1-83.0 | 31 | 24.1 | 17.0-32.9 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 170 | 142 | 77.7 | 68.1-85.0 | 28 | 22.3 | 15.0-31.9 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 137 | 115 | 84.7 | 76.4-90.4 | 22 | 15.3 | 9.6-23.6 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 149 | 121 | 75.5 | 64.9-83.8 | 28 | 24.5 | 16.2-35.1 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 182 | 137 | 56.2 | 37.0-73.7 | 45 | 43.8 | 26.3-63.0 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 136 | 107 | 72.9 | 60.6-82.5 | 29 | 27.1 | 17.5-39.4 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 185 | 148 | 72.4 | 63.4-79.9 | 37 | 27.6 | 20.1-36.6 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 173 | 151 | 85.3 | 77.7-90.6 | 22 | 14.7 | 9.4-22.3 |
| Northeast NC I | 186 | 156 | 82.6 | 75.1-88.1 | 30 | 17.4 | 11.9-24.9 |
| Northeast NC II | 201 | 169 | 79.8 | 71.4-86.3 | 32 | 20.2 | 13.7-28.6 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 387 | 325 | 80.8 | 74.9-85.6 | 62 | 19.2 | 14.4-25.1 |
| Mountain AHEC | 429 | 356 | 81.5 | 75.6-86.2 | 73 | 18.5 | 13.8-24.4 |
| NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
| Eastern NC | 1,262 | 1,035 | 74.9 | 70.0-79.2 | 227 | 25.1 | 20.8-30.0 |
| Piedmont | 1,234 | 973 | 75.3 | 71.3-79.0 | 261 | 24.7 | 21.0-28.7 |
| Western NC | 689 | 571 | 81.1 | 76.0-85.3 | 118 | 18.9 | 14.7-24.0 |
Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Piedmont North Carolina**. Please refer to the North Carolina table for statewide breakdowns.
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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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