BRFSS 2005 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties: (Are you currently taking medicine for your high blood pressure?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	6,132	5,125	77.4	75.8-79.0	1,007	22.6	21.0-24.2
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	136	117	82.2	73.3-88.6	19	17.8	11.4-26.7
GENDER
Male	52	46	86.0	71.5-93.7	6	14.0	6.3-28.5
Female	84	71	78.8	66.3-87.5	13	21.2	12.5-33.7
RACE
White	131	114	83.2	74.1-89.5	17	16.8	10.5-25.9
Other	5	3	59.4	18.0-90.7	2	40.6	9.3-82.0
AGE
18-44	14	7	54.1	27.7-78.3	7	45.9	21.7-72.3
45+	121	109	87.3	78.5-92.9	12	12.7	7.1-21.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	77	68	84.9	72.2-92.4	9	15.1	7.6-27.8
Some College +	57	48	80.4	66.0-89.6	9	19.6	10.4-34.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	92	82	84.4	72.8-91.6	10	15.6	8.4-27.2
$50,000+	23	19	81.6	58.1-93.4	4	18.4	6.6-41.9

*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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): 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.

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	6,132	5,125	77.4	75.8-79.0	1,007	22.6	21.0-24.2
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	136	117	82.2	73.3-88.6	19	17.8	11.4-26.7
GENDER
Male	52	46	86.0	71.5-93.7	6	14.0	6.3-28.5
Female	84	71	78.8	66.3-87.5	13	21.2	12.5-33.7
RACE
White	131	114	83.2	74.1-89.5	17	16.8	10.5-25.9
Other	5	3	59.4	18.0-90.7	2	40.6	9.3-82.0
AGE
18-44	14	7	54.1	27.7-78.3	7	45.9	21.7-72.3
45+	121	109	87.3	78.5-92.9	12	12.7	7.1-21.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	77	68	84.9	72.2-92.4	9	15.1	7.6-27.8
Some College +	57	48	80.4	66.0-89.6	9	19.6	10.4-34.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	92	82	84.4	72.8-91.6	10	15.6	8.4-27.2
$50,000+	23	19	81.6	58.1-93.4	4	18.4	6.6-41.9