BRFSS 2005 - Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	203	159	75.1	67.3-81.6	44	24.9	18.4-32.7
GENDER
Male	69	53	70.3	56.3-81.3	16	29.7	18.7-43.7
Female	134	106	78.7	69.6-85.6	28	21.3	14.4-30.4
RACE
White	177	138	74.8	66.6-81.6	39	25.2	18.4-33.4
Other	26	21	76.8	49.9-91.7	5	23.2	8.3-50.1
AGE
18-44	32	14	51.2	32.7-69.3	18	48.8	30.7-67.3
45+	171	145	83.9	76.4-89.3	26	16.1	10.7-23.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	127	103	78.4	68.6-85.8	24	21.6	14.2-31.4
Some College +	75	55	68.7	55.1-79.7	20	31.3	20.3-44.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	138	108	75.8	66.3-83.3	30	24.2	16.7-33.7
$50,000+	34	25	69.2	50.4-83.2	9	30.8	16.8-49.6

*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: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	203	159	75.1	67.3-81.6	44	24.9	18.4-32.7
GENDER
Male	69	53	70.3	56.3-81.3	16	29.7	18.7-43.7
Female	134	106	78.7	69.6-85.6	28	21.3	14.4-30.4
RACE
White	177	138	74.8	66.6-81.6	39	25.2	18.4-33.4
Other	26	21	76.8	49.9-91.7	5	23.2	8.3-50.1
AGE
18-44	32	14	51.2	32.7-69.3	18	48.8	30.7-67.3
45+	171	145	83.9	76.4-89.3	26	16.1	10.7-23.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	127	103	78.4	68.6-85.8	24	21.6	14.2-31.4
Some College +	75	55	68.7	55.1-79.7	20	31.3	20.3-44.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	138	108	75.8	66.3-83.3	30	24.2	16.7-33.7
$50,000+	34	25	69.2	50.4-83.2	9	30.8	16.8-49.6