BRFSS 2005 - Alamance County: (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
-Alamance County	149	118	72.6	62.2-81.0	31	27.4	19.0-37.8
GENDER
Male	48	33	64.9	46.9-79.4	15	35.1	20.6-53.1
Female	101	85	78.0	65.6-86.9	16	22.0	13.1-34.4
RACE
White	105	85	76.5	63.5-85.9	20	23.5	14.1-36.5
Other	43	32	64.2	46.1-79.1	11	35.8	20.9-53.9
AGE
18-44	22	10	35.4	17.7-58.2	12	64.6	41.8-82.3
45+	126	107	83.8	75.0-89.9	19	16.2	10.1-25.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	82	66	76.3	63.0-85.9	16	23.7	14.1-37.0
Some College +	65	50	67.5	50.9-80.6	15	32.5	19.4-49.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	84	68	78.9	66.7-87.5	16	21.1	12.5-33.3
$50,000+	31	21	58.0	35.6-77.5	10	42.0	22.5-64.4

*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: Alamance County

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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
-Alamance County	149	118	72.6	62.2-81.0	31	27.4	19.0-37.8
GENDER
Male	48	33	64.9	46.9-79.4	15	35.1	20.6-53.1
Female	101	85	78.0	65.6-86.9	16	22.0	13.1-34.4
RACE
White	105	85	76.5	63.5-85.9	20	23.5	14.1-36.5
Other	43	32	64.2	46.1-79.1	11	35.8	20.9-53.9
AGE
18-44	22	10	35.4	17.7-58.2	12	64.6	41.8-82.3
45+	126	107	83.8	75.0-89.9	19	16.2	10.1-25.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	82	66	76.3	63.0-85.9	16	23.7	14.1-37.0
Some College +	65	50	67.5	50.9-80.6	15	32.5	19.4-49.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	84	68	78.9	66.7-87.5	16	21.1	12.5-33.3
$50,000+	31	21	58.0	35.6-77.5	10	42.0	22.5-64.4