BRFSS 2005 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	170	153	87.7	79.9-92.8	17	12.3	7.2-20.1
GENDER
Male	64	59	88.1	73.4-95.2	5	11.9	4.8-26.6
Female	106	94	87.3	77.7-93.2	12	12.7	6.8-22.3
RACE
White	132	120	88.2	78.8-93.8	12	11.8	6.2-21.2
Other	37	32	85.9	67.7-94.7	5	14.1	5.3-32.3
AGE
18-44	22	17	75.6	48.4-91.1	5	24.4	8.9-51.6
45+	147	135	90.6	83.4-94.9	12	9.4	5.1-16.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	103	95	90.0	79.1-95.6	8	10.0	4.4-20.9
Some College +	67	58	83.8	70.3-91.9	9	16.2	8.1-29.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	118	107	89.1	79.5-94.5	11	10.9	5.5-20.5
$50,000+	32	28	84.1	61.8-94.5	4	15.9	5.5-38.2

*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: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	170	153	87.7	79.9-92.8	17	12.3	7.2-20.1
GENDER
Male	64	59	88.1	73.4-95.2	5	11.9	4.8-26.6
Female	106	94	87.3	77.7-93.2	12	12.7	6.8-22.3
RACE
White	132	120	88.2	78.8-93.8	12	11.8	6.2-21.2
Other	37	32	85.9	67.7-94.7	5	14.1	5.3-32.3
AGE
18-44	22	17	75.6	48.4-91.1	5	24.4	8.9-51.6
45+	147	135	90.6	83.4-94.9	12	9.4	5.1-16.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	103	95	90.0	79.1-95.6	8	10.0	4.4-20.9
Some College +	67	58	83.8	70.3-91.9	9	16.2	8.1-29.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	118	107	89.1	79.5-94.5	11	10.9	5.5-20.5
$50,000+	32	28	84.1	61.8-94.5	4	15.9	5.5-38.2