BRFSS 2005 - Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 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
-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml.	171	142	72.1	59.7-81.9	29	27.9	18.1-40.3
GENDER
Male	69	54	64.6	46.1-79.6	15	35.4	20.4-53.9
Female	102	88	79.4	62.7-89.8	14	20.6	10.2-37.3
RACE
White	140	121	76.4	61.6-86.7	19	23.6	13.3-38.4
Other	30	20	49.9	28.3-71.4	10	50.1	28.6-71.7
AGE
18-44	26	14	35.2	17.6-58.2	12	64.8	41.8-82.4
45+	145	128	88.2	81.1-92.9	17	11.8	7.1-18.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	77	63	65.3	46.1-80.5	14	34.7	19.5-53.9
Some College +	94	79	79.9	67.8-88.3	15	20.1	11.7-32.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	96	80	69.8	52.3-82.9	16	30.2	17.1-47.7
$50,000+	46	40	85.4	69.5-93.7	6	14.6	6.3-30.5

*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: Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 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
-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml.	171	142	72.1	59.7-81.9	29	27.9	18.1-40.3
GENDER
Male	69	54	64.6	46.1-79.6	15	35.4	20.4-53.9
Female	102	88	79.4	62.7-89.8	14	20.6	10.2-37.3
RACE
White	140	121	76.4	61.6-86.7	19	23.6	13.3-38.4
Other	30	20	49.9	28.3-71.4	10	50.1	28.6-71.7
AGE
18-44	26	14	35.2	17.6-58.2	12	64.8	41.8-82.4
45+	145	128	88.2	81.1-92.9	17	11.8	7.1-18.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	77	63	65.3	46.1-80.5	14	34.7	19.5-53.9
Some College +	94	79	79.9	67.8-88.3	15	20.1	11.7-32.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	96	80	69.8	52.3-82.9	16	30.2	17.1-47.7
$50,000+	46	40	85.4	69.5-93.7	6	14.6	6.3-30.5