BRFSS 2005 - Catawba 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
-Catawba County	158	138	79.4	67.6-87.6	20	20.6	12.4-32.4
GENDER
Male	69	58	74.2	55.8-86.8	11	25.8	13.2-44.2
Female	89	80	85.7	72.8-93.0	9	14.3	7.0-27.2
RACE
White	143	125	78.8	66.1-87.7	18	21.2	12.3-33.9
Other	14	12	82.9	43.6-96.8	2	17.1	3.2-56.4
AGE
18-44	16	9	44.7	20.5-71.7	7	55.3	28.3-79.5
45+	141	128	88.5	79.4-93.8	13	11.5	6.2-20.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	88	75	78.5	64.5-88.0	13	21.5	12.0-35.5
Some College +	70	63	80.3	58.8-92.1	7	19.7	7.9-41.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	105	91	77.5	61.8-88.0	14	22.5	12.0-38.2
$50,000+	20	18	84.0	50.0-96.5	2	16.0	3.5-50.0

*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: Catawba 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
-Catawba County	158	138	79.4	67.6-87.6	20	20.6	12.4-32.4
GENDER
Male	69	58	74.2	55.8-86.8	11	25.8	13.2-44.2
Female	89	80	85.7	72.8-93.0	9	14.3	7.0-27.2
RACE
White	143	125	78.8	66.1-87.7	18	21.2	12.3-33.9
Other	14	12	82.9	43.6-96.8	2	17.1	3.2-56.4
AGE
18-44	16	9	44.7	20.5-71.7	7	55.3	28.3-79.5
45+	141	128	88.5	79.4-93.8	13	11.5	6.2-20.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	88	75	78.5	64.5-88.0	13	21.5	12.0-35.5
Some College +	70	63	80.3	58.8-92.1	7	19.7	7.9-41.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	105	91	77.5	61.8-88.0	14	22.5	12.0-38.2
$50,000+	20	18	84.0	50.0-96.5	2	16.0	3.5-50.0