BRFSS 2005 - Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	160	139	81.0	71.0-88.1	21	19.0	11.9-29.0
GENDER
Male	49	42	83.6	67.6-92.6	7	16.4	7.4-32.4
Female	111	97	78.9	65.2-88.2	14	21.1	11.8-34.8
RACE
White	89	79	86.9	75.9-93.3	10	13.1	6.7-24.1
Other	69	59	76.6	59.8-87.8	10	23.4	12.2-40.2
AGE
18-44	21	16	61.7	34.4-83.2	5	38.3	16.8-65.6
45+	137	121	85.8	77.2-91.5	16	14.2	8.5-22.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	101	88	80.6	67.2-89.5	13	19.4	10.5-32.8
Some College +	58	50	81.4	65.2-91.1	8	18.6	8.9-34.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	93	82	85.1	72.8-92.5	11	14.9	7.5-27.2
$50,000+	34	28	78.0	58.0-90.1	6	22.0	9.9-42.0

*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: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	160	139	81.0	71.0-88.1	21	19.0	11.9-29.0
GENDER
Male	49	42	83.6	67.6-92.6	7	16.4	7.4-32.4
Female	111	97	78.9	65.2-88.2	14	21.1	11.8-34.8
RACE
White	89	79	86.9	75.9-93.3	10	13.1	6.7-24.1
Other	69	59	76.6	59.8-87.8	10	23.4	12.2-40.2
AGE
18-44	21	16	61.7	34.4-83.2	5	38.3	16.8-65.6
45+	137	121	85.8	77.2-91.5	16	14.2	8.5-22.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	101	88	80.6	67.2-89.5	13	19.4	10.5-32.8
Some College +	58	50	81.4	65.2-91.1	8	18.6	8.9-34.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	93	82	85.1	72.8-92.5	11	14.9	7.5-27.2
$50,000+	34	28	78.0	58.0-90.1	6	22.0	9.9-42.0