BRFSS 2005 - Chatham/Lee/Moore 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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore	177	140	73.0	63.8-80.7	37	27.0	19.3-36.2
GENDER
Male	61	43	64.0	49.3-76.4	18	36.0	23.6-50.7
Female	116	97	79.9	67.5-88.4	19	20.1	11.6-32.5
RACE
White	140	118	79.2	68.5-87.0	22	20.8	13.0-31.5
Other	36	21	54.6	35.7-72.3	15	45.4	27.7-64.3
AGE
18-44	19	6	30.5	11.9-58.7	13	69.5	41.3-88.1
45+	157	133	82.1	73.6-88.3	24	17.9	11.7-26.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	85	67	70.3	55.9-81.6	18	29.7	18.4-44.1
Some College +	92	73	76.0	64.1-84.9	19	24.0	15.1-35.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	100	80	73.3	59.7-83.6	20	26.7	16.4-40.3
$50,000+	46	35	73.8	58.2-85.1	11	26.2	14.9-41.8

*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: Chatham/Lee/Moore 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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore	177	140	73.0	63.8-80.7	37	27.0	19.3-36.2
GENDER
Male	61	43	64.0	49.3-76.4	18	36.0	23.6-50.7
Female	116	97	79.9	67.5-88.4	19	20.1	11.6-32.5
RACE
White	140	118	79.2	68.5-87.0	22	20.8	13.0-31.5
Other	36	21	54.6	35.7-72.3	15	45.4	27.7-64.3
AGE
18-44	19	6	30.5	11.9-58.7	13	69.5	41.3-88.1
45+	157	133	82.1	73.6-88.3	24	17.9	11.7-26.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	85	67	70.3	55.9-81.6	18	29.7	18.4-44.1
Some College +	92	73	76.0	64.1-84.9	19	24.0	15.1-35.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	100	80	73.3	59.7-83.6	20	26.7	16.4-40.3
$50,000+	46	35	73.8	58.2-85.1	11	26.2	14.9-41.8