BRFSS 2005 - Cumberland 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
-Cumberland County	175	144	75.7	66.4-83.1	31	24.3	16.9-33.6
GENDER
Male	54	44	73.3	56.3-85.4	10	26.7	14.6-43.7
Female	121	100	77.6	66.8-85.6	21	22.4	14.4-33.2
RACE
White	98	79	70.2	56.7-80.9	19	29.8	19.1-43.3
Other	76	64	81.4	68.0-90.1	12	18.6	9.9-32.0
AGE
18-44	34	14	32.0	17.1-51.7	20	68.0	48.3-82.9
45+	139	128	93.8	88.4-96.8	11	6.2	3.2-11.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	68	58	81.8	67.6-90.7	10	18.2	9.3-32.4
Some College +	106	85	72.1	59.6-81.9	21	27.9	18.1-40.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	105	84	70.7	57.7-81.0	21	29.3	19.0-42.3
$50,000+	49	42	84.5	69.5-92.9	7	15.5	7.1-30.5

*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: Cumberland 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
-Cumberland County	175	144	75.7	66.4-83.1	31	24.3	16.9-33.6
GENDER
Male	54	44	73.3	56.3-85.4	10	26.7	14.6-43.7
Female	121	100	77.6	66.8-85.6	21	22.4	14.4-33.2
RACE
White	98	79	70.2	56.7-80.9	19	29.8	19.1-43.3
Other	76	64	81.4	68.0-90.1	12	18.6	9.9-32.0
AGE
18-44	34	14	32.0	17.1-51.7	20	68.0	48.3-82.9
45+	139	128	93.8	88.4-96.8	11	6.2	3.2-11.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	68	58	81.8	67.6-90.7	10	18.2	9.3-32.4
Some College +	106	85	72.1	59.6-81.9	21	27.9	18.1-40.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	105	84	70.7	57.7-81.0	21	29.3	19.0-42.3
$50,000+	49	42	84.5	69.5-92.9	7	15.5	7.1-30.5