BRFSS 2005 - Davidson 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
-Davidson County	157	130	78.4	68.6-85.8	27	21.6	14.2-31.4
GENDER
Male	66	56	79.7	63.9-89.6	10	20.3	10.4-36.1
Female	91	74	77.1	64.1-86.4	17	22.9	13.6-35.9
RACE
White	141	116	79.6	69.8-86.8	25	20.4	13.2-30.2
Other	16	14	67.4	28.0-91.7	2	32.6	8.3-72.0
AGE
18-44	23	11	49.6	26.4-73.0	12	50.4	27.0-73.6
45+	134	119	90.0	83.3-94.3	15	10.0	5.7-16.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	111	93	78.9	67.0-87.4	18	21.1	12.6-33.0
Some College +	46	37	77.0	57.7-89.2	9	23.0	10.8-42.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	101	80	73.3	59.8-83.6	21	26.7	16.4-40.2
$50,000+	32	27	81.1	60.1-92.4	5	18.9	7.6-39.9

*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: Davidson 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
-Davidson County	157	130	78.4	68.6-85.8	27	21.6	14.2-31.4
GENDER
Male	66	56	79.7	63.9-89.6	10	20.3	10.4-36.1
Female	91	74	77.1	64.1-86.4	17	22.9	13.6-35.9
RACE
White	141	116	79.6	69.8-86.8	25	20.4	13.2-30.2
Other	16	14	67.4	28.0-91.7	2	32.6	8.3-72.0
AGE
18-44	23	11	49.6	26.4-73.0	12	50.4	27.0-73.6
45+	134	119	90.0	83.3-94.3	15	10.0	5.7-16.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	111	93	78.9	67.0-87.4	18	21.1	12.6-33.0
Some College +	46	37	77.0	57.7-89.2	9	23.0	10.8-42.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	101	80	73.3	59.8-83.6	21	26.7	16.4-40.2
$50,000+	32	27	81.1	60.1-92.4	5	18.9	7.6-39.9