BRFSS 2005 - Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 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
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	188	153	74.7	65.7-82.0	35	25.3	18.0-34.3
GENDER
Male	71	55	69.6	54.9-81.2	16	30.4	18.8-45.1
Female	117	98	79.3	68.4-87.2	19	20.7	12.8-31.6
RACE
White	163	134	75.1	65.4-82.8	29	24.9	17.2-34.6
Other	25	19	72.4	45.7-89.1	6	27.6	10.9-54.3
AGE
18-44	36	16	44.0	27.5-62.0	20	56.0	38.0-72.5
45+	151	136	87.8	78.2-93.5	15	12.2	6.5-21.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	130	108	77.0	65.8-85.4	22	23.0	14.6-34.2
Some College +	58	45	70.3	54.0-82.6	13	29.7	17.4-46.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	120	96	73.8	62.4-82.7	24	26.2	17.3-37.6
$50,000+	36	27	66.8	46.6-82.3	9	33.2	17.7-53.4

*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: Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 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
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	188	153	74.7	65.7-82.0	35	25.3	18.0-34.3
GENDER
Male	71	55	69.6	54.9-81.2	16	30.4	18.8-45.1
Female	117	98	79.3	68.4-87.2	19	20.7	12.8-31.6
RACE
White	163	134	75.1	65.4-82.8	29	24.9	17.2-34.6
Other	25	19	72.4	45.7-89.1	6	27.6	10.9-54.3
AGE
18-44	36	16	44.0	27.5-62.0	20	56.0	38.0-72.5
45+	151	136	87.8	78.2-93.5	15	12.2	6.5-21.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	130	108	77.0	65.8-85.4	22	23.0	14.6-34.2
Some College +	58	45	70.3	54.0-82.6	13	29.7	17.4-46.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	120	96	73.8	62.4-82.7	24	26.2	17.3-37.6
$50,000+	36	27	66.8	46.6-82.3	9	33.2	17.7-53.4