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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| 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 |
| -Eastern NC | 2,159 | 1,820 | 78.1 | 75.1-80.8 | 339 | 21.9 | 19.2-24.9 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 736 | 600 | 73.2 | 67.9-77.9 | 136 | 26.8 | 22.1-32.1 |
| Female | 1,423 | 1,220 | 82.3 | 79.2-84.9 | 203 | 17.7 | 15.1-20.8 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 1,324 | 1,127 | 80.1 | 76.3-83.5 | 197 | 19.9 | 16.5-23.7 |
| African American | 695 | 598 | 80.6 | 75.6-84.8 | 97 | 19.4 | 15.2-24.4 |
| Other Minorities | 133 | 88 | 47.8 | 36.6-59.2 | 45 | 52.2 | 40.8-63.4 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 47 | 24 | 31.5 | 18.6-48.0 | 23 | 68.5 | 52.0-81.4 |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,107 | 1,791 | 79.8 | 76.9-82.4 | 316 | 20.2 | 17.6-23.1 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 27 | 3 | 5.6 | 1.2-22.5 | 24 | 94.4 | 77.5-98.8 |
| 25-34 | 88 | 33 | 35.5 | 24.7-48.1 | 55 | 64.5 | 51.9-75.3 |
| 35-44 | 232 | 141 | 58.0 | 49.8-65.8 | 91 | 42.0 | 34.2-50.2 |
| 45-54 | 444 | 373 | 81.7 | 76.7-85.9 | 71 | 18.3 | 14.1-23.3 |
| 55-64 | 555 | 494 | 89.1 | 84.9-92.2 | 61 | 10.9 | 7.8-15.1 |
| 65-74 | 473 | 453 | 95.1 | 91.9-97.1 | 20 | 4.9 | 2.9- 8.1 |
| 75+ | 330 | 315 | 95.5 | 91.5-97.6 | 15 | 4.5 | 2.4- 8.5 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 467 | 419 | 79.0 | 71.3-85.0 | 48 | 21.0 | 15.0-28.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 743 | 622 | 76.5 | 70.7-81.5 | 121 | 23.5 | 18.5-29.3 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 507 | 411 | 75.4 | 70.0-80.1 | 96 | 24.6 | 19.9-30.0 |
| College Graduate | 437 | 364 | 83.4 | 79.0-87.1 | 73 | 16.6 | 12.9-21.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 407 | 360 | 84.3 | 77.5-89.4 | 47 | 15.7 | 10.6-22.5 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 428 | 351 | 75.9 | 69.8-81.2 | 77 | 24.1 | 18.8-30.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 282 | 232 | 71.9 | 60.6-81.0 | 50 | 28.1 | 19.0-39.4 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 268 | 216 | 74.4 | 66.6-81.0 | 52 | 25.6 | 19.0-33.4 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 230 | 193 | 80.1 | 72.3-86.1 | 37 | 19.9 | 13.9-27.7 |
| $75,000+ | 199 | 171 | 82.2 | 73.1-88.7 | 28 | 17.8 | 11.3-26.9 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 1,032 | 903 | 81.7 | 77.5-85.3 | 129 | 18.3 | 14.7-22.5 |
| No | 1,063 | 867 | 75.0 | 70.6-79.0 | 196 | 25.0 | 21.0-29.4 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 371 | 313 | 77.1 | 69.1-83.6 | 58 | 22.9 | 16.4-30.9 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,779 | 1,499 | 78.3 | 75.1-81.2 | 280 | 21.7 | 18.8-24.9 |
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*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.
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