BRFSS 2005 - Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	223	185	73.4	63.1-81.7	38	26.6	18.3-36.9
GENDER
Male	65	52	65.8	46.8-80.8	13	34.2	19.2-53.2
Female	158	133	79.2	69.9-86.2	25	20.8	13.8-30.1
RACE
White	129	110	79.4	64.2-89.3	19	20.6	10.7-35.8
Other	94	75	66.0	51.0-78.4	19	34.0	21.6-49.0
AGE
18-44	40	20	33.7	19.1-52.3	20	66.3	47.7-80.9
45+	181	164	89.2	81.5-93.9	17	10.8	6.1-18.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	134	112	67.6	53.7-79.0	22	32.4	21.0-46.3
Some College +	89	73	84.4	74.6-90.8	16	15.6	9.2-25.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	144	116	69.2	56.2-79.7	28	30.8	20.3-43.8
$50,000+	36	31	80.7	55.7-93.3	5	19.3	6.7-44.3

*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: Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	223	185	73.4	63.1-81.7	38	26.6	18.3-36.9
GENDER
Male	65	52	65.8	46.8-80.8	13	34.2	19.2-53.2
Female	158	133	79.2	69.9-86.2	25	20.8	13.8-30.1
RACE
White	129	110	79.4	64.2-89.3	19	20.6	10.7-35.8
Other	94	75	66.0	51.0-78.4	19	34.0	21.6-49.0
AGE
18-44	40	20	33.7	19.1-52.3	20	66.3	47.7-80.9
45+	181	164	89.2	81.5-93.9	17	10.8	6.1-18.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	134	112	67.6	53.7-79.0	22	32.4	21.0-46.3
Some College +	89	73	84.4	74.6-90.8	16	15.6	9.2-25.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	144	116	69.2	56.2-79.7	28	30.8	20.3-43.8
$50,000+	36	31	80.7	55.7-93.3	5	19.3	6.7-44.3