BRFSS 2005 - Guilford 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
-Guilford County	178	150	82.9	75.5-88.4	28	17.1	11.6-24.5
GENDER
Male	67	58	85.9	74.0-92.8	9	14.1	7.2-26.0
Female	111	92	79.9	69.7-87.3	19	20.1	12.7-30.3
RACE
White	125	106	81.4	71.7-88.3	19	18.6	11.7-28.3
Other	52	44	86.7	74.2-93.6	8	13.3	6.4-25.8
AGE
18-44	27	16	66.3	44.8-82.8	11	33.7	17.2-55.2
45+	149	132	86.9	79.2-92.0	17	13.1	8.0-20.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	82	69	83.8	72.9-90.9	13	16.2	9.1-27.1
Some College +	95	80	81.8	70.7-89.3	15	18.2	10.7-29.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	98	84	85.7	76.0-91.9	14	14.3	8.1-24.0
$50,000+	38	30	75.4	56.3-87.9	8	24.6	12.1-43.7

*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: Guilford 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
-Guilford County	178	150	82.9	75.5-88.4	28	17.1	11.6-24.5
GENDER
Male	67	58	85.9	74.0-92.8	9	14.1	7.2-26.0
Female	111	92	79.9	69.7-87.3	19	20.1	12.7-30.3
RACE
White	125	106	81.4	71.7-88.3	19	18.6	11.7-28.3
Other	52	44	86.7	74.2-93.6	8	13.3	6.4-25.8
AGE
18-44	27	16	66.3	44.8-82.8	11	33.7	17.2-55.2
45+	149	132	86.9	79.2-92.0	17	13.1	8.0-20.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	82	69	83.8	72.9-90.9	13	16.2	9.1-27.1
Some College +	95	80	81.8	70.7-89.3	15	18.2	10.7-29.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	98	84	85.7	76.0-91.9	14	14.3	8.1-24.0
$50,000+	38	30	75.4	56.3-87.9	8	24.6	12.1-43.7