BRFSS 2005 - Mountain AHEC**: (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
-Mountain AHEC	391	328	77.7	70.5-83.5	63	22.3	16.5-29.5
GENDER
Male	139	114	74.1	61.1-83.9	25	25.9	16.1-38.9
Female	252	214	80.8	73.1-86.6	38	19.2	13.4-26.9
RACE
White	346	291	79.5	73.1-84.7	55	20.5	15.3-26.9
African American	26	20	55.1	23.5-83.1	6	44.9	16.9-76.5
Other Minorities	19	17	92.2	70.7-98.3	2	7.8	1.7-29.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic	7	5	82.3	45.5-96.3	2	17.7	3.7-54.5
Non-Hispanic	383	322	77.6	70.2-83.5	61	22.4	16.5-29.8
AGE
18-24	3	0	0.0	. - .	3	100	. - .
25-34	18	8	52.7	27.2-76.9	10	47.3	23.1-72.8
35-44	28	20	58.1	34.9-78.1	8	41.9	21.9-65.1
45-54	61	46	75.9	61.4-86.2	15	24.1	13.8-38.6
55-64	90	76	83.1	71.2-90.8	14	16.9	9.2-28.8
65-74	97	89	91.0	82.3-95.7	8	9.0	4.3-17.7
75+	93	88	94.8	86.3-98.2	5	5.2	1.8-13.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	79	68	75.4	50.0-90.4	11	24.6	9.6-50.0
H.S. or G.E.D.	124	107	83.6	72.0-91.0	17	16.4	9.0-28.0
Some Post-H.S.	95	78	74.6	61.1-84.5	17	25.4	15.5-38.9
College Graduate	92	74	75.7	62.9-85.1	18	24.3	14.9-37.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	75	71	95.6	87.5-98.6	4	4.4	1.4-12.5
$15,000- 24,999	84	67	72.6	57.5-83.8	17	27.4	16.2-42.5
$25,000- 34,999	48	41	81.5	65.5-91.1	7	18.5	8.9-34.5
$35,000- 49,999	44	34	75.3	55.7-88.1	10	24.7	11.9-44.3
$50,000-74,999	38	26	63.1	42.6-79.8	12	36.9	20.2-57.4
$75,000+	28	23	82.6	62.3-93.1	5	17.4	6.9-37.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	183	160	82.7	73.2-89.3	23	17.3	10.7-26.8
No	198	160	73.9	63.1-82.5	38	26.1	17.5-36.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	76	65	81.0	67.2-89.9	11	19.0	10.1-32.8
Non-Veteran	314	262	76.7	68.2-83.6	52	23.3	16.4-31.8

*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: Mountain AHEC**

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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
-Mountain AHEC	391	328	77.7	70.5-83.5	63	22.3	16.5-29.5
GENDER
Male	139	114	74.1	61.1-83.9	25	25.9	16.1-38.9
Female	252	214	80.8	73.1-86.6	38	19.2	13.4-26.9
RACE
White	346	291	79.5	73.1-84.7	55	20.5	15.3-26.9
African American	26	20	55.1	23.5-83.1	6	44.9	16.9-76.5
Other Minorities	19	17	92.2	70.7-98.3	2	7.8	1.7-29.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic	7	5	82.3	45.5-96.3	2	17.7	3.7-54.5
Non-Hispanic	383	322	77.6	70.2-83.5	61	22.4	16.5-29.8
AGE
18-24	3	0	0.0	. - .	3	100	. - .
25-34	18	8	52.7	27.2-76.9	10	47.3	23.1-72.8
35-44	28	20	58.1	34.9-78.1	8	41.9	21.9-65.1
45-54	61	46	75.9	61.4-86.2	15	24.1	13.8-38.6
55-64	90	76	83.1	71.2-90.8	14	16.9	9.2-28.8
65-74	97	89	91.0	82.3-95.7	8	9.0	4.3-17.7
75+	93	88	94.8	86.3-98.2	5	5.2	1.8-13.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	79	68	75.4	50.0-90.4	11	24.6	9.6-50.0
H.S. or G.E.D.	124	107	83.6	72.0-91.0	17	16.4	9.0-28.0
Some Post-H.S.	95	78	74.6	61.1-84.5	17	25.4	15.5-38.9
College Graduate	92	74	75.7	62.9-85.1	18	24.3	14.9-37.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	75	71	95.6	87.5-98.6	4	4.4	1.4-12.5
$15,000- 24,999	84	67	72.6	57.5-83.8	17	27.4	16.2-42.5
$25,000- 34,999	48	41	81.5	65.5-91.1	7	18.5	8.9-34.5
$35,000- 49,999	44	34	75.3	55.7-88.1	10	24.7	11.9-44.3
$50,000-74,999	38	26	63.1	42.6-79.8	12	36.9	20.2-57.4
$75,000+	28	23	82.6	62.3-93.1	5	17.4	6.9-37.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	183	160	82.7	73.2-89.3	23	17.3	10.7-26.8
No	198	160	73.9	63.1-82.5	38	26.1	17.5-36.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	76	65	81.0	67.2-89.9	11	19.0	10.1-32.8
Non-Veteran	314	262	76.7	68.2-83.6	52	23.3	16.4-31.8