BRFSS 2005 - Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County	293	235	74.2	67.4-79.9	58	25.8	20.1-32.6
GENDER
Male	99	75	71.1	60.0-80.2	24	28.9	19.8-40.0
Female	194	160	76.7	68.1-83.6	34	23.3	16.4-31.9
RACE
White	190	154	75.4	67.0-82.2	36	24.6	17.8-33.0
Other	103	81	72.3	60.3-81.8	22	27.7	18.2-39.7
AGE
18-44	49	25	48.5	33.6-63.6	24	51.5	36.4-66.4
45+	240	207	83.2	76.3-88.3	33	16.8	11.7-23.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	108	90	79.9	68.7-87.8	18	20.1	12.2-31.3
Some College +	184	144	71.2	62.5-78.6	40	28.8	21.4-37.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	149	122	76.9	67.2-84.4	27	23.1	15.6-32.8
$50,000+	104	79	71.4	60.0-80.5	25	28.6	19.5-40.0

*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: Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County	293	235	74.2	67.4-79.9	58	25.8	20.1-32.6
GENDER
Male	99	75	71.1	60.0-80.2	24	28.9	19.8-40.0
Female	194	160	76.7	68.1-83.6	34	23.3	16.4-31.9
RACE
White	190	154	75.4	67.0-82.2	36	24.6	17.8-33.0
Other	103	81	72.3	60.3-81.8	22	27.7	18.2-39.7
AGE
18-44	49	25	48.5	33.6-63.6	24	51.5	36.4-66.4
45+	240	207	83.2	76.3-88.3	33	16.8	11.7-23.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	108	90	79.9	68.7-87.8	18	20.1	12.2-31.3
Some College +	184	144	71.2	62.5-78.6	40	28.8	21.4-37.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	149	122	76.9	67.2-84.4	27	23.1	15.6-32.8
$50,000+	104	79	71.4	60.0-80.5	25	28.6	19.5-40.0