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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 |
| COUNTY/REGIONS*** | |||||||
| Alamance | 149 | 118 | 72.6 | 62.2-81.0 | 31 | 27.4 | 19.0-37.8 |
| Buncombe | 135 | 114 | 73.7 | 56.6-85.7 | 21 | 26.3 | 14.3-43.4 |
| Cabarrus | 145 | 122 | 77.6 | 66.3-86.0 | 23 | 22.4 | 14.0-33.7 |
| Catawba | 158 | 138 | 79.4 | 67.6-87.6 | 20 | 20.6 | 12.4-32.4 |
| Cumberland | 175 | 144 | 75.7 | 66.4-83.1 | 31 | 24.3 | 16.9-33.6 |
| Davidson | 157 | 130 | 78.4 | 68.6-85.8 | 27 | 21.6 | 14.2-31.4 |
| Durham | 124 | 103 | 76.4 | 64.7-85.0 | 21 | 23.6 | 15.0-35.3 |
| Forsyth | 168 | 143 | 79.8 | 69.4-87.3 | 25 | 20.2 | 12.7-30.6 |
| Gaston | 166 | 146 | 84.0 | 74.6-90.4 | 20 | 16.0 | 9.6-25.4 |
| Guilford | 178 | 150 | 82.9 | 75.5-88.4 | 28 | 17.1 | 11.6-24.5 |
| Iredell | 137 | 118 | 84.3 | 74.7-90.7 | 19 | 15.7 | 9.3-25.3 |
| Johnston | 136 | 112 | 77.2 | 65.0-86.1 | 24 | 22.8 | 13.9-35.0 |
| Mecklenburg | 293 | 235 | 74.2 | 67.4-79.9 | 58 | 25.8 | 20.1-32.6 |
| New Hanover | 162 | 132 | 76.7 | 67.4-84.0 | 30 | 23.3 | 16.0-32.6 |
| Onslow | 134 | 111 | 78.6 | 67.8-86.5 | 23 | 21.4 | 13.5-32.2 |
| Orange | 114 | 89 | 64.1 | 48.3-77.3 | 25 | 35.9 | 22.7-51.7 |
| Pitt | 161 | 131 | 75.2 | 65.4-83.0 | 30 | 24.8 | 17.0-34.6 |
| Randolph | 166 | 140 | 81.3 | 73.1-87.4 | 26 | 18.7 | 12.6-26.9 |
| Robeson | 181 | 154 | 79.2 | 69.6-86.3 | 27 | 20.8 | 13.7-30.4 |
| Rowan | 182 | 160 | 80.6 | 70.3-87.9 | 22 | 19.4 | 12.1-29.7 |
| Union | 128 | 106 | 77.3 | 66.5-85.4 | 22 | 22.7 | 14.6-33.5 |
| Wake | 216 | 170 | 69.5 | 60.3-77.4 | 46 | 30.5 | 22.6-39.7 |
| Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 171 | 142 | 72.1 | 59.7-81.9 | 29 | 27.9 | 18.1-40.3 |
| Northeast Partnership II | 208 | 178 | 81.0 | 72.8-87.2 | 30 | 19.0 | 12.8-27.2 |
| Northeast Partnership I | 245 | 223 | 89.2 | 83.5-93.2 | 22 | 10.8 | 6.8-16.5 |
| Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 178 | 147 | 78.6 | 69.5-85.5 | 31 | 21.4 | 14.5-30.5 |
| Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 223 | 185 | 73.4 | 63.1-81.7 | 38 | 26.6 | 18.3-36.9 |
| Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 170 | 153 | 87.7 | 79.9-92.8 | 17 | 12.3 | 7.2-20.1 |
| Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 160 | 139 | 81.0 | 71.0-88.1 | 21 | 19.0 | 11.9-29.0 |
| Chatham/Lee/Moore | 177 | 140 | 73.0 | 63.8-80.7 | 37 | 27.0 | 19.3-36.2 |
| Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 244 | 203 | 78.5 | 71.3-84.4 | 41 | 21.5 | 15.6-28.7 |
| Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 188 | 153 | 74.7 | 65.7-82.0 | 35 | 25.3 | 18.0-34.3 |
| Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 136 | 117 | 82.2 | 73.3-88.6 | 19 | 17.8 | 11.4-26.7 |
| Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 203 | 159 | 75.1 | 67.3-81.6 | 44 | 24.9 | 18.4-32.7 |
| Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 264 | 220 | 79.5 | 72.2-85.3 | 44 | 20.5 | 14.7-27.8 |
| NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | |||||||
| Yes | 516 | 448 | 81.3 | 75.2-86.1 | 68 | 18.7 | 13.9-24.8 |
| No | 5,616 | 4,677 | 77.1 | 75.4-78.8 | 939 | 22.9 | 21.2-24.6 |
| NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
| Eastern NC | 2,159 | 1,820 | 78.1 | 75.1-80.8 | 339 | 21.9 | 19.2-24.9 |
| Piedmont | 3,293 | 2,740 | 77.1 | 74.9-79.1 | 553 | 22.9 | 20.9-25.1 |
| Western NC | 680 | 565 | 77.3 | 72.3-81.6 | 115 | 22.7 | 18.4-27.7 |
| AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | |||||||
| Mountain AHEC | 399 | 334 | 77.9 | 70.8-83.6 | 65 | 22.1 | 16.4-29.2 |
| Northwest | 1,186 | 1,000 | 77.9 | 74.2-81.1 | 186 | 22.1 | 18.9-25.8 |
| Charlotte | 896 | 744 | 77.0 | 73.0-80.5 | 152 | 23.0 | 19.5-27.0 |
| Greensboro | 771 | 633 | 78.8 | 74.6-82.4 | 138 | 21.2 | 17.6-25.4 |
| Southern Regional | 683 | 563 | 73.5 | 67.2-79.0 | 120 | 26.5 | 21.0-32.8 |
| Coastal | 333 | 280 | 80.7 | 74.5-85.6 | 53 | 19.3 | 14.4-25.5 |
| Wake | 723 | 598 | 74.2 | 68.8-78.9 | 125 | 25.8 | 21.1-31.2 |
| Area L | 313 | 276 | 82.7 | 75.9-87.9 | 37 | 17.3 | 12.1-24.1 |
| Eastern | 828 | 697 | 79.0 | 74.2-83.1 | 131 | 21.0 | 16.9-25.8 |
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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, Edgecombe, 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.
*** 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.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson,
Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
****Learn about the NC Area Health Education Centers Program
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