BRFSS 2005 - Northeast Partnership I**: (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
-Northeast Partnership I	245	223	89.2	83.5-93.2	22	10.8	6.8-16.5
GENDER
Male	86	76	87.4	77.1-93.5	10	12.6	6.5-22.9
Female	159	147	91.0	84.4-95.0	12	9.0	5.0-15.6
RACE
White	85	77	87.9	76.5-94.2	8	12.1	5.8-23.5
Other	157	143	89.7	82.3-94.3	14	10.3	5.7-17.7
AGE
18-44	36	25	70.6	51.7-84.3	11	29.4	15.7-48.3
45+	209	198	93.7	87.8-96.9	11	6.3	3.1-12.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	175	159	87.2	79.3-92.4	16	12.8	7.6-20.7
Some College +	69	63	93.2	84.8-97.1	6	6.8	2.9-15.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	169	154	89.0	81.6-93.7	15	11.0	6.3-18.4
$50,000+	29	26	91.2	73.6-97.5	3	8.8	2.5-26.4

*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: Northeast Partnership I**

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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
-Northeast Partnership I	245	223	89.2	83.5-93.2	22	10.8	6.8-16.5
GENDER
Male	86	76	87.4	77.1-93.5	10	12.6	6.5-22.9
Female	159	147	91.0	84.4-95.0	12	9.0	5.0-15.6
RACE
White	85	77	87.9	76.5-94.2	8	12.1	5.8-23.5
Other	157	143	89.7	82.3-94.3	14	10.3	5.7-17.7
AGE
18-44	36	25	70.6	51.7-84.3	11	29.4	15.7-48.3
45+	209	198	93.7	87.8-96.9	11	6.3	3.1-12.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	175	159	87.2	79.3-92.4	16	12.8	7.6-20.7
Some College +	69	63	93.2	84.8-97.1	6	6.8	2.9-15.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	169	154	89.0	81.6-93.7	15	11.0	6.3-18.4
$50,000+	29	26	91.2	73.6-97.5	3	8.8	2.5-26.4