BRFSS 2005 - New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County	162	132	76.7	67.4-84.0	30	23.3	16.0-32.6
GENDER
Male	59	46	72.9	57.3-84.3	13	27.1	15.7-42.7
Female	103	86	80.6	69.4-88.4	17	19.4	11.6-30.6
RACE
White	136	109	76.7	67.2-84.1	27	23.3	15.9-32.8
Other	26	23	76.7	45.5-92.9	3	23.3	7.1-54.5
AGE
18-44	16	6	30.5	11.9-58.7	10	69.5	41.3-88.1
45+	146	126	85.1	76.7-90.8	20	14.9	9.2-23.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	63	50	69.5	52.4-82.5	13	30.5	17.5-47.6
Some College +	98	81	81.6	71.3-88.8	17	18.4	11.2-28.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	87	70	76.3	64.0-85.3	17	23.7	14.7-36.0
$50,000+	45	39	85.8	69.0-94.2	6	14.2	5.8-31.0

*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: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County	162	132	76.7	67.4-84.0	30	23.3	16.0-32.6
GENDER
Male	59	46	72.9	57.3-84.3	13	27.1	15.7-42.7
Female	103	86	80.6	69.4-88.4	17	19.4	11.6-30.6
RACE
White	136	109	76.7	67.2-84.1	27	23.3	15.9-32.8
Other	26	23	76.7	45.5-92.9	3	23.3	7.1-54.5
AGE
18-44	16	6	30.5	11.9-58.7	10	69.5	41.3-88.1
45+	146	126	85.1	76.7-90.8	20	14.9	9.2-23.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	63	50	69.5	52.4-82.5	13	30.5	17.5-47.6
Some College +	98	81	81.6	71.3-88.8	17	18.4	11.2-28.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	87	70	76.3	64.0-85.3	17	23.7	14.7-36.0
$50,000+	45	39	85.8	69.0-94.2	6	14.2	5.8-31.0