BRFSS 2005 - Onslow 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
-Onslow County	134	111	78.6	67.8-86.5	23	21.4	13.5-32.2
GENDER
Male	46	38	75.5	56.1-88.1	8	24.5	11.9-43.9
Female	88	73	81.3	69.1-89.5	15	18.7	10.5-30.9
RACE
White	104	84	76.9	64.8-85.8	20	23.1	14.2-35.2
Other	30	27	83.6	53.9-95.7	3	16.4	4.3-46.1
AGE
18-44	24	12	42.3	23.5-63.7	12	57.7	36.3-76.5
45+	109	98	93.5	88.2-96.5	11	6.5	3.5-11.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	65	53	74.3	57.8-85.9	12	25.7	14.1-42.2
Some College +	69	58	83.3	68.2-92.0	11	16.7	8.0-31.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	98	81	76.8	63.5-86.4	17	23.2	13.6-36.5
$50,000+	21	19	94.7	80.1-98.8	2	5.3	1.2-19.9

*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: Onslow 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
-Onslow County	134	111	78.6	67.8-86.5	23	21.4	13.5-32.2
GENDER
Male	46	38	75.5	56.1-88.1	8	24.5	11.9-43.9
Female	88	73	81.3	69.1-89.5	15	18.7	10.5-30.9
RACE
White	104	84	76.9	64.8-85.8	20	23.1	14.2-35.2
Other	30	27	83.6	53.9-95.7	3	16.4	4.3-46.1
AGE
18-44	24	12	42.3	23.5-63.7	12	57.7	36.3-76.5
45+	109	98	93.5	88.2-96.5	11	6.5	3.5-11.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	65	53	74.3	57.8-85.9	12	25.7	14.1-42.2
Some College +	69	58	83.3	68.2-92.0	11	16.7	8.0-31.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	98	81	76.8	63.5-86.4	17	23.2	13.6-36.5
$50,000+	21	19	94.7	80.1-98.8	2	5.3	1.2-19.9