BRFSS 2005 - Orange 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
-Orange County	114	89	64.1	48.3-77.3	25	35.9	22.7-51.7
GENDER
Male	44	31	53.4	31.8-73.8	13	46.6	26.2-68.2
Female	70	58	76.0	59.9-87.0	12	24.0	13.0-40.1
RACE
White	92	73	72.3	58.7-82.7	19	27.7	17.3-41.3
Other	20	14	41.3	14.9-73.9	6	58.7	26.1-85.1
AGE
18-44	19	11	31.4	12.5-59.5	8	68.6	40.5-87.5
45+	95	78	78.2	65.8-87.0	17	21.8	13.0-34.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	31	24	56.2	25.0-83.1	7	43.8	16.9-75.0
Some College +	83	65	68.0	53.3-79.8	18	32.0	20.2-46.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	45	34	55.1	30.5-77.5	11	44.9	22.5-69.5
$50,000+	51	41	74.0	55.9-86.4	10	26.0	13.6-44.1

*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: Orange 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
-Orange County	114	89	64.1	48.3-77.3	25	35.9	22.7-51.7
GENDER
Male	44	31	53.4	31.8-73.8	13	46.6	26.2-68.2
Female	70	58	76.0	59.9-87.0	12	24.0	13.0-40.1
RACE
White	92	73	72.3	58.7-82.7	19	27.7	17.3-41.3
Other	20	14	41.3	14.9-73.9	6	58.7	26.1-85.1
AGE
18-44	19	11	31.4	12.5-59.5	8	68.6	40.5-87.5
45+	95	78	78.2	65.8-87.0	17	21.8	13.0-34.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	31	24	56.2	25.0-83.1	7	43.8	16.9-75.0
Some College +	83	65	68.0	53.3-79.8	18	32.0	20.2-46.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	45	34	55.1	30.5-77.5	11	44.9	22.5-69.5
$50,000+	51	41	74.0	55.9-86.4	10	26.0	13.6-44.1