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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 |
| -Piedmont NC | 3,293 | 2,740 | 77.1 | 74.9-79.1 | 553 | 22.9 | 20.9-25.1 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 1,186 | 946 | 73.7 | 70.1-77.0 | 240 | 26.3 | 23.0-29.9 |
| Female | 2,107 | 1,794 | 80.0 | 77.3-82.4 | 313 | 20.0 | 17.6-22.7 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 2,528 | 2,136 | 78.1 | 75.5-80.4 | 392 | 21.9 | 19.6-24.5 |
| African American | 664 | 545 | 79.2 | 74.8-83.0 | 119 | 20.8 | 17.0-25.2 |
| Other Minorities | 87 | 46 | 48.4 | 34.9-62.2 | 41 | 51.6 | 37.8-65.1 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 79 | 38 | 39.5 | 27.6-52.7 | 41 | 60.5 | 47.3-72.4 |
| Non-Hispanic | 3,212 | 2,700 | 78.7 | 76.6-80.7 | 512 | 21.3 | 19.3-23.4 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 37 | 4 | 13.2 | 4.9-31.1 | 33 | 86.8 | 68.9-95.1 |
| 25-34 | 132 | 59 | 41.6 | 31.8-52.2 | 73 | 58.4 | 47.8-68.2 |
| 35-44 | 334 | 212 | 63.3 | 56.6-69.4 | 122 | 36.7 | 30.6-43.4 |
| 45-54 | 575 | 446 | 73.9 | 69.0-78.3 | 129 | 26.1 | 21.7-31.0 |
| 55-64 | 810 | 710 | 86.9 | 83.6-89.6 | 100 | 13.1 | 10.4-16.4 |
| 65-74 | 759 | 705 | 92.2 | 89.5-94.3 | 54 | 7.8 | 5.7-10.5 |
| 75+ | 629 | 590 | 93.6 | 90.9-95.5 | 39 | 6.4 | 4.5- 9.1 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 655 | 556 | 78.0 | 72.7-82.5 | 99 | 22.0 | 17.5-27.3 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,077 | 906 | 79.1 | 75.2-82.6 | 171 | 20.9 | 17.4-24.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 740 | 613 | 75.6 | 70.6-80.0 | 127 | 24.4 | 20.0-29.4 |
| College Graduate | 812 | 656 | 75.0 | 70.7-78.9 | 156 | 25.0 | 21.1-29.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 522 | 442 | 77.4 | 70.6-83.0 | 80 | 22.6 | 17.0-29.4 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 635 | 529 | 77.9 | 73.1-82.2 | 106 | 22.1 | 17.8-26.9 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 391 | 327 | 81.3 | 75.7-85.9 | 64 | 18.7 | 14.1-24.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 374 | 313 | 79.0 | 72.8-84.1 | 61 | 21.0 | 15.9-27.2 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 353 | 284 | 69.8 | 61.6-76.9 | 69 | 30.2 | 23.1-38.4 |
| $75,000+ | 430 | 342 | 73.9 | 68.2-78.9 | 88 | 26.1 | 21.1-31.8 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 1,411 | 1,214 | 82.1 | 79.1-84.8 | 197 | 17.9 | 15.2-20.9 |
| No | 1,814 | 1,468 | 73.7 | 70.6-76.6 | 346 | 26.3 | 23.4-29.4 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 491 | 432 | 82.9 | 76.4-87.9 | 59 | 17.1 | 12.1-23.6 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,801 | 2,307 | 75.9 | 73.6-78.1 | 494 | 24.1 | 21.9-26.4 |
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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, 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.
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