BRFSS 2005 - Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties: (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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	244	203	78.5	71.3-84.4	41	21.5	15.6-28.7
GENDER
Male	87	67	70.9	58.3-80.9	20	29.1	19.1-41.7
Female	157	136	85.5	78.0-90.7	21	14.5	9.3-22.0
RACE
White	142	122	79.1	68.9-86.6	20	20.9	13.4-31.1
Other	101	80	77.6	66.6-85.8	21	22.4	14.2-33.4
AGE
18-44	43	26	57.3	39.8-73.1	17	42.7	26.9-60.2
45+	199	175	85.0	77.6-90.3	24	15.0	9.7-22.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	146	122	78.6	68.8-86.0	24	21.4	14.0-31.2
Some College +	98	81	78.4	66.7-86.8	17	21.6	13.2-33.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	165	137	80.8	72.7-86.9	28	19.2	13.1-27.3
$50,000+	42	35	71.5	51.2-85.7	7	28.5	14.3-48.8

*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: Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties

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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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	244	203	78.5	71.3-84.4	41	21.5	15.6-28.7
GENDER
Male	87	67	70.9	58.3-80.9	20	29.1	19.1-41.7
Female	157	136	85.5	78.0-90.7	21	14.5	9.3-22.0
RACE
White	142	122	79.1	68.9-86.6	20	20.9	13.4-31.1
Other	101	80	77.6	66.6-85.8	21	22.4	14.2-33.4
AGE
18-44	43	26	57.3	39.8-73.1	17	42.7	26.9-60.2
45+	199	175	85.0	77.6-90.3	24	15.0	9.7-22.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	146	122	78.6	68.8-86.0	24	21.4	14.0-31.2
Some College +	98	81	78.4	66.7-86.8	17	21.6	13.2-33.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	165	137	80.8	72.7-86.9	28	19.2	13.1-27.3
$50,000+	42	35	71.5	51.2-85.7	7	28.5	14.3-48.8