BRFSS 2005 - Robeson 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
-Robeson County	181	154	79.2	69.6-86.3	27	20.8	13.7-30.4
GENDER
Male	57	47	73.6	55.9-86.0	10	26.4	14.0-44.1
Female	124	107	83.8	74.2-90.3	17	16.2	9.7-25.8
RACE
White	72	66	93.1	83.6-97.3	6	6.9	2.7-16.4
Other	108	88	74.3	61.7-83.9	20	25.7	16.1-38.3
AGE
18-44	33	17	47.5	29.6-66.1	16	52.5	33.9-70.4
45+	148	137	87.7	75.8-94.2	11	12.3	5.8-24.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	119	102	80.6	68.4-88.9	17	19.4	11.1-31.6
Some College +	61	52	77.9	60.0-89.3	9	22.1	10.7-40.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	140	118	77.0	65.5-85.6	22	23.0	14.4-34.5
$50,000+	19	18	92.9	63.1-99.0	1	7.1	1.0-36.9

*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: Robeson 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
-Robeson County	181	154	79.2	69.6-86.3	27	20.8	13.7-30.4
GENDER
Male	57	47	73.6	55.9-86.0	10	26.4	14.0-44.1
Female	124	107	83.8	74.2-90.3	17	16.2	9.7-25.8
RACE
White	72	66	93.1	83.6-97.3	6	6.9	2.7-16.4
Other	108	88	74.3	61.7-83.9	20	25.7	16.1-38.3
AGE
18-44	33	17	47.5	29.6-66.1	16	52.5	33.9-70.4
45+	148	137	87.7	75.8-94.2	11	12.3	5.8-24.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	119	102	80.6	68.4-88.9	17	19.4	11.1-31.6
Some College +	61	52	77.9	60.0-89.3	9	22.1	10.7-40.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	140	118	77.0	65.5-85.6	22	23.0	14.4-34.5
$50,000+	19	18	92.9	63.1-99.0	1	7.1	1.0-36.9