BRFSS 2005 - Rowan 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
-Rowan County	182	160	80.6	70.3-87.9	22	19.4	12.1-29.7
GENDER
Male	62	51	74.0	56.2-86.3	11	26.0	13.7-43.8
Female	120	109	86.5	75.7-93.0	11	13.5	7.0-24.3
RACE
White	155	139	81.8	70.0-89.6	16	18.2	10.4-30.0
Other	25	19	70.5	47.1-86.5	6	29.5	13.5-52.9
AGE
18-44	21	12	44.6	22.1-69.5	9	55.4	30.5-77.9
45+	161	148	89.1	81.2-94.0	13	10.9	6.0-18.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	114	102	81.3	66.6-90.5	12	18.7	9.5-33.4
Some College +	68	58	79.4	64.0-89.3	10	20.6	10.7-36.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	128	114	83.5	73.3-90.3	14	16.5	9.7-26.7
$50,000+	22	20	82.0	51.2-95.2	2	18.0	4.8-48.8

*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: Rowan 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
-Rowan County	182	160	80.6	70.3-87.9	22	19.4	12.1-29.7
GENDER
Male	62	51	74.0	56.2-86.3	11	26.0	13.7-43.8
Female	120	109	86.5	75.7-93.0	11	13.5	7.0-24.3
RACE
White	155	139	81.8	70.0-89.6	16	18.2	10.4-30.0
Other	25	19	70.5	47.1-86.5	6	29.5	13.5-52.9
AGE
18-44	21	12	44.6	22.1-69.5	9	55.4	30.5-77.9
45+	161	148	89.1	81.2-94.0	13	10.9	6.0-18.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	114	102	81.3	66.6-90.5	12	18.7	9.5-33.4
Some College +	68	58	79.4	64.0-89.3	10	20.6	10.7-36.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	128	114	83.5	73.3-90.3	14	16.5	9.7-26.7
$50,000+	22	20	82.0	51.2-95.2	2	18.0	4.8-48.8