BRFSS 2005 - Union 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
-Union County	128	106	77.3	66.5-85.4	22	22.7	14.6-33.5
GENDER
Male	45	35	69.3	50.4-83.4	10	30.7	16.6-49.6
Female	83	71	83.5	71.5-91.1	12	16.5	8.9-28.5
RACE
White	111	95	83.0	72.6-90.0	16	17.0	10.0-27.4
Other	15	9	49.6	23.3-76.2	6	50.4	23.8-76.7
AGE
18-44	18	12	60.6	34.5-81.8	6	39.4	18.2-65.5
45+	109	93	81.8	70.3-89.5	16	18.2	10.5-29.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	62	52	76.4	59.4-87.7	10	23.6	12.3-40.6
Some College +	65	53	77.8	62.9-87.9	12	22.2	12.1-37.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	72	61	74.7	58.5-86.1	11	25.3	13.9-41.5
$50,000+	33	28	82.5	60.1-93.7	5	17.5	6.3-39.9

*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: Union 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
-Union County	128	106	77.3	66.5-85.4	22	22.7	14.6-33.5
GENDER
Male	45	35	69.3	50.4-83.4	10	30.7	16.6-49.6
Female	83	71	83.5	71.5-91.1	12	16.5	8.9-28.5
RACE
White	111	95	83.0	72.6-90.0	16	17.0	10.0-27.4
Other	15	9	49.6	23.3-76.2	6	50.4	23.8-76.7
AGE
18-44	18	12	60.6	34.5-81.8	6	39.4	18.2-65.5
45+	109	93	81.8	70.3-89.5	16	18.2	10.5-29.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	62	52	76.4	59.4-87.7	10	23.6	12.3-40.6
Some College +	65	53	77.8	62.9-87.9	12	22.2	12.1-37.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	72	61	74.7	58.5-86.1	11	25.3	13.9-41.5
$50,000+	33	28	82.5	60.1-93.7	5	17.5	6.3-39.9