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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 |
-Wake County | 216 | 170 | 69.5 | 60.3-77.4 | 46 | 30.5 | 22.6-39.7 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 76 | 60 | 69.5 | 53.6-81.7 | 16 | 30.5 | 18.3-46.4 |
Female | 140 | 110 | 69.6 | 58.5-78.7 | 30 | 30.4 | 21.3-41.5 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 161 | 127 | 66.2 | 55.0-75.8 | 34 | 33.8 | 24.2-45.0 |
Other | 53 | 41 | 77.2 | 62.2-87.5 | 12 | 22.8 | 12.5-37.8 |
AGE | |||||||
18-44 | 56 | 27 | 42.4 | 27.6-58.6 | 29 | 57.6 | 41.4-72.4 |
45+ | 160 | 143 | 86.8 | 78.9-92.0 | 17 | 13.2 | 8.0-21.1 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
H.S. or Less | 68 | 55 | 66.9 | 47.7-81.8 | 13 | 33.1 | 18.2-52.3 |
Some College + | 146 | 113 | 70.5 | 60.2-79.0 | 33 | 29.5 | 21.0-39.8 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $50,000 | 98 | 78 | 68.9 | 54.9-80.1 | 20 | 31.1 | 19.9-45.1 |
$50,000+ | 83 | 63 | 66.4 | 51.1-78.8 | 20 | 33.6 | 21.2-48.9 |
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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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