BRFSS 2005 - Wake 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
-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

*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: Wake 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
-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