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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,486 | 3,902 | 71.5 | 69.7-73.2 | 1,584 | 28.5 | 26.8-30.3 |
| -Eastern NC | 1,922 | 1,408 | 72.6 | 69.9-75.2 | 514 | 27.4 | 24.8-30.1 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 663 | 456 | 67.7 | 62.9-72.1 | 207 | 32.3 | 27.9-37.1 |
| Female | 1,259 | 952 | 77.0 | 74.1-79.6 | 307 | 23.0 | 20.4-25.9 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 1,218 | 823 | 67.3 | 63.9-70.6 | 395 | 32.7 | 29.4-36.1 |
| African American | 565 | 473 | 81.5 | 76.2-85.9 | 92 | 18.5 | 14.1-23.8 |
| Other Minorities | 132 | 105 | 75.0 | 63.8-83.6 | 27 | 25.0 | 16.4-36.2 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 45 | 33 | 66.1 | 47.7-80.7 | 12 | 33.9 | 19.3-52.3 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,865 | 1,365 | 72.9 | 70.1-75.5 | 500 | 27.1 | 24.5-29.9 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 7 | 4 | 47.1 | 14.9-81.9 | 3 | 52.9 | 18.1-85.1 |
| 25-34 | 72 | 52 | 70.8 | 56.8-81.6 | 20 | 29.2 | 18.4-43.2 |
| 35-44 | 135 | 108 | 80.2 | 70.6-87.1 | 27 | 19.8 | 12.9-29.4 |
| 45-54 | 336 | 255 | 74.5 | 68.5-79.7 | 81 | 25.5 | 20.3-31.5 |
| 55-64 | 548 | 437 | 80.2 | 76.1-83.8 | 111 | 19.8 | 16.2-23.9 |
| 65-74 | 470 | 350 | 73.4 | 68.2-78.0 | 120 | 26.6 | 22.0-31.8 |
| 75+ | 346 | 194 | 55.2 | 48.7-61.5 | 152 | 44.8 | 38.5-51.3 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 396 | 281 | 65.9 | 58.7-72.5 | 115 | 34.1 | 27.5-41.3 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 677 | 497 | 74.2 | 69.8-78.1 | 180 | 25.8 | 21.9-30.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 457 | 357 | 76.1 | 70.5-80.9 | 100 | 23.9 | 19.1-29.5 |
| College Graduate | 388 | 270 | 72.2 | 66.3-77.4 | 118 | 27.8 | 22.6-33.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 309 | 231 | 74.7 | 68.2-80.3 | 78 | 25.3 | 19.7-31.8 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 386 | 284 | 72.4 | 66.0-78.0 | 102 | 27.6 | 22.0-34.0 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 241 | 167 | 67.0 | 58.7-74.3 | 74 | 33.0 | 25.7-41.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 248 | 196 | 78.6 | 71.0-84.7 | 52 | 21.4 | 15.3-29.0 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 219 | 156 | 73.7 | 66.6-79.8 | 63 | 26.3 | 20.2-33.4 |
| $75,000+ | 227 | 158 | 70.1 | 62.4-76.8 | 69 | 29.9 | 23.2-37.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 984 | 702 | 70.0 | 65.9-73.8 | 282 | 30.0 | 26.2-34.1 |
| No | 907 | 683 | 75.2 | 71.4-78.6 | 224 | 24.8 | 21.4-28.6 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 357 | 243 | 66.9 | 60.5-72.7 | 114 | 33.1 | 27.3-39.5 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,565 | 1,165 | 74.3 | 71.3-77.1 | 400 | 25.7 | 22.9-28.7 |
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*Asked only of those who report having 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.
** 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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