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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,464 | 4,152 | 78.3 | 76.8-79.8 | 1,312 | 21.7 | 20.2-23.2 |
| -Eastern NC | 1,909 | 1,443 | 77.7 | 75.3-79.9 | 466 | 22.3 | 20.1-24.7 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 661 | 499 | 78.2 | 74.2-81.7 | 162 | 21.8 | 18.3-25.8 |
| Female | 1,248 | 944 | 77.3 | 74.4-79.9 | 304 | 22.7 | 20.1-25.6 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 1,214 | 904 | 77.2 | 74.2-79.9 | 310 | 22.8 | 20.1-25.8 |
| African American | 556 | 439 | 79.9 | 75.4-83.7 | 117 | 20.1 | 16.3-24.6 |
| Other Minorities | 132 | 94 | 71.0 | 60.4-79.7 | 38 | 29.0 | 20.3-39.6 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 45 | 32 | 67.5 | 49.2-81.7 | 13 | 32.5 | 18.3-50.8 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,854 | 1,403 | 78.0 | 75.6-80.2 | 451 | 22.0 | 19.8-24.4 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 7 | 4 | 76.0 | 40.6-93.6 | 3 | 24.0 | 6.4-59.4 |
| 25-34 | 71 | 58 | 80.4 | 66.7-89.4 | 13 | 19.6 | 10.6-33.3 |
| 35-44 | 134 | 115 | 87.3 | 79.2-92.5 | 19 | 12.7 | 7.5-20.8 |
| 45-54 | 333 | 254 | 78.2 | 72.7-82.8 | 79 | 21.8 | 17.2-27.3 |
| 55-64 | 547 | 454 | 83.3 | 79.3-86.6 | 93 | 16.7 | 13.4-20.7 |
| 65-74 | 469 | 363 | 78.5 | 73.8-82.6 | 106 | 21.5 | 17.4-26.2 |
| 75+ | 341 | 190 | 59.0 | 52.6-65.1 | 151 | 41.0 | 34.9-47.4 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 396 | 278 | 72.6 | 66.8-77.7 | 118 | 27.4 | 22.3-33.2 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 675 | 505 | 76.2 | 72.0-80.0 | 170 | 23.8 | 20.0-28.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 452 | 369 | 84.2 | 79.8-87.7 | 83 | 15.8 | 12.3-20.2 |
| College Graduate | 382 | 288 | 77.4 | 71.9-82.1 | 94 | 22.6 | 17.9-28.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 312 | 214 | 71.4 | 64.9-77.1 | 98 | 28.6 | 22.9-35.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 385 | 289 | 75.3 | 69.4-80.5 | 96 | 24.7 | 19.5-30.6 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 239 | 189 | 79.4 | 72.5-84.9 | 50 | 20.6 | 15.1-27.5 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 247 | 192 | 73.8 | 65.7-80.6 | 55 | 26.2 | 19.4-34.3 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 216 | 175 | 85.3 | 79.9-89.5 | 41 | 14.7 | 10.5-20.1 |
| $75,000+ | 225 | 187 | 84.9 | 79.0-89.3 | 38 | 15.1 | 10.7-21.0 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 980 | 729 | 76.0 | 72.6-79.2 | 251 | 24.0 | 20.8-27.4 |
| No | 904 | 700 | 79.6 | 76.2-82.6 | 204 | 20.4 | 17.4-23.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 355 | 267 | 78.2 | 72.8-82.8 | 88 | 21.8 | 17.2-27.2 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,554 | 1,176 | 77.6 | 74.9-80.0 | 378 | 22.4 | 20.0-25.1 |
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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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