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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | Do not use salt | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,500 | 4,026 | 74.2 | 72.5-75.7 | 872 | 15.7 | 14.4-17.2 | 602 | 10.1 | 9.1-11.2 |
| -Eastern NC | 1,923 | 1,448 | 76.0 | 73.5-78.3 | 287 | 14.9 | 13.0-17.1 | 188 | 9.1 | 7.6-10.8 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 663 | 478 | 74.5 | 70.1-78.4 | 114 | 15.4 | 12.4-19.1 | 71 | 10.1 | 7.6-13.4 |
| Female | 1,260 | 970 | 77.3 | 74.4-80.0 | 173 | 14.5 | 12.3-17.1 | 117 | 8.2 | 6.6-10.0 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,220 | 876 | 72.8 | 69.6-75.8 | 230 | 19.0 | 16.4-22.0 | 114 | 8.1 | 6.5-10.2 |
| African American | 564 | 467 | 82.0 | 77.5-85.8 | 36 | 7.2 | 4.8-10.7 | 61 | 10.8 | 7.9-14.6 |
| Other Minorities | 132 | 98 | 73.4 | 62.8-81.8 | 21 | 17.0 | 10.4-26.6 | 13 | 9.6 | 4.8-18.2 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 45 | 37 | 83.6 | 67.0-92.7 | 5 | 12.9 | 4.8-29.9 | 3 | 3.6 | 1.0-12.3 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,866 | 1,400 | 75.5 | 73.0-77.9 | 282 | 15.2 | 13.2-17.3 | 184 | 9.3 | 7.8-11.1 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 7 | 5 | 75.5 | 33.9-94.9 | 2 | 24.5 | 5.1-66.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 25-34 | 72 | 53 | 73.4 | 59.4-83.9 | 14 | 16.7 | 9.2-28.2 | 5 | 10.0 | 3.5-25.0 |
| 35-44 | 133 | 101 | 77.9 | 68.6-85.0 | 22 | 14.9 | 9.2-23.3 | 10 | 7.2 | 3.5-14.1 |
| 45-54 | 334 | 251 | 78.6 | 73.1-83.3 | 55 | 15.0 | 10.9-20.3 | 28 | 6.4 | 4.2- 9.5 |
| 55-64 | 550 | 432 | 77.8 | 73.1-81.8 | 73 | 13.8 | 10.8-17.4 | 45 | 8.5 | 5.7-12.5 |
| 65-74 | 472 | 358 | 74.2 | 69.2-78.6 | 60 | 13.7 | 10.4-17.8 | 54 | 12.2 | 9.1-16.1 |
| 75+ | 347 | 242 | 71.3 | 65.4-76.6 | 61 | 16.6 | 12.5-21.7 | 44 | 12.1 | 8.6-16.6 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 401 | 313 | 77.6 | 72.1-82.2 | 49 | 13.8 | 10.1-18.7 | 39 | 8.6 | 6.0-12.2 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 680 | 519 | 77.1 | 73.0-80.8 | 100 | 14.8 | 11.7-18.5 | 61 | 8.1 | 6.0-10.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 453 | 334 | 76.0 | 70.7-80.7 | 78 | 16.2 | 12.2-21.2 | 41 | 7.7 | 5.3-11.2 |
| College Graduate | 385 | 278 | 72.5 | 66.4-77.9 | 60 | 14.9 | 11.2-19.6 | 47 | 12.6 | 8.5-18.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 313 | 242 | 81.2 | 75.7-85.7 | 35 | 8.8 | 5.9-12.9 | 36 | 10.0 | 6.7-14.7 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 385 | 302 | 78.3 | 72.7-83.1 | 52 | 12.9 | 9.3-17.7 | 31 | 8.8 | 5.9-12.9 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 240 | 188 | 76.1 | 67.8-82.8 | 31 | 16.1 | 10.4-24.2 | 21 | 7.8 | 4.4-13.4 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 248 | 189 | 75.9 | 68.3-82.1 | 38 | 14.7 | 10.1-20.8 | 21 | 9.5 | 5.3-16.2 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 216 | 157 | 77.2 | 70.6-82.6 | 40 | 16.2 | 11.6-22.2 | 19 | 6.6 | 4.1-10.6 |
| $75,000+ | 227 | 158 | 71.3 | 63.4-78.1 | 47 | 19.4 | 13.8-26.5 | 22 | 9.3 | 5.3-15.9 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 986 | 741 | 74.7 | 71.1-78.0 | 147 | 16.1 | 13.3-19.3 | 98 | 9.1 | 7.2-11.5 |
| No | 906 | 688 | 77.6 | 74.0-80.8 | 135 | 13.6 | 11.1-16.6 | 83 | 8.8 | 6.6-11.6 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 358 | 254 | 74.1 | 68.2-79.1 | 67 | 16.3 | 12.2-21.6 | 37 | 9.6 | 6.6-13.7 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,565 | 1,194 | 76.5 | 73.7-79.1 | 220 | 14.6 | 12.5-16.9 | 151 | 8.9 | 7.3-10.9 |
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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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