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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | Do not use salt | |||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,467 | 3,621 | 68.2 | 66.4-69.9 | 1,594 | 27.8 | 26.1-29.5 | 252 | 4.0 | 3.4- 4.7 |
| -Eastern NC | 1,918 | 1,302 | 69.7 | 67.1-72.2 | 546 | 27.5 | 25.1-30.1 | 70 | 2.8 | 2.1- 3.6 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 661 | 450 | 70.9 | 66.6-74.9 | 191 | 26.9 | 23.0-31.2 | 20 | 2.2 | 1.3- 3.5 |
| Female | 1,257 | 852 | 68.6 | 65.5-71.6 | 355 | 28.1 | 25.2-31.2 | 50 | 3.3 | 2.4- 4.5 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,217 | 794 | 67.7 | 64.4-70.8 | 386 | 30.1 | 27.0-33.3 | 37 | 2.2 | 1.5- 3.2 |
| African American | 562 | 414 | 73.7 | 68.8-78.1 | 122 | 22.8 | 18.6-27.6 | 26 | 3.5 | 2.3- 5.3 |
| Other Minorities | 132 | 92 | 70.8 | 60.3-79.5 | 33 | 25.1 | 17.1-35.4 | 7 | 4.1 | 1.6-10.2 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 45 | 31 | 71.0 | 53.7-83.8 | 11 | 25.3 | 13.4-42.6 | 3 | 3.7 | 1.0-12.5 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,861 | 1,265 | 69.9 | 67.2-72.4 | 530 | 27.4 | 25.0-30.0 | 66 | 2.7 | 2.1- 3.6 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 7 | 5 | 84.4 | 50.2-96.7 | 2 | 15.6 | 3.3-49.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 25-34 | 72 | 52 | 68.8 | 54.3-80.3 | 19 | 30.7 | 19.2-45.3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.6 |
| 35-44 | 133 | 98 | 73.1 | 63.2-81.1 | 32 | 24.9 | 17.1-34.7 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.6- 6.8 |
| 45-54 | 334 | 238 | 74.8 | 69.3-79.7 | 89 | 23.6 | 18.8-29.1 | 7 | 1.6 | 0.7- 3.4 |
| 55-64 | 547 | 391 | 72.3 | 67.7-76.4 | 141 | 26.0 | 22.0-30.5 | 15 | 1.7 | 0.9- 3.0 |
| 65-74 | 472 | 326 | 68.6 | 63.3-73.4 | 123 | 26.9 | 22.3-32.1 | 23 | 4.5 | 2.8- 7.1 |
| 75+ | 345 | 189 | 57.0 | 50.5-63.2 | 138 | 38.0 | 31.9-44.4 | 18 | 5.1 | 3.1- 8.3 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 399 | 265 | 66.9 | 60.7-72.5 | 116 | 29.0 | 23.6-35.0 | 18 | 4.2 | 2.5- 6.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 679 | 500 | 76.4 | 72.3-80.1 | 165 | 22.0 | 18.5-26.0 | 14 | 1.6 | 0.8- 3.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 453 | 312 | 71.0 | 65.7-75.8 | 123 | 26.7 | 22.0-31.9 | 18 | 2.4 | 1.4- 4.0 |
| College Graduate | 383 | 222 | 60.1 | 53.7-66.0 | 141 | 36.0 | 30.2-42.3 | 20 | 3.9 | 2.4- 6.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 314 | 223 | 72.6 | 66.2-78.1 | 81 | 23.9 | 18.7-30.0 | 10 | 3.6 | 1.7- 7.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 386 | 273 | 70.6 | 64.5-76.1 | 100 | 26.4 | 21.2-32.5 | 13 | 3.0 | 1.6- 5.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 240 | 176 | 76.6 | 69.4-82.5 | 57 | 22.1 | 16.3-29.2 | 7 | 1.4 | 0.6- 2.9 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 246 | 164 | 67.1 | 59.4-74.0 | 75 | 31.1 | 24.3-38.9 | 7 | 1.8 | 0.8- 3.9 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 215 | 139 | 67.4 | 59.7-74.3 | 68 | 30.0 | 23.3-37.7 | 8 | 2.6 | 1.3- 5.4 |
| $75,000+ | 226 | 141 | 65.6 | 57.8-72.6 | 76 | 31.7 | 24.9-39.5 | 9 | 2.7 | 1.3- 5.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 985 | 675 | 69.5 | 65.7-73.0 | 273 | 27.6 | 24.2-31.3 | 37 | 2.9 | 2.0- 4.3 |
| No | 907 | 614 | 70.5 | 66.7-74.0 | 263 | 27.1 | 23.7-30.8 | 30 | 2.4 | 1.7- 3.5 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 356 | 245 | 70.9 | 64.8-76.3 | 104 | 27.6 | 22.2-33.6 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.7- 3.5 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,562 | 1,057 | 69.4 | 66.4-72.1 | 442 | 27.5 | 24.8-30.4 | 63 | 3.1 | 2.3- 4.1 |
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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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