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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 | 5,500 | 4,026 | 74.2 | 72.5-75.7 | 872 | 15.7 | 14.4-17.2 | 602 | 10.1 | 9.1-11.2 |
| COUNTY/REGIONS | ||||||||||
| Alamance | 119 | 82 | 67.1 | 55.6-76.8 | 25 | 24.8 | 16.1-36.3 | 12 | 8.1 | 4.1-15.4 |
| Buncombe | 123 | 83 | 71.3 | 61.7-79.3 | 27 | 21.0 | 14.0-30.3 | 13 | 7.7 | 4.3-13.4 |
| Cabarrus | 123 | 96 | 77.5 | 66.4-85.7 | 15 | 10.5 | 5.5-19.2 | 12 | 12.0 | 6.0-22.7 |
| Catawba | 156 | 120 | 81.1 | 73.6-86.9 | 17 | 11.1 | 6.7-17.8 | 19 | 7.8 | 4.6-12.9 |
| Cumberland | 150 | 110 | 74.0 | 64.4-81.8 | 21 | 16.0 | 9.5-25.8 | 19 | 9.9 | 6.0-16.0 |
| Davidson | 140 | 101 | 71.2 | 61.5-79.4 | 19 | 12.2 | 7.4-19.5 | 20 | 16.6 | 10.3-25.6 |
| Durham | 121 | 87 | 74.1 | 64.2-82.0 | 16 | 13.2 | 7.7-21.7 | 18 | 12.7 | 7.4-20.9 |
| Forsyth | 136 | 95 | 68.4 | 57.5-77.6 | 20 | 17.2 | 9.8-28.5 | 21 | 14.4 | 8.7-22.9 |
| Gaston | 153 | 107 | 73.6 | 64.2-81.3 | 27 | 15.0 | 9.6-22.7 | 19 | 11.4 | 6.8-18.5 |
| Guilford | 149 | 116 | 77.1 | 65.3-85.7 | 18 | 13.3 | 6.4-25.8 | 15 | 9.6 | 5.1-17.4 |
| Iredell | 139 | 107 | 79.7 | 70.7-86.4 | 20 | 11.7 | 7.0-18.7 | 12 | 8.6 | 4.4-16.2 |
| Johnston | 158 | 121 | 77.3 | 67.4-84.9 | 25 | 13.9 | 9.0-20.8 | 12 | 8.8 | 3.7-19.6 |
| Mecklenburg | 215 | 155 | 70.6 | 61.6-78.2 | 30 | 18.2 | 11.6-27.4 | 30 | 11.2 | 7.3-16.8 |
| New Hanover | 149 | 110 | 78.0 | 68.8-85.0 | 28 | 17.2 | 10.8-26.2 | 11 | 4.8 | 2.5- 9.0 |
| Onslow | 133 | 92 | 70.4 | 60.1-79.0 | 28 | 20.1 | 13.2-29.4 | 13 | 9.5 | 5.0-17.4 |
| Orange | 105 | 73 | 72.5 | 60.0-82.3 | 20 | 14.9 | 8.9-23.8 | 12 | 12.6 | 5.6-26.1 |
| Pitt | 157 | 116 | 73.4 | 63.6-81.3 | 20 | 16.3 | 9.6-26.4 | 21 | 10.3 | 6.3-16.4 |
| Randolph | 142 | 93 | 64.8 | 55.2-73.3 | 24 | 16.6 | 10.9-24.5 | 25 | 18.6 | 12.1-27.5 |
| Robeson | 183 | 147 | 78.4 | 70.2-84.9 | 19 | 11.7 | 6.9-19.1 | 17 | 9.9 | 5.8-16.2 |
| Rowan | 153 | 112 | 74.5 | 65.1-82.0 | 26 | 16.3 | 10.4-24.7 | 15 | 9.2 | 5.0-16.4 |
| Union | 119 | 86 | 73.4 | 62.1-82.2 | 14 | 10.6 | 5.5-19.4 | 19 | 16.0 | 9.2-26.5 |
| Wake | 180 | 133 | 73.1 | 64.5-80.3 | 35 | 21.2 | 14.7-29.6 | 12 | 5.7 | 2.8-11.0 |
| Wayne | 158 | 122 | 80.5 | 73.1-86.3 | 22 | 12.7 | 8.1-19.4 | 14 | 6.8 | 3.8-11.7 |
| NC REGIONS | ||||||||||
| 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 |
| Piedmont | 2,488 | 1,808 | 73.9 | 71.3-76.3 | 381 | 15.4 | 13.4-17.6 | 299 | 10.8 | 9.3-12.5 |
| Western NC | 1,089 | 770 | 71.3 | 67.9-74.5 | 204 | 19.0 | 16.3-22.1 | 115 | 9.7 | 7.8-12.0 |
| AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC) | ||||||||||
| Mountain AHEC | 708 | 488 | 70.1 | 65.9-73.9 | 144 | 20.7 | 17.4-24.5 | 76 | 9.2 | 7.2-11.8 |
| Northwest | 1,154 | 852 | 73.9 | 70.3-77.2 | 166 | 14.1 | 11.5-17.2 | 136 | 12.0 | 9.8-14.7 |
| Charlotte | 709 | 517 | 74.1 | 69.3-78.4 | 105 | 15.3 | 11.7-19.8 | 87 | 10.5 | 8.1-13.6 |
| Greensboro | 581 | 407 | 71.6 | 65.5-77.0 | 100 | 15.5 | 11.3-20.9 | 74 | 13.0 | 9.3-17.8 |
| Southern Regional | 543 | 412 | 73.5 | 68.2-78.1 | 70 | 14.9 | 11.2-19.6 | 61 | 11.6 | 8.5-15.6 |
| Coastal | 317 | 231 | 74.9 | 69.0-80.0 | 53 | 15.3 | 11.3-20.5 | 33 | 9.8 | 6.7-14.0 |
| Wake | 541 | 408 | 76.4 | 71.3-80.8 | 86 | 16.4 | 12.6-21.2 | 47 | 7.2 | 4.9-10.4 |
| Area L | 176 | 140 | 79.6 | 70.7-86.2 | 21 | 12.9 | 7.7-20.7 | 15 | 7.5 | 3.7-14.7 |
| Eastern | 771 | 571 | 76.1 | 72.3-79.5 | 127 | 16.5 | 13.6-19.9 | 73 | 7.4 | 5.7- 9.7 |
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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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