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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 |
| COUNTY/REGIONS | ||||||||||
| Alamance | 117 | 74 | 68.1 | 57.5-77.1 | 36 | 26.0 | 18.1-35.9 | 7 | 5.9 | 2.5-13.6 |
| Buncombe | 122 | 76 | 66.0 | 55.9-74.8 | 38 | 26.4 | 18.9-35.4 | 8 | 7.7 | 3.2-17.4 |
| Cabarrus | 123 | 84 | 65.5 | 54.2-75.3 | 37 | 33.8 | 24.0-45.1 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.9 |
| Catawba | 152 | 95 | 63.6 | 53.9-72.3 | 48 | 32.1 | 23.8-41.6 | 9 | 4.3 | 2.0- 9.0 |
| Cumberland | 151 | 108 | 72.5 | 63.4-80.1 | 37 | 24.9 | 17.5-33.9 | 6 | 2.6 | 1.1- 6.0 |
| Davidson | 139 | 82 | 53.9 | 43.4-64.1 | 46 | 36.2 | 26.5-47.0 | 11 | 9.9 | 5.2-18.2 |
| Durham | 118 | 76 | 62.8 | 51.7-72.8 | 32 | 29.6 | 20.3-41.0 | 10 | 7.6 | 3.9-14.3 |
| Forsyth | 133 | 80 | 62.6 | 52.3-71.8 | 46 | 31.7 | 23.3-41.6 | 7 | 5.7 | 2.1-14.4 |
| Gaston | 152 | 103 | 74.2 | 65.1-81.7 | 41 | 21.7 | 14.9-30.4 | 8 | 4.1 | 1.9- 8.6 |
| Guilford | 146 | 107 | 72.3 | 61.0-81.4 | 33 | 23.8 | 15.2-35.4 | 6 | 3.8 | 1.5- 9.2 |
| Iredell | 139 | 92 | 68.7 | 58.4-77.4 | 41 | 26.1 | 18.3-35.9 | 6 | 5.2 | 2.1-12.5 |
| Johnston | 157 | 106 | 68.4 | 58.0-77.2 | 45 | 29.2 | 20.6-39.6 | 6 | 2.4 | 1.0- 5.8 |
| Mecklenburg | 214 | 142 | 66.6 | 57.6-74.5 | 59 | 29.1 | 21.5-38.2 | 13 | 4.3 | 2.4- 7.6 |
| New Hanover | 149 | 94 | 68.8 | 59.0-77.2 | 50 | 29.3 | 21.1-39.0 | 5 | 1.9 | 0.7- 4.9 |
| Onslow | 131 | 91 | 69.7 | 58.1-79.2 | 36 | 28.3 | 19.0-39.9 | 4 | 2.1 | 0.7- 6.1 |
| Orange | 105 | 61 | 65.1 | 53.1-75.4 | 41 | 33.6 | 23.4-45.6 | 3 | 1.3 | 0.4- 4.3 |
| Pitt | 157 | 100 | 64.3 | 54.8-72.7 | 50 | 32.5 | 24.3-42.1 | 7 | 3.2 | 1.4- 7.2 |
| Randolph | 141 | 99 | 73.5 | 64.5-80.8 | 36 | 23.7 | 16.6-32.6 | 6 | 2.8 | 1.2- 6.7 |
| Robeson | 184 | 133 | 73.1 | 64.6-80.3 | 41 | 21.6 | 15.1-29.9 | 10 | 5.2 | 2.6-10.3 |
| Rowan | 152 | 90 | 66.1 | 56.7-74.5 | 53 | 30.5 | 22.5-39.8 | 9 | 3.4 | 1.6- 6.8 |
| Union | 119 | 79 | 70.1 | 59.1-79.2 | 29 | 19.4 | 12.9-28.2 | 11 | 10.5 | 4.8-21.3 |
| Wake | 179 | 118 | 69.7 | 62.0-76.5 | 57 | 28.5 | 21.9-36.2 | 4 | 1.7 | 0.6- 4.5 |
| Wayne | 157 | 111 | 69.7 | 59.5-78.3 | 43 | 29.0 | 20.5-39.3 | 3 | 1.3 | 0.4- 4.0 |
| NC REGIONS | ||||||||||
| 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 |
| Piedmont | 2,469 | 1,611 | 67.8 | 65.1-70.3 | 730 | 27.8 | 25.3-30.5 | 128 | 4.4 | 3.5- 5.5 |
| Western NC | 1,080 | 708 | 66.7 | 63.2-70.1 | 318 | 28.2 | 25.2-31.6 | 54 | 5.1 | 3.5- 7.2 |
| AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC) | ||||||||||
| Mountain AHEC | 703 | 460 | 67.0 | 62.7-71.0 | 209 | 28.5 | 24.8-32.5 | 34 | 4.6 | 2.8- 7.3 |
| Northwest | 1,140 | 722 | 64.7 | 61.0-68.3 | 352 | 29.1 | 25.8-32.6 | 66 | 6.2 | 4.5- 8.6 |
| Charlotte | 708 | 474 | 66.4 | 60.7-71.7 | 196 | 29.2 | 24.0-35.0 | 38 | 4.4 | 3.0- 6.4 |
| Greensboro | 577 | 383 | 70.4 | 64.5-75.7 | 167 | 25.1 | 20.0-30.8 | 27 | 4.6 | 2.8- 7.5 |
| Southern Regional | 547 | 388 | 69.9 | 64.6-74.7 | 141 | 27.7 | 23.0-33.0 | 18 | 2.4 | 1.3- 4.3 |
| Coastal | 315 | 193 | 66.2 | 60.0-71.9 | 105 | 28.9 | 23.6-34.9 | 17 | 4.9 | 2.9- 8.2 |
| Wake | 536 | 359 | 70.1 | 65.1-74.7 | 155 | 27.4 | 22.9-32.3 | 22 | 2.6 | 1.6- 4.1 |
| Area L | 174 | 125 | 76.3 | 68.4-82.7 | 43 | 21.3 | 15.1-29.0 | 6 | 2.4 | 1.0- 5.7 |
| Eastern | 767 | 517 | 69.1 | 65.0-73.0 | 226 | 28.6 | 24.8-32.7 | 24 | 2.3 | 1.4- 3.5 |
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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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