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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| 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 |
| -Piedmont NC | 2,471 | 1,881 | 78.8 | 76.6-81.0 | 590 | 21.2 | 19.0-23.4 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 904 | 707 | 79.4 | 75.4-82.9 | 197 | 20.6 | 17.1-24.6 |
| Female | 1,567 | 1,174 | 78.4 | 75.8-80.8 | 393 | 21.6 | 19.2-24.2 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 1,947 | 1,468 | 78.7 | 76.3-80.9 | 479 | 21.3 | 19.1-23.7 |
| African American | 456 | 364 | 81.4 | 76.5-85.4 | 92 | 18.6 | 14.6-23.5 |
| Other Minorities | 63 | 47 | 68.7 | 47.7-84.1 | 16 | 31.3 | 15.9-52.3 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 44 | 27 | 59.2 | 36.2-78.8 | 17 | 40.8 | 21.2-63.8 |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,423 | 1,852 | 79.6 | 77.5-81.6 | 571 | 20.4 | 18.4-22.5 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 15 | 11 | 79.5 | 50.9-93.5 | 4 | 20.5 | 6.5-49.1 |
| 25-34 | 54 | 44 | 81.4 | 61.6-92.3 | 10 | 18.6 | 7.7-38.4 |
| 35-44 | 189 | 147 | 75.8 | 66.4-83.3 | 42 | 24.2 | 16.7-33.6 |
| 45-54 | 446 | 365 | 85.6 | 81.4-89.0 | 81 | 14.4 | 11.0-18.6 |
| 55-64 | 611 | 477 | 80.0 | 75.8-83.6 | 134 | 20.0 | 16.4-24.2 |
| 65-74 | 624 | 481 | 78.2 | 73.9-82.0 | 143 | 21.8 | 18.0-26.1 |
| 75+ | 515 | 344 | 70.0 | 64.8-74.7 | 171 | 30.0 | 25.3-35.2 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 428 | 297 | 73.9 | 67.3-79.5 | 131 | 26.1 | 20.5-32.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 792 | 601 | 78.4 | 74.3-82.0 | 191 | 21.6 | 18.0-25.7 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 627 | 490 | 81.1 | 76.8-84.8 | 137 | 18.9 | 15.2-23.2 |
| College Graduate | 623 | 493 | 80.4 | 75.7-84.4 | 130 | 19.6 | 15.6-24.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 324 | 231 | 73.9 | 67.1-79.7 | 93 | 26.1 | 20.3-32.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 425 | 322 | 80.1 | 74.9-84.5 | 103 | 19.9 | 15.5-25.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 270 | 205 | 73.7 | 64.0-81.5 | 65 | 26.3 | 18.5-36.0 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 349 | 280 | 83.0 | 77.7-87.2 | 69 | 17.0 | 12.8-22.3 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 313 | 257 | 85.2 | 79.5-89.5 | 56 | 14.8 | 10.5-20.5 |
| $75,000+ | 408 | 320 | 82.8 | 78.4-86.4 | 88 | 17.2 | 13.6-21.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 1,171 | 866 | 76.7 | 73.4-79.7 | 305 | 23.3 | 20.3-26.6 |
| No | 1,257 | 982 | 80.4 | 77.1-83.3 | 275 | 19.6 | 16.7-22.9 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 422 | 326 | 78.6 | 72.4-83.7 | 96 | 21.4 | 16.3-27.6 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,048 | 1,555 | 78.9 | 76.4-81.2 | 493 | 21.1 | 18.8-23.6 |
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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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