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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 |
| -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 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 417 | 279 | 67.9 | 62.3-73.0 | 85 | 20.3 | 16.1-25.3 | 53 | 11.8 | 8.6-15.9 |
| Female | 672 | 491 | 74.4 | 70.1-78.2 | 119 | 17.8 | 14.4-21.8 | 62 | 7.8 | 5.9-10.3 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,016 | 725 | 71.7 | 68.2-75.0 | 191 | 19.1 | 16.3-22.2 | 100 | 9.2 | 7.3-11.6 |
| African American | 45 | 32 | 75.1 | 58.2-86.8 | 6 | 13.0 | 5.3-28.5 | 7 | 11.9 | 4.9-26.2 |
| Other Minorities | 24 | 12 | 50.5 | 23.9-76.8 | 5 | 27.1 | 6.3-67.2 | 7 | 22.5 | 8.7-46.9 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 11 | 9 | 61.7 | 21.4-90.5 | 2 | 38.3 | 9.5-78.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,077 | 761 | 71.5 | 68.1-74.7 | 202 | 18.7 | 16.0-21.7 | 114 | 9.8 | 7.9-12.1 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 6 | 5 | 88.3 | 46.3-98.5 | 1 | 11.7 | 1.5-53.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 25-34 | 17 | 15 | 97.0 | 87.8-99.3 | 2 | 3.0 | 0.7-12.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 35-44 | 68 | 44 | 64.8 | 50.7-76.7 | 14 | 23.3 | 13.2-37.7 | 10 | 11.9 | 5.9-22.7 |
| 45-54 | 152 | 110 | 72.5 | 63.2-80.2 | 25 | 15.8 | 10.2-23.7 | 17 | 11.7 | 6.6-19.9 |
| 55-64 | 276 | 191 | 68.9 | 62.0-75.0 | 63 | 24.3 | 18.6-31.1 | 22 | 6.8 | 4.3-10.7 |
| 65-74 | 321 | 230 | 70.9 | 64.8-76.3 | 59 | 19.3 | 14.8-24.8 | 32 | 9.8 | 6.6-14.3 |
| 75+ | 241 | 170 | 69.5 | 62.2-76.0 | 39 | 17.3 | 12.1-24.1 | 32 | 13.2 | 9.1-18.8 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 216 | 143 | 67.2 | 59.1-74.3 | 39 | 18.6 | 13.0-25.9 | 34 | 14.2 | 9.6-20.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 363 | 262 | 71.8 | 65.5-77.4 | 67 | 18.7 | 14.1-24.4 | 34 | 9.5 | 6.3-14.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 279 | 200 | 74.2 | 68.0-79.6 | 52 | 17.9 | 13.4-23.6 | 27 | 7.8 | 5.0-12.1 |
| College Graduate | 229 | 164 | 70.9 | 63.1-77.7 | 45 | 20.8 | 14.8-28.5 | 20 | 8.2 | 5.1-13.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 177 | 127 | 71.8 | 63.3-79.0 | 24 | 15.4 | 9.9-23.1 | 26 | 12.8 | 8.4-18.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 243 | 176 | 73.6 | 66.0-79.9 | 46 | 19.8 | 14.0-27.2 | 21 | 6.7 | 4.1-10.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 117 | 87 | 79.1 | 69.4-86.3 | 21 | 16.2 | 9.9-25.5 | 9 | 4.7 | 2.1-10.0 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 157 | 113 | 74.1 | 65.6-81.2 | 29 | 16.0 | 10.8-23.0 | 15 | 9.9 | 5.4-17.4 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 117 | 81 | 71.7 | 61.3-80.2 | 23 | 17.7 | 11.0-27.2 | 13 | 10.6 | 5.9-18.4 |
| $75,000+ | 125 | 82 | 62.4 | 51.6-72.1 | 32 | 28.7 | 19.8-39.8 | 11 | 8.9 | 4.8-15.9 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 567 | 409 | 72.0 | 67.2-76.4 | 96 | 18.5 | 14.7-23.0 | 62 | 9.5 | 7.1-12.6 |
| No | 502 | 349 | 70.9 | 65.8-75.5 | 103 | 19.4 | 15.5-23.9 | 50 | 9.7 | 7.0-13.4 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 208 | 143 | 70.6 | 63.5-76.9 | 45 | 20.4 | 15.1-26.9 | 20 | 9.0 | 5.6-14.0 |
| Non-Veteran | 881 | 627 | 71.5 | 67.5-75.1 | 159 | 18.7 | 15.6-22.3 | 95 | 9.8 | 7.7-12.5 |
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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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