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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 |
| -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 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 413 | 276 | 68.8 | 63.4-73.8 | 119 | 26.6 | 22.0-31.8 | 18 | 4.6 | 2.5- 8.1 |
| Female | 667 | 432 | 64.8 | 60.2-69.2 | 199 | 29.7 | 25.7-34.1 | 36 | 5.5 | 3.4- 8.7 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,006 | 663 | 66.6 | 62.9-70.1 | 297 | 28.3 | 25.1-31.8 | 46 | 5.1 | 3.4- 7.5 |
| African American | 45 | 30 | 77.6 | 62.5-87.9 | 10 | 18.2 | 9.1-33.1 | 5 | 4.2 | 1.6-10.5 |
| Other Minorities | 25 | 12 | 49.6 | 24.2-75.3 | 10 | 44.7 | 21.1-70.9 | 3 | 5.7 | 1.2-23.3 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 11 | 8 | 70.6 | 34.3-91.7 | 3 | 29.4 | 8.3-65.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,068 | 700 | 66.7 | 63.1-70.0 | 314 | 28.2 | 25.1-31.5 | 54 | 5.1 | 3.6- 7.4 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 6 | 5 | 88.3 | 46.3-98.5 | 1 | 11.7 | 1.5-53.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 25-34 | 17 | 13 | 79.6 | 50.2-93.8 | 3 | 9.3 | 2.6-28.6 | 1 | 11.1 | 1.6-49.0 |
| 35-44 | 68 | 41 | 65.5 | 52.3-76.7 | 21 | 28.3 | 18.2-41.1 | 6 | 6.2 | 2.2-16.3 |
| 45-54 | 152 | 97 | 66.5 | 57.2-74.7 | 46 | 26.8 | 19.7-35.4 | 9 | 6.6 | 2.9-14.7 |
| 55-64 | 274 | 185 | 68.0 | 61.1-74.2 | 82 | 30.5 | 24.4-37.4 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.6- 3.4 |
| 65-74 | 316 | 209 | 66.1 | 60.0-71.8 | 92 | 28.8 | 23.5-34.7 | 15 | 5.1 | 2.8- 9.1 |
| 75+ | 239 | 154 | 61.2 | 53.6-68.3 | 70 | 32.4 | 25.7-40.0 | 15 | 6.3 | 3.6-10.9 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 215 | 134 | 61.3 | 53.1-68.9 | 64 | 30.8 | 23.8-38.8 | 17 | 7.9 | 4.4-13.8 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 361 | 246 | 68.4 | 61.9-74.2 | 99 | 26.0 | 21.0-31.8 | 16 | 5.6 | 2.7-11.3 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 279 | 180 | 67.5 | 60.9-73.5 | 89 | 29.7 | 24.0-36.2 | 10 | 2.8 | 1.3- 5.8 |
| College Graduate | 223 | 146 | 67.4 | 59.7-74.3 | 66 | 28.2 | 21.6-35.8 | 11 | 4.4 | 2.3- 8.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 175 | 115 | 63.0 | 53.7-71.4 | 47 | 31.2 | 23.2-40.4 | 13 | 5.9 | 3.3-10.4 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 242 | 167 | 69.7 | 62.3-76.2 | 64 | 26.9 | 20.6-34.2 | 11 | 3.5 | 1.8- 6.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 116 | 79 | 77.6 | 68.5-84.6 | 35 | 21.8 | 14.9-30.9 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.4 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 156 | 105 | 65.5 | 55.8-74.1 | 43 | 27.7 | 20.4-36.3 | 8 | 6.8 | 2.3-18.3 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 118 | 77 | 69.7 | 59.7-78.2 | 35 | 25.2 | 17.6-34.6 | 6 | 5.1 | 2.0-12.2 |
| $75,000+ | 122 | 75 | 62.9 | 52.0-72.6 | 41 | 33.1 | 23.7-44.0 | 6 | 4.1 | 1.7- 9.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 561 | 387 | 70.4 | 65.8-74.7 | 146 | 25.6 | 21.6-30.1 | 28 | 4.0 | 2.6- 6.2 |
| No | 499 | 310 | 63.4 | 58.0-68.5 | 165 | 30.7 | 26.0-35.8 | 24 | 5.9 | 3.4-10.1 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 206 | 137 | 68.2 | 60.8-74.8 | 63 | 29.5 | 23.1-36.9 | 6 | 2.3 | 0.9- 5.6 |
| Non-Veteran | 874 | 571 | 66.4 | 62.3-70.2 | 255 | 27.9 | 24.5-31.7 | 48 | 5.7 | 3.8- 8.4 |
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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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