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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 | 5,120 | 3,786 | 74.0 | 71.9-76.0 | 764 | 16.8 | 15.0-18.8 | 570 | 9.2 | 8.1-10.3 |
| -Eastern NC | 1,509 | 1,139 | 72.9 | 68.1-77.3 | 207 | 18.5 | 14.3-23.4 | 163 | 8.6 | 6.7-11.1 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 538 | 395 | 67.2 | 58.4-75.0 | 89 | 24.5 | 17.0-33.9 | 54 | 8.3 | 5.3-12.7 |
| Female | 971 | 744 | 77.7 | 73.1-81.7 | 118 | 13.4 | 10.1-17.5 | 109 | 9.0 | 6.7-11.9 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 989 | 707 | 67.6 | 61.3-73.3 | 171 | 23.0 | 17.5-29.6 | 111 | 9.4 | 6.8-12.7 |
| African American | 406 | 340 | 83.1 | 74.6-89.1 | 26 | 11.2 | 5.8-20.6 | 40 | 5.7 | 3.8- 8.6 |
| Other Minorities | 102 | 80 | 77.3 | 59.5-88.8 | 10 | 7.2 | 2.8-17.4 | 12 | 15.5 | 6.0-34.2 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 24 | 15 | 71.3 | 45.2-88.2 | 6 | 20.8 | 6.9-48.3 | 3 | 7.9 | 2.2-24.1 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,483 | 1,122 | 72.9 | 68.0-77.3 | 201 | 18.4 | 14.3-23.5 | 160 | 8.7 | 6.7-11.1 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 7 | 3 | 33.9 | 5.8-81.2 | 4 | 66.1 | 18.8-94.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 25-34 | 40 | 29 | 64.9 | 41.7-82.7 | 8 | 28.6 | 12.5-52.9 | 3 | 6.5 | 1.5-24.3 |
| 35-44 | 118 | 78 | 61.6 | 46.6-74.7 | 31 | 27.9 | 16.4-43.2 | 9 | 10.5 | 4.2-23.8 |
| 45-54 | 268 | 213 | 75.8 | 66.4-83.2 | 34 | 17.2 | 10.6-26.5 | 21 | 7.1 | 3.8-13.0 |
| 55-64 | 385 | 304 | 78.4 | 70.5-84.6 | 43 | 13.5 | 8.3-21.2 | 38 | 8.2 | 5.0-13.1 |
| 65+ | 679 | 505 | 77.5 | 72.7-81.7 | 84 | 12.1 | 8.9-16.4 | 90 | 10.4 | 7.8-13.6 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 256 | 208 | 74.9 | 61.5-84.8 | 29 | 16.5 | 8.4-30.0 | 19 | 8.6 | 3.5-19.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 498 | 382 | 73.6 | 62.9-82.1 | 60 | 18.0 | 10.0-30.1 | 56 | 8.5 | 5.6-12.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 416 | 301 | 72.0 | 64.4-78.5 | 60 | 18.4 | 12.6-26.0 | 55 | 9.7 | 6.6-14.0 |
| College Graduate | 336 | 245 | 71.3 | 63.0-78.4 | 58 | 21.1 | 14.8-29.2 | 33 | 7.6 | 4.4-12.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 248 | 201 | 75.5 | 63.6-84.4 | 29 | 14.6 | 8.1-25.0 | 18 | 9.9 | 4.4-21.0 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 294 | 234 | 80.1 | 69.1-87.8 | 28 | 12.2 | 5.6-24.7 | 32 | 7.7 | 4.7-12.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 152 | 116 | 67.3 | 42.4-85.2 | 21 | 25.3 | 8.6-54.9 | 15 | 7.4 | 3.1-16.6 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 178 | 133 | 71.0 | 57.5-81.6 | 23 | 19.8 | 10.3-34.7 | 22 | 9.2 | 4.9-16.7 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 185 | 132 | 70.6 | 58.8-80.2 | 32 | 20.8 | 12.5-32.4 | 21 | 8.6 | 4.2-16.8 |
| $75,000+ | 229 | 170 | 72.0 | 62.4-80.0 | 39 | 19.9 | 13.0-29.2 | 20 | 8.1 | 4.3-14.9 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 768 | 584 | 75.4 | 69.7-80.4 | 95 | 15.2 | 11.0-20.7 | 89 | 9.4 | 6.7-13.0 |
| No | 714 | 536 | 71.9 | 64.1-78.5 | 107 | 20.2 | 13.8-28.5 | 71 | 8.0 | 5.3-11.7 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 267 | 185 | 69.8 | 60.8-77.6 | 49 | 19.9 | 13.4-28.5 | 33 | 10.2 | 6.1-16.8 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,103 | 854 | 74.3 | 68.1-79.7 | 142 | 17.9 | 12.9-24.4 | 107 | 7.7 | 5.5-10.7 |
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*Asked only of those who report having high blood pressure
^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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