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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 | 5,090 | 3,435 | 68.4 | 66.2-70.6 | 1,425 | 27.7 | 25.6-29.9 | 230 | 3.9 | 3.2- 4.7 |
| -Eastern NC | 1,501 | 1,046 | 69.2 | 64.5-73.4 | 385 | 26.2 | 22.1-30.8 | 70 | 4.7 | 3.1- 7.0 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 535 | 373 | 69.7 | 61.3-77.0 | 140 | 25.8 | 18.8-34.2 | 22 | 4.5 | 2.2- 9.2 |
| Female | 966 | 673 | 68.7 | 63.6-73.4 | 245 | 26.5 | 22.1-31.5 | 48 | 4.8 | 3.0- 7.4 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 983 | 662 | 68.2 | 62.1-73.8 | 274 | 26.4 | 21.1-32.6 | 47 | 5.4 | 3.3- 8.7 |
| African American | 404 | 302 | 72.0 | 63.9-78.8 | 84 | 25.7 | 19.0-33.9 | 18 | 2.3 | 1.3- 4.0 |
| Other Minorities | 102 | 74 | 66.1 | 48.2-80.4 | 23 | 25.0 | 13.9-40.8 | 5 | 8.9 | 2.3-29.2 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 24 | 13 | 64.7 | 38.0-84.6 | 10 | 34.6 | 14.9-61.4 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 5.1 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,475 | 1,031 | 69.2 | 64.5-73.6 | 375 | 26.0 | 21.9-30.7 | 69 | 4.7 | 3.1- 7.1 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 7 | 5 | 37.6 | 6.7-83.4 | 2 | 62.4 | 16.6-93.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 25-34 | 40 | 31 | 74.3 | 49.6-89.5 | 8 | 24.1 | 9.4-49.4 | 1 | 1.6 | 0.2-10.7 |
| 35-44 | 117 | 92 | 74.8 | 60.7-85.1 | 18 | 15.0 | 7.8-26.9 | 7 | 10.2 | 3.9-23.9 |
| 45-54 | 266 | 190 | 75.9 | 67.8-82.4 | 66 | 19.2 | 13.6-26.5 | 10 | 4.9 | 2.0-11.3 |
| 55-64 | 385 | 274 | 70.3 | 62.4-77.2 | 93 | 25.9 | 19.3-33.9 | 18 | 3.7 | 1.8- 7.5 |
| 65+ | 674 | 449 | 64.2 | 58.1-69.8 | 193 | 32.4 | 26.8-38.5 | 32 | 3.5 | 2.1- 5.6 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 257 | 180 | 67.1 | 55.8-76.7 | 60 | 24.2 | 16.5-34.1 | 17 | 8.7 | 3.6-19.6 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 495 | 363 | 67.1 | 56.9-76.0 | 112 | 29.7 | 20.9-40.2 | 20 | 3.2 | 1.4- 7.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 413 | 283 | 69.5 | 62.3-75.9 | 108 | 26.5 | 20.4-33.7 | 22 | 4.0 | 2.3- 6.8 |
| College Graduate | 333 | 217 | 73.7 | 66.8-79.7 | 105 | 21.7 | 16.7-27.8 | 11 | 4.5 | 1.9-10.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 248 | 168 | 58.3 | 46.7-69.0 | 70 | 35.4 | 25.4-46.8 | 10 | 6.3 | 1.9-18.8 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 294 | 215 | 74.1 | 65.0-81.5 | 62 | 21.0 | 14.2-30.0 | 17 | 4.9 | 2.5- 9.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 150 | 111 | 65.0 | 40.9-83.3 | 35 | 31.4 | 13.5-57.3 | 4 | 3.6 | 0.8-15.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 176 | 129 | 73.3 | 62.1-82.1 | 43 | 24.1 | 15.8-35.0 | 4 | 2.6 | 0.6-10.5 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 183 | 127 | 77.4 | 67.6-84.9 | 50 | 17.6 | 11.6-25.9 | 6 | 5.0 | 1.5-14.9 |
| $75,000+ | 229 | 163 | 73.5 | 64.6-80.9 | 56 | 21.0 | 14.5-29.4 | 10 | 5.4 | 2.4-12.0 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 762 | 532 | 70.4 | 64.8-75.5 | 189 | 24.6 | 19.9-30.0 | 41 | 5.0 | 3.0- 8.3 |
| No | 712 | 494 | 68.3 | 60.9-74.9 | 190 | 27.5 | 21.1-34.9 | 28 | 4.2 | 2.2- 8.1 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 263 | 181 | 71.7 | 62.8-79.2 | 73 | 25.0 | 18.0-33.5 | 9 | 3.3 | 1.0-10.3 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,099 | 775 | 68.2 | 62.3-73.5 | 272 | 27.1 | 21.9-33.1 | 52 | 4.7 | 2.9- 7.6 |
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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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