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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 | 5,120 | 3,786 | 74.0 | 71.9-76.0 | 764 | 16.8 | 15.0-18.8 | 570 | 9.2 | 8.1-10.3 |
| -Gaston County | 146 | 99 | 68.2 | 58.8-76.3 | 31 | 24.4 | 17.0-33.7 | 16 | 7.4 | 4.4-12.3 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 57 | 33 | 58.5 | 42.9-72.5 | 19 | 36.4 | 23.1-52.1 | 5 | 5.2 | 2.0-12.7 |
| Female | 89 | 66 | 77.1 | 66.4-85.1 | 12 | 13.4 | 7.2-23.5 | 11 | 9.5 | 5.1-17.1 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 124 | 82 | 66.1 | 55.8-75.1 | 28 | 26.0 | 17.8-36.3 | 14 | 7.9 | 4.5-13.4 |
| Other | 22 | 17 | 77.3 | 52.2-91.4 | 3 | 17.1 | 5.3-43.4 | 2 | 5.5 | 1.3-21.1 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-44 | 11 | 6 | 63.7 | 32.0-86.7 | 5 | 36.3 | 13.3-68.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 45+ | 133 | 92 | 69.2 | 59.6-77.4 | 25 | 22.0 | 14.7-31.5 | 16 | 8.8 | 5.3-14.5 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 94 | 61 | 64.1 | 52.2-74.4 | 22 | 27.5 | 18.1-39.5 | 11 | 8.4 | 4.5-15.2 |
| Some College + | 51 | 37 | 73.8 | 57.7-85.3 | 9 | 20.2 | 10.0-36.6 | 5 | 6.1 | 2.3-14.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 89 | 59 | 66.6 | 54.1-77.1 | 20 | 26.7 | 17.1-39.3 | 10 | 6.7 | 3.4-12.7 |
| $50,000+ | 20 | 14 | 64.3 | 39.5-83.2 | 4 | 28.5 | 11.4-55.3 | 2 | 7.2 | 1.7-26.3 |
Back to Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*.
*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.
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