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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 |
| -Gaston County | 144 | 94 | 69.6 | 60.5-77.4 | 45 | 27.5 | 20.0-36.5 | 5 | 2.9 | 1.1- 7.0 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 56 | 37 | 71.6 | 56.9-82.9 | 17 | 26.0 | 15.3-40.7 | 2 | 2.3 | 0.5- 9.4 |
| Female | 88 | 57 | 67.8 | 56.1-77.6 | 28 | 28.9 | 19.6-40.4 | 3 | 3.4 | 1.0-10.5 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 122 | 77 | 67.4 | 57.4-76.0 | 40 | 29.1 | 20.9-38.9 | 5 | 3.5 | 1.4- 8.5 |
| Other | 22 | 17 | 79.5 | 54.4-92.6 | 5 | 20.5 | 7.4-45.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-44 | 11 | 8 | 77.0 | 43.2-93.7 | 3 | 23.0 | 6.3-56.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 45+ | 131 | 86 | 69.1 | 59.7-77.1 | 40 | 27.5 | 19.9-36.7 | 5 | 3.4 | 1.4- 8.3 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 92 | 58 | 67.5 | 56.0-77.3 | 32 | 30.6 | 21.1-42.1 | 2 | 1.9 | 0.5- 7.6 |
| Some College + | 51 | 36 | 73.5 | 57.9-84.8 | 12 | 22.2 | 11.9-37.6 | 3 | 4.3 | 1.3-13.5 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 88 | 60 | 71.9 | 59.9-81.4 | 26 | 26.3 | 17.1-38.3 | 2 | 1.7 | 0.4- 7.2 |
| $50,000+ | 20 | 12 | 60.8 | 37.5-80.0 | 7 | 36.6 | 18.0-60.4 | 1 | 2.6 | 0.4-16.7 |
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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