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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 |
| -AFRICAN AMERICANS | 905 | 757 | 86.1 | 82.2-89.3 | 50 | 6.1 | 3.8- 9.9 | 98 | 7.7 | 5.9-10.1 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 280 | 230 | 83.9 | 75.7-89.7 | 21 | 9.7 | 4.8-18.6 | 29 | 6.4 | 4.1-10.0 |
| Female | 625 | 527 | 87.7 | 83.9-90.7 | 29 | 3.6 | 2.2- 5.9 | 69 | 8.7 | 6.2-12.0 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 9 | 9 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Non-Hispanic | 895 | 748 | 86.0 | 82.0-89.2 | 50 | 6.3 | 3.8-10.0 | 97 | 7.8 | 5.9-10.2 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 10 | 8 | 92.9 | 70.4-98.6 | 1 | 2.3 | 0.3-16.2 | 1 | 4.8 | 0.6-30.0 |
| 25-34 | 28 | 23 | 89.8 | 72.7-96.6 | 1 | 1.1 | 0.1- 8.1 | 4 | 9.1 | 2.7-26.3 |
| 35-44 | 79 | 66 | 81.8 | 63.0-92.2 | 5 | 10.8 | 2.6-35.1 | 8 | 7.5 | 3.5-15.1 |
| 45-54 | 191 | 161 | 85.9 | 77.4-91.6 | 13 | 7.4 | 3.2-16.0 | 17 | 6.7 | 3.8-11.7 |
| 55-64 | 259 | 219 | 85.3 | 76.9-91.0 | 11 | 5.1 | 1.9-12.8 | 29 | 9.7 | 5.4-16.6 |
| 65+ | 332 | 276 | 87.4 | 82.5-91.2 | 19 | 5.4 | 3.0- 9.7 | 37 | 7.1 | 4.7-10.6 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 191 | 162 | 79.3 | 65.5-88.6 | 12 | 10.5 | 3.7-26.5 | 17 | 10.2 | 5.2-19.2 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 331 | 278 | 88.2 | 82.3-92.3 | 16 | 5.1 | 2.3-11.0 | 37 | 6.7 | 4.4-10.3 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 215 | 176 | 87.2 | 81.1-91.5 | 10 | 4.0 | 1.7- 9.0 | 29 | 8.8 | 5.6-13.6 |
| College Graduate | 167 | 140 | 87.7 | 79.2-93.0 | 12 | 6.5 | 2.6-15.6 | 15 | 5.7 | 3.0-10.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 212 | 181 | 81.2 | 70.7-88.5 | 11 | 8.9 | 3.8-19.3 | 20 | 9.9 | 5.3-17.8 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 204 | 176 | 87.4 | 75.2-94.1 | 10 | 7.5 | 2.2-22.7 | 18 | 5.1 | 2.8- 9.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 102 | 83 | 90.1 | 81.7-94.9 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.5 | 16 | 8.9 | 4.4-17.2 |
| $35,000-49,999 | 94 | 79 | 84.4 | 72.8-91.6 | 9 | 8.0 | 3.5-17.0 | 6 | 7.7 | 2.9-18.7 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 76 | 66 | 83.2 | 66.0-92.6 | 2 | 8.8 | 2.0-31.2 | 8 | 8.1 | 3.6-17.2 |
| $75,000+ | 74 | 63 | 90.6 | 82.0-95.3 | 5 | 3.1 | 1.1- 8.1 | 6 | 6.3 | 2.6-14.5 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 474 | 397 | 87.4 | 82.6-91.1 | 25 | 6.0 | 3.3-10.6 | 52 | 6.6 | 4.6- 9.3 |
| No | 407 | 340 | 85.1 | 78.4-89.9 | 23 | 6.3 | 2.8-13.4 | 44 | 8.7 | 5.8-12.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 109 | 85 | 77.9 | 64.1-87.5 | 12 | 12.4 | 4.9-27.8 | 12 | 9.7 | 4.9-18.3 |
| Non-Veteran | 714 | 606 | 87.7 | 83.4-91.1 | 33 | 5.1 | 2.7- 9.4 | 75 | 7.2 | 5.2- 9.8 |
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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.
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