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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 |
| -AFRICAN AMERICANS | 898 | 677 | 76.4 | 71.8-80.5 | 176 | 20.1 | 16.3-24.7 | 45 | 3.5 | 2.4- 5.0 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 277 | 204 | 77.5 | 70.0-83.6 | 58 | 19.4 | 13.6-26.8 | 15 | 3.1 | 1.6- 5.8 |
| Female | 621 | 473 | 75.6 | 69.6-80.8 | 118 | 20.7 | 15.8-26.7 | 30 | 3.7 | 2.3- 5.8 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 9 | 7 | 96.8 | 82.5-99.5 | 1 | 2.2 | 0.2-17.9 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 8.2 |
| Non-Hispanic | 888 | 670 | 76.1 | 71.4-80.2 | 175 | 20.5 | 16.5-25.1 | 43 | 3.4 | 2.3- 5.0 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 10 | 7 | 72.2 | 33.7-93.0 | 3 | 27.8 | 7.0-66.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 25-34 | 28 | 24 | 93.4 | 80.0-98.1 | 3 | 3.5 | 0.9-12.2 | 1 | 3.0 | 0.4-19.6 |
| 35-44 | 79 | 61 | 71.1 | 55.9-82.7 | 17 | 27.8 | 16.4-43.0 | 1 | 1.1 | 0.2- 7.7 |
| 45-54 | 190 | 149 | 78.9 | 68.6-86.5 | 27 | 14.6 | 8.1-25.0 | 14 | 6.5 | 3.5-11.7 |
| 55-64 | 257 | 193 | 75.5 | 66.1-83.0 | 57 | 23.4 | 16.0-32.9 | 7 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.4 |
| 65+ | 328 | 239 | 73.5 | 65.7-80.1 | 69 | 22.4 | 16.1-30.2 | 20 | 4.1 | 2.5- 6.7 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 189 | 153 | 74.3 | 62.4-83.5 | 27 | 21.7 | 13.1-33.7 | 9 | 4.0 | 1.8- 8.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 330 | 239 | 76.0 | 68.0-82.5 | 72 | 20.4 | 14.4-28.2 | 19 | 3.6 | 2.0- 6.5 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 214 | 165 | 76.7 | 66.6-84.5 | 38 | 20.3 | 12.8-30.7 | 11 | 2.9 | 1.5- 5.9 |
| College Graduate | 165 | 120 | 79.1 | 69.7-86.1 | 39 | 17.7 | 11.2-26.8 | 6 | 3.2 | 1.3- 7.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 211 | 159 | 62.3 | 50.6-72.8 | 46 | 36.4 | 26.0-48.3 | 6 | 1.2 | 0.5- 2.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 204 | 160 | 81.5 | 72.2-88.2 | 35 | 15.2 | 9.1-24.4 | 9 | 3.3 | 1.5- 7.0 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 101 | 75 | 84.8 | 74.1-91.6 | 17 | 9.9 | 4.9-19.0 | 9 | 5.3 | 2.1-12.5 |
| $35,000-49,999 | 94 | 76 | 84.6 | 72.0-92.1 | 18 | 15.4 | 7.9-28.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 76 | 55 | 79.2 | 67.5-87.4 | 15 | 14.0 | 7.6-24.2 | 6 | 6.9 | 2.7-16.2 |
| $75,000+ | 74 | 52 | 76.5 | 62.8-86.2 | 19 | 20.2 | 11.2-33.5 | 3 | 3.4 | 1.0-10.5 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 469 | 366 | 80.2 | 74.0-85.3 | 80 | 17.4 | 12.5-23.6 | 23 | 2.4 | 1.5- 3.9 |
| No | 405 | 291 | 72.2 | 65.0-78.4 | 93 | 23.6 | 17.7-30.7 | 21 | 4.2 | 2.5- 7.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 107 | 82 | 77.8 | 64.6-87.1 | 21 | 18.8 | 10.2-32.1 | 4 | 3.4 | 1.0-11.0 |
| Non-Veteran | 709 | 539 | 76.3 | 71.0-81.0 | 132 | 20.1 | 15.7-25.4 | 38 | 3.6 | 2.4- 5.3 |
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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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