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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%) | ||
| TOTAL | 5,120 | 3,786 | 74.0 | 71.9-76.0 | 764 | 16.8 | 15.0-18.8 | 570 | 9.2 | 8.1-10.3 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,957 | 1,387 | 71.5 | 67.9-74.9 | 344 | 19.6 | 16.5-23.2 | 226 | 8.9 | 7.4-10.7 |
| Female | 3,163 | 2,399 | 76.3 | 73.9-78.6 | 420 | 14.2 | 12.4-16.3 | 344 | 9.4 | 8.1-11.0 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 3,959 | 2,833 | 70.0 | 67.4-72.4 | 678 | 20.3 | 18.0-22.8 | 448 | 9.7 | 8.5-11.1 |
| African American | 905 | 757 | 86.1 | 82.2-89.3 | 50 | 6.1 | 3.8- 9.9 | 98 | 7.7 | 5.9-10.1 |
| Asian | 25 | 20 | 82.7 | 53.6-95.2 | 4 | 15.9 | 4.0-46.3 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.2- 9.3 |
| Native American | 124 | 100 | 80.5 | 63.3-90.8 | 10 | 4.3 | 2.0- 9.1 | 14 | 15.2 | 6.0-33.3 |
| Other Minorities | 79 | 54 | 63.5 | 44.8-78.9 | 18 | 30.9 | 16.4-50.6 | 7 | 5.5 | 2.0-14.3 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 88 | 64 | 76.5 | 62.1-86.6 | 18 | 20.2 | 10.7-34.9 | 6 | 3.3 | 1.4- 7.8 |
| -English Speaking | 52 | 41 | 85.6 | 72.1-93.1 | 8 | 11.6 | 5.0-24.9 | 3 | 2.8 | 0.8- 9.1 |
| -Spanish Speaking | 36 | 23 | 64.5 | 40.0-83.2 | 10 | 31.5 | 13.7-57.1 | 3 | 4.0 | 1.1-13.5 |
| Non-Hispanic | 5,019 | 3,714 | 74.0 | 71.9-76.1 | 744 | 16.6 | 14.8-18.7 | 561 | 9.3 | 8.3-10.5 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 28 | 17 | 62.4 | 32.6-85.0 | 10 | 36.1 | 13.8-66.6 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.2-10.7 |
| 25-34 | 125 | 96 | 78.9 | 68.1-86.8 | 23 | 17.7 | 10.5-28.3 | 6 | 3.4 | 1.3- 8.3 |
| 35-44 | 355 | 242 | 71.3 | 63.8-77.8 | 82 | 20.5 | 14.9-27.6 | 31 | 8.2 | 4.9-13.3 |
| 45-54 | 832 | 627 | 73.8 | 69.2-78.0 | 132 | 18.4 | 14.7-22.8 | 73 | 7.8 | 5.8-10.3 |
| 55-64 | 1,299 | 1,010 | 77.1 | 73.3-80.4 | 163 | 14.1 | 11.2-17.5 | 126 | 8.9 | 6.9-11.4 |
| 65-74 | 1,354 | 993 | 74.2 | 70.8-77.3 | 198 | 14.4 | 12.1-17.2 | 163 | 11.4 | 9.2-13.9 |
| 75+ | 1,086 | 775 | 71.6 | 67.0-75.8 | 150 | 15.0 | 11.5-19.5 | 161 | 13.4 | 10.8-16.4 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 887 | 665 | 73.4 | 67.7-78.4 | 111 | 13.3 | 9.5-18.3 | 111 | 13.3 | 9.9-17.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,685 | 1,279 | 75.7 | 71.3-79.5 | 220 | 15.6 | 12.0-20.0 | 186 | 8.8 | 7.1-10.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,283 | 924 | 74.2 | 70.5-77.6 | 204 | 17.3 | 14.3-20.7 | 155 | 8.5 | 6.9-10.5 |
| College Graduate | 1,256 | 910 | 72.0 | 68.1-75.6 | 229 | 20.3 | 17.0-24.1 | 117 | 7.7 | 6.0- 9.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 745 | 586 | 77.9 | 72.0-82.9 | 80 | 10.8 | 7.4-15.4 | 79 | 11.3 | 7.7-16.4 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 926 | 706 | 78.7 | 73.9-82.9 | 110 | 11.8 | 8.4-16.3 | 110 | 9.5 | 7.2-12.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 585 | 423 | 70.0 | 60.6-78.0 | 91 | 21.4 | 13.7-31.7 | 71 | 8.7 | 6.1-12.1 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 620 | 466 | 74.9 | 69.1-79.9 | 98 | 17.6 | 13.0-23.3 | 56 | 7.5 | 5.2-10.7 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 629 | 450 | 73.7 | 68.3-78.4 | 111 | 18.2 | 14.1-23.2 | 68 | 8.1 | 5.9-11.2 |
| $75,000+ | 782 | 555 | 70.4 | 65.7-74.7 | 161 | 22.5 | 18.5-27.0 | 66 | 7.1 | 5.2- 9.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 2,462 | 1,840 | 76.3 | 73.5-78.9 | 325 | 13.7 | 11.6-16.2 | 297 | 10.0 | 8.5-11.7 |
| No | 2,557 | 1,873 | 72.6 | 69.4-75.6 | 421 | 18.8 | 16.1-22.0 | 263 | 8.6 | 7.2-10.2 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 811 | 552 | 69.9 | 65.1-74.4 | 153 | 19.2 | 15.3-23.8 | 106 | 10.8 | 8.3-14.0 |
| Non-Veteran | 3,863 | 2,911 | 75.7 | 73.2-78.0 | 547 | 15.7 | 13.6-18.1 | 405 | 8.6 | 7.4- 9.9 |
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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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