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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 | 5,090 | 3,435 | 68.4 | 66.2-70.6 | 1,425 | 27.7 | 25.6-29.9 | 230 | 3.9 | 3.2- 4.7 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,943 | 1,309 | 68.7 | 65.0-72.1 | 540 | 27.4 | 24.0-31.0 | 94 | 4.0 | 2.9- 5.4 |
| Female | 3,147 | 2,126 | 68.2 | 65.6-70.8 | 885 | 28.0 | 25.5-30.6 | 136 | 3.7 | 2.9- 4.8 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 3,936 | 2,574 | 65.8 | 63.2-68.4 | 1,188 | 30.2 | 27.8-32.8 | 174 | 3.9 | 3.1- 5.0 |
| African American | 898 | 677 | 76.4 | 71.8-80.5 | 176 | 20.1 | 16.3-24.7 | 45 | 3.5 | 2.4- 5.0 |
| Asian | 25 | 16 | 58.9 | 34.7-79.5 | 8 | 37.8 | 18.0-62.8 | 1 | 3.3 | 0.4-20.4 |
| Native American | 124 | 97 | 75.0 | 57.3-87.1 | 18 | 13.5 | 6.1-27.3 | 9 | 11.4 | 4.0-28.7 |
| Other Minorities | 79 | 52 | 63.0 | 44.8-78.2 | 27 | 37.0 | 21.8-55.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 89 | 60 | 75.1 | 61.8-84.9 | 27 | 24.2 | 14.5-37.4 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.1- 4.0 |
| -English Speaking | 53 | 37 | 85.4 | 72.7-92.7 | 14 | 13.3 | 6.4-25.7 | 2 | 1.4 | 0.2- 7.0 |
| -Spanish Speaking | 36 | 23 | 61.3 | 38.5-80.1 | 13 | 38.7 | 19.9-61.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Non-Hispanic | 4,989 | 3,370 | 68.3 | 66.1-70.5 | 1,393 | 27.7 | 25.6-30.0 | 226 | 3.9 | 3.2- 4.8 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 28 | 14 | 49.3 | 24.6-74.2 | 14 | 50.7 | 25.8-75.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 25-34 | 124 | 96 | 80.6 | 70.3-87.9 | 25 | 17.4 | 10.5-27.4 | 3 | 2.1 | 0.6- 6.8 |
| 35-44 | 354 | 257 | 70.5 | 62.2-77.6 | 84 | 24.6 | 18.0-32.8 | 13 | 4.9 | 2.3-10.3 |
| 45-54 | 827 | 579 | 70.3 | 65.5-74.7 | 214 | 24.9 | 20.8-29.6 | 34 | 4.8 | 3.1- 7.2 |
| 55-64 | 1,293 | 905 | 70.5 | 66.6-74.1 | 338 | 26.8 | 23.3-30.6 | 50 | 2.7 | 1.8- 4.0 |
| 65-74 | 1,349 | 917 | 68.4 | 64.8-71.8 | 367 | 27.2 | 24.0-30.7 | 65 | 4.4 | 3.1- 6.1 |
| 75+ | 1,074 | 648 | 60.1 | 55.2-64.8 | 366 | 35.6 | 31.0-40.5 | 60 | 4.3 | 3.2- 5.9 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 880 | 598 | 66.0 | 60.3-71.3 | 229 | 27.9 | 23.1-33.3 | 53 | 6.1 | 3.7- 9.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,677 | 1,169 | 70.3 | 65.7-74.5 | 439 | 26.5 | 22.4-31.2 | 69 | 3.1 | 2.2- 4.5 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,279 | 863 | 70.4 | 66.5-74.1 | 353 | 26.1 | 22.6-30.0 | 63 | 3.4 | 2.5- 4.7 |
| College Graduate | 1,246 | 799 | 65.6 | 61.6-69.3 | 402 | 30.6 | 27.0-34.5 | 45 | 3.8 | 2.6- 5.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 744 | 520 | 65.3 | 58.7-71.3 | 192 | 30.7 | 24.9-37.2 | 32 | 4.1 | 1.8- 8.7 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 925 | 643 | 70.0 | 64.1-75.3 | 230 | 25.7 | 20.5-31.7 | 52 | 4.3 | 3.0- 6.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 580 | 395 | 71.0 | 61.9-78.7 | 158 | 25.6 | 18.0-35.0 | 27 | 3.4 | 1.8- 6.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 617 | 443 | 73.7 | 68.4-78.3 | 158 | 23.8 | 19.4-28.9 | 16 | 2.5 | 1.3- 5.0 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 623 | 401 | 69.1 | 63.7-73.9 | 199 | 27.1 | 22.6-32.1 | 23 | 3.8 | 2.1- 6.8 |
| $75,000+ | 778 | 519 | 68.0 | 63.2-72.4 | 230 | 28.3 | 24.1-32.9 | 29 | 3.7 | 2.3- 5.8 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 2,445 | 1,677 | 71.3 | 68.3-74.1 | 644 | 24.5 | 21.9-27.4 | 124 | 4.2 | 3.2- 5.4 |
| No | 2,545 | 1,694 | 66.4 | 63.1-69.6 | 750 | 30.1 | 27.0-33.4 | 101 | 3.5 | 2.6- 4.7 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 803 | 544 | 69.2 | 64.2-73.8 | 219 | 26.7 | 22.3-31.5 | 40 | 4.1 | 2.6- 6.5 |
| Non-Veteran | 3,846 | 2,607 | 68.5 | 65.9-71.1 | 1,072 | 27.8 | 25.3-30.4 | 167 | 3.7 | 2.9- 4.6 |
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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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