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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 |
| -FEMALES | 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 | 2,383 | 1,749 | 71.6 | 68.6-74.3 | 373 | 18.5 | 16.0-21.2 | 261 | 9.9 | 8.3-11.8 |
| African American | 625 | 527 | 87.7 | 83.9-90.7 | 29 | 3.6 | 2.2- 5.9 | 69 | 8.7 | 6.2-12.0 |
| Other Minorities | 141 | 111 | 76.6 | 59.5-88.0 | 16 | 15.3 | 5.8-34.6 | 14 | 8.0 | 3.4-18.0 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 14 | 7 | 64.9 | 33.4-87.3 | 6 | 29.8 | 10.0-61.9 | 1 | 5.3 | 0.7-31.1 |
| 25-34 | 65 | 51 | 81.7 | 67.6-90.5 | 11 | 14.1 | 6.8-26.8 | 3 | 4.2 | 1.1-15.0 |
| 35-44 | 199 | 136 | 72.3 | 63.3-79.7 | 47 | 21.6 | 14.9-30.2 | 16 | 6.1 | 3.4-10.9 |
| 45-54 | 479 | 379 | 79.1 | 73.3-83.9 | 67 | 13.8 | 9.9-19.0 | 33 | 7.1 | 4.4-11.1 |
| 55-64 | 765 | 602 | 77.3 | 72.0-81.8 | 88 | 13.4 | 9.7-18.1 | 75 | 9.4 | 6.5-13.3 |
| 65+ | 1,614 | 1,208 | 75.4 | 71.9-78.5 | 196 | 12.3 | 9.8-15.3 | 210 | 12.3 | 10.2-14.8 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 565 | 440 | 77.2 | 70.9-82.4 | 59 | 9.7 | 6.7-13.8 | 66 | 13.1 | 9.0-18.8 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,081 | 832 | 78.0 | 73.7-81.7 | 135 | 13.9 | 10.7-17.9 | 114 | 8.1 | 6.1-10.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 816 | 608 | 76.6 | 72.1-80.6 | 110 | 14.3 | 11.1-18.4 | 98 | 9.1 | 6.9-11.8 |
| College Graduate | 695 | 514 | 72.9 | 67.5-77.7 | 116 | 18.0 | 13.7-23.2 | 65 | 9.1 | 6.6-12.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 545 | 437 | 81.0 | 74.8-86.0 | 49 | 7.7 | 4.9-12.1 | 59 | 11.2 | 7.4-16.8 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 615 | 472 | 79.7 | 74.5-84.1 | 69 | 9.8 | 6.9-13.9 | 74 | 10.4 | 7.4-14.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 351 | 252 | 70.0 | 61.0-77.6 | 52 | 18.5 | 11.8-27.7 | 47 | 11.5 | 7.5-17.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 370 | 295 | 79.3 | 72.5-84.7 | 53 | 15.9 | 10.9-22.7 | 22 | 4.8 | 2.9- 7.8 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 334 | 253 | 79.2 | 72.9-84.4 | 52 | 14.4 | 9.9-20.4 | 29 | 6.4 | 4.2- 9.6 |
| $75,000+ | 343 | 249 | 71.2 | 64.0-77.5 | 67 | 22.3 | 16.6-29.3 | 27 | 6.5 | 3.7-11.0 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,582 | 1,214 | 78.5 | 75.2-81.5 | 176 | 11.3 | 9.0-14.1 | 192 | 10.2 | 8.3-12.4 |
| No | 1,524 | 1,144 | 75.0 | 71.4-78.2 | 233 | 16.2 | 13.5-19.4 | 147 | 8.8 | 7.0-11.2 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 58 | 45 | 82.2 | 67.1-91.3 | 7 | 7.0 | 2.8-16.4 | 6 | 10.8 | 4.2-24.9 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,817 | 2,141 | 76.8 | 74.3-79.2 | 372 | 13.9 | 12.0-16.0 | 304 | 9.3 | 7.8-10.9 |
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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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