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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 |
| -FEMALES | 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 | 2,371 | 1,537 | 65.0 | 62.0-67.9 | 735 | 31.2 | 28.4-34.2 | 99 | 3.8 | 2.7- 5.1 |
| African American | 621 | 473 | 75.6 | 69.6-80.8 | 118 | 20.7 | 15.8-26.7 | 30 | 3.7 | 2.3- 5.8 |
| Other Minorities | 141 | 104 | 68.7 | 52.7-81.2 | 30 | 27.3 | 15.2-43.9 | 7 | 4.0 | 1.7- 9.2 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 14 | 7 | 53.4 | 22.9-81.6 | 7 | 46.6 | 18.4-77.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 25-34 | 64 | 50 | 83.1 | 69.7-91.3 | 12 | 12.2 | 6.0-23.1 | 2 | 4.7 | 1.2-17.4 |
| 35-44 | 197 | 154 | 76.9 | 67.2-84.4 | 40 | 21.2 | 13.9-31.0 | 3 | 1.9 | 0.6- 5.7 |
| 45-54 | 477 | 345 | 70.7 | 63.8-76.7 | 116 | 24.4 | 18.8-31.1 | 16 | 4.9 | 2.6- 9.1 |
| 55-64 | 763 | 521 | 67.6 | 62.3-72.5 | 214 | 29.7 | 24.9-35.0 | 28 | 2.7 | 1.7- 4.5 |
| 65+ | 1,605 | 1,038 | 64.1 | 60.3-67.8 | 483 | 31.7 | 28.1-35.5 | 84 | 4.2 | 3.2- 5.6 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 560 | 377 | 62.1 | 54.6-68.9 | 149 | 32.2 | 25.6-39.6 | 34 | 5.7 | 3.3- 9.8 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,078 | 759 | 72.2 | 67.6-76.3 | 282 | 25.5 | 21.5-30.1 | 37 | 2.3 | 1.4- 3.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 814 | 547 | 69.0 | 63.7-73.9 | 226 | 27.3 | 22.6-32.6 | 41 | 3.6 | 2.5- 5.3 |
| College Graduate | 690 | 439 | 65.9 | 60.7-70.8 | 227 | 29.5 | 24.9-34.6 | 24 | 4.6 | 2.7- 7.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 543 | 377 | 63.7 | 55.8-70.9 | 143 | 33.2 | 26.1-41.3 | 23 | 3.1 | 1.7- 5.7 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 616 | 433 | 71.2 | 64.8-76.9 | 149 | 24.0 | 18.7-30.3 | 34 | 4.7 | 2.9- 7.6 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 348 | 235 | 66.9 | 58.1-74.7 | 95 | 27.9 | 20.6-36.6 | 18 | 5.2 | 2.4-10.9 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 369 | 261 | 69.9 | 62.7-76.3 | 101 | 28.0 | 21.8-35.1 | 7 | 2.1 | 0.8- 5.6 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 327 | 210 | 72.0 | 65.3-77.8 | 110 | 25.9 | 20.3-32.5 | 7 | 2.1 | 0.9- 4.5 |
| $75,000+ | 341 | 236 | 72.6 | 65.9-78.4 | 94 | 23.6 | 18.3-29.9 | 11 | 3.8 | 1.6- 8.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,572 | 1,058 | 68.3 | 64.4-71.9 | 435 | 27.5 | 24.0-31.3 | 79 | 4.2 | 3.1- 5.8 |
| No | 1,517 | 1,029 | 68.2 | 64.4-71.8 | 432 | 28.6 | 25.1-32.4 | 56 | 3.2 | 2.2- 4.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 58 | 39 | 78.6 | 61.7-89.4 | 17 | 18.4 | 8.7-34.9 | 2 | 2.9 | 0.7-11.7 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,803 | 1,903 | 68.4 | 65.6-71.1 | 780 | 28.0 | 25.4-30.8 | 120 | 3.6 | 2.8- 4.7 |
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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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