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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 |
| -MALES | 1,957 | 1,387 | 71.5 | 67.9-74.9 | 344 | 19.6 | 16.5-23.2 | 226 | 8.9 | 7.4-10.7 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,576 | 1,084 | 68.4 | 64.1-72.3 | 305 | 22.1 | 18.4-26.3 | 187 | 9.5 | 7.8-11.7 |
| African American | 280 | 230 | 83.9 | 75.7-89.7 | 21 | 9.7 | 4.8-18.6 | 29 | 6.4 | 4.1-10.0 |
| Other Minorities | 87 | 63 | 68.7 | 50.3-82.7 | 16 | 21.4 | 10.5-38.8 | 8 | 9.9 | 3.5-24.9 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 14 | 10 | 61.4 | 23.9-88.9 | 4 | 38.6 | 11.1-76.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 25-34 | 60 | 45 | 77.3 | 61.5-87.9 | 12 | 19.8 | 9.9-35.6 | 3 | 2.9 | 0.8- 9.7 |
| 35-44 | 156 | 106 | 70.5 | 58.6-80.2 | 35 | 19.6 | 11.6-31.1 | 15 | 9.9 | 4.9-19.0 |
| 45-54 | 353 | 248 | 68.1 | 60.5-74.9 | 65 | 23.3 | 17.2-30.8 | 40 | 8.5 | 5.9-12.2 |
| 55-64 | 534 | 408 | 76.8 | 71.2-81.7 | 75 | 14.8 | 10.7-20.1 | 51 | 8.4 | 5.8-12.0 |
| 65+ | 826 | 560 | 69.5 | 64.8-73.8 | 152 | 18.3 | 14.7-22.6 | 114 | 12.2 | 9.5-15.4 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 322 | 225 | 69.0 | 59.0-77.4 | 52 | 17.5 | 10.6-27.4 | 45 | 13.5 | 8.4-21.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 604 | 447 | 73.0 | 64.9-79.8 | 85 | 17.4 | 11.1-26.2 | 72 | 9.6 | 6.9-13.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 467 | 316 | 71.4 | 65.1-77.0 | 94 | 20.7 | 15.7-26.8 | 57 | 7.9 | 5.6-11.0 |
| College Graduate | 561 | 396 | 71.2 | 65.4-76.3 | 113 | 22.4 | 17.7-28.0 | 52 | 6.5 | 4.5- 9.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 200 | 149 | 72.2 | 59.8-81.9 | 31 | 16.4 | 9.3-27.4 | 20 | 11.4 | 5.1-23.4 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 311 | 234 | 77.5 | 68.4-84.6 | 41 | 14.3 | 8.2-23.8 | 36 | 8.2 | 5.3-12.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 234 | 171 | 70.0 | 54.0-82.3 | 39 | 23.7 | 12.0-41.4 | 24 | 6.3 | 3.6-10.7 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 250 | 171 | 70.5 | 60.8-78.6 | 45 | 19.2 | 12.2-29.0 | 34 | 10.3 | 6.3-16.3 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 295 | 197 | 69.0 | 60.7-76.2 | 59 | 21.4 | 15.2-29.3 | 39 | 9.6 | 6.1-14.8 |
| $75,000+ | 439 | 306 | 70.0 | 63.6-75.6 | 94 | 22.6 | 17.5-28.7 | 39 | 7.4 | 5.0-10.8 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 880 | 626 | 73.7 | 68.8-78.0 | 149 | 16.6 | 12.9-21.0 | 105 | 9.7 | 7.4-12.7 |
| No | 1,033 | 729 | 70.3 | 64.9-75.1 | 188 | 21.4 | 16.9-26.9 | 116 | 8.3 | 6.3-10.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 753 | 507 | 69.1 | 64.0-73.8 | 146 | 20.1 | 16.0-24.9 | 100 | 10.8 | 8.2-14.1 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,046 | 770 | 73.8 | 68.7-78.4 | 175 | 18.6 | 14.4-23.8 | 101 | 7.5 | 5.7- 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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