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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 |
| -MALES | 1,943 | 1,309 | 68.7 | 65.0-72.1 | 540 | 27.4 | 24.0-31.0 | 94 | 4.0 | 2.9- 5.4 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,565 | 1,037 | 66.7 | 62.4-70.7 | 453 | 29.2 | 25.3-33.6 | 75 | 4.1 | 2.9- 5.8 |
| African American | 277 | 204 | 77.5 | 70.0-83.6 | 58 | 19.4 | 13.6-26.8 | 15 | 3.1 | 1.6- 5.8 |
| Other Minorities | 87 | 61 | 66.2 | 48.3-80.4 | 23 | 27.9 | 15.7-44.5 | 3 | 5.9 | 1.3-23.3 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 14 | 7 | 47.6 | 18.1-78.8 | 7 | 52.4 | 21.2-81.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 25-34 | 60 | 46 | 79.1 | 64.1-88.9 | 13 | 20.4 | 10.7-35.4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.8 |
| 35-44 | 157 | 103 | 65.2 | 52.6-76.1 | 44 | 27.4 | 17.5-40.1 | 10 | 7.4 | 3.0-17.0 |
| 45-54 | 350 | 234 | 69.9 | 62.9-76.0 | 98 | 25.5 | 19.8-32.2 | 18 | 4.6 | 2.7- 7.9 |
| 55-64 | 530 | 384 | 73.4 | 67.7-78.5 | 124 | 23.9 | 19.0-29.6 | 22 | 2.7 | 1.5- 4.7 |
| 65+ | 818 | 527 | 65.5 | 60.8-70.0 | 250 | 29.9 | 25.7-34.5 | 41 | 4.5 | 3.0- 6.7 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 320 | 221 | 70.6 | 61.8-78.2 | 80 | 22.8 | 16.5-30.7 | 19 | 6.5 | 2.8-14.4 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 599 | 410 | 68.2 | 59.8-75.6 | 157 | 27.7 | 20.4-36.3 | 32 | 4.1 | 2.4- 6.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 465 | 316 | 72.1 | 66.1-77.3 | 127 | 24.8 | 19.8-30.5 | 22 | 3.2 | 1.9- 5.4 |
| College Graduate | 556 | 360 | 65.2 | 59.3-70.7 | 175 | 31.6 | 26.3-37.5 | 21 | 3.1 | 1.8- 5.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 201 | 143 | 68.2 | 56.0-78.3 | 49 | 26.0 | 17.3-37.0 | 9 | 5.8 | 1.4-21.3 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 309 | 210 | 68.4 | 57.5-77.6 | 81 | 27.9 | 18.8-39.2 | 18 | 3.7 | 2.2- 6.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 232 | 160 | 74.4 | 58.2-85.8 | 63 | 23.7 | 12.5-40.4 | 9 | 1.9 | 0.8- 4.9 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 248 | 182 | 77.5 | 69.7-83.7 | 57 | 19.6 | 13.8-27.0 | 9 | 2.9 | 1.1- 7.4 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 296 | 191 | 66.6 | 58.5-73.9 | 89 | 28.1 | 21.5-35.6 | 16 | 5.3 | 2.5-10.7 |
| $75,000+ | 437 | 283 | 65.2 | 58.7-71.2 | 136 | 31.1 | 25.4-37.6 | 18 | 3.7 | 2.2- 6.2 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 873 | 619 | 74.9 | 70.4-78.9 | 209 | 21.0 | 17.3-25.2 | 45 | 4.1 | 2.7- 6.4 |
| No | 1,028 | 665 | 64.7 | 59.3-69.8 | 318 | 31.6 | 26.6-37.0 | 45 | 3.7 | 2.3- 5.9 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 745 | 505 | 68.6 | 63.4-73.3 | 202 | 27.2 | 22.7-32.3 | 38 | 4.2 | 2.6- 6.8 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,043 | 704 | 68.7 | 63.5-73.5 | 292 | 27.5 | 22.9-32.8 | 47 | 3.7 | 2.4- 5.8 |
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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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