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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | Do not use salt | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| -WHITES | 3,959 | 2,833 | 70.0 | 67.4-72.4 | 678 | 20.3 | 18.0-22.8 | 448 | 9.7 | 8.5-11.1 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,576 | 1,084 | 68.4 | 64.1-72.3 | 305 | 22.1 | 18.4-26.3 | 187 | 9.5 | 7.8-11.7 |
| Female | 2,383 | 1,749 | 71.6 | 68.6-74.3 | 373 | 18.5 | 16.0-21.2 | 261 | 9.9 | 8.3-11.8 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 33 | 24 | 81.6 | 64.6-91.5 | 7 | 15.5 | 6.7-31.9 | 2 | 2.9 | 0.6-12.4 |
| Non-Hispanic | 3,920 | 2,804 | 69.8 | 67.2-72.3 | 671 | 20.4 | 18.1-22.9 | 445 | 9.8 | 8.6-11.2 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 13 | 6 | 37.4 | 11.4-73.6 | 7 | 62.6 | 26.4-88.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 25-34 | 90 | 68 | 75.8 | 62.6-85.4 | 20 | 22.8 | 13.4-36.0 | 2 | 1.4 | 0.3- 5.7 |
| 35-44 | 246 | 155 | 67.5 | 58.2-75.6 | 70 | 25.0 | 18.1-33.5 | 21 | 7.5 | 3.8-14.3 |
| 45-54 | 586 | 422 | 68.5 | 62.8-73.7 | 111 | 22.9 | 18.1-28.4 | 53 | 8.7 | 6.1-12.1 |
| 55-64 | 977 | 742 | 74.4 | 69.9-78.5 | 144 | 17.0 | 13.5-21.3 | 91 | 8.6 | 6.4-11.4 |
| 65+ | 2,019 | 1,424 | 69.6 | 66.6-72.5 | 320 | 16.8 | 14.4-19.5 | 275 | 13.6 | 11.6-15.8 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 619 | 441 | 67.8 | 61.0-74.0 | 90 | 15.5 | 11.2-21.1 | 88 | 16.7 | 11.9-22.8 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,285 | 946 | 71.3 | 65.8-76.3 | 196 | 19.4 | 14.7-25.2 | 143 | 9.3 | 7.3-11.7 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,019 | 716 | 70.1 | 65.6-74.2 | 187 | 21.9 | 18.0-26.3 | 116 | 8.1 | 6.3-10.2 |
| College Graduate | 1,031 | 726 | 69.3 | 65.1-73.3 | 205 | 22.3 | 18.7-26.4 | 100 | 8.4 | 6.4-10.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 471 | 358 | 74.2 | 66.2-80.9 | 64 | 13.4 | 9.3-18.9 | 49 | 12.4 | 7.1-20.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 667 | 486 | 74.2 | 68.6-79.0 | 93 | 13.6 | 10.1-18.0 | 88 | 12.3 | 9.0-16.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 464 | 326 | 64.2 | 53.0-74.1 | 85 | 26.9 | 17.1-39.6 | 53 | 8.9 | 5.9-13.3 |
| $35,000-49,999 | 501 | 367 | 72.7 | 65.8-78.6 | 86 | 20.2 | 14.7-27.1 | 48 | 7.1 | 4.8-10.5 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 520 | 359 | 71.8 | 66.1-76.8 | 104 | 20.7 | 16.1-26.3 | 57 | 7.5 | 5.5-10.1 |
| $75,000+ | 684 | 474 | 67.0 | 61.7-71.8 | 151 | 25.5 | 21.0-30.6 | 59 | 7.5 | 5.3-10.4 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,842 | 1,333 | 71.9 | 68.4-75.1 | 282 | 17.3 | 14.5-20.5 | 227 | 10.8 | 9.0-12.9 |
| No | 2,046 | 1,452 | 69.1 | 65.4-72.5 | 381 | 21.9 | 18.6-25.5 | 213 | 9.0 | 7.4-11.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 677 | 452 | 69.3 | 64.0-74.1 | 138 | 21.1 | 16.8-26.1 | 87 | 9.7 | 7.4-12.6 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,940 | 2,141 | 70.9 | 67.8-73.8 | 484 | 19.7 | 17.0-22.7 | 315 | 9.5 | 8.0-11.2 |
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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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