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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 |
| -Piedmont NC | 2,531 | 1,852 | 74.7 | 72.1-77.2 | 391 | 16.1 | 14.0-18.4 | 288 | 9.2 | 7.8-10.7 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 975 | 678 | 73.8 | 69.6-77.5 | 179 | 17.6 | 14.4-21.3 | 118 | 8.6 | 6.8-10.9 |
| Female | 1,556 | 1,174 | 75.6 | 72.3-78.7 | 212 | 14.7 | 12.1-17.7 | 170 | 9.7 | 7.8-11.9 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,978 | 1,396 | 70.1 | 67.0-73.1 | 353 | 20.1 | 17.5-23.0 | 229 | 9.7 | 8.1-11.6 |
| African American | 460 | 389 | 88.4 | 84.4-91.4 | 21 | 3.0 | 1.8- 4.9 | 50 | 8.7 | 6.0-12.3 |
| Other Minorities | 81 | 60 | 69.6 | 51.5-83.1 | 14 | 25.6 | 13.0-44.3 | 7 | 4.8 | 1.7-12.5 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 57 | 42 | 76.9 | 59.1-88.5 | 12 | 20.8 | 9.7-39.0 | 3 | 2.3 | 0.6- 7.7 |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,464 | 1,805 | 74.8 | 72.2-77.3 | 377 | 15.8 | 13.7-18.1 | 282 | 9.4 | 8.0-11.0 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 16 | 11 | 80.1 | 55.6-92.8 | 4 | 17.1 | 5.6-41.7 | 1 | 2.8 | 0.4-18.1 |
| 25-34 | 67 | 51 | 81.9 | 68.4-90.5 | 14 | 15.9 | 8.0-29.3 | 2 | 2.1 | 0.5- 8.5 |
| 35-44 | 167 | 115 | 78.8 | 71.0-84.9 | 36 | 14.6 | 9.7-21.4 | 16 | 6.6 | 3.8-11.3 |
| 45-54 | 412 | 300 | 72.6 | 66.4-78.1 | 74 | 20.0 | 15.1-25.9 | 38 | 7.4 | 5.1-10.7 |
| 55-64 | 638 | 495 | 76.3 | 71.1-80.9 | 81 | 14.0 | 10.4-18.7 | 62 | 9.6 | 6.8-13.4 |
| 65+ | 1,207 | 864 | 71.1 | 67.0-74.9 | 180 | 15.9 | 12.8-19.7 | 163 | 13.0 | 10.5-15.9 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 434 | 311 | 72.8 | 65.9-78.8 | 63 | 11.8 | 8.3-16.6 | 60 | 15.4 | 10.7-21.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 790 | 590 | 76.2 | 71.1-80.6 | 104 | 14.5 | 10.8-19.1 | 96 | 9.3 | 7.0-12.3 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 618 | 452 | 76.8 | 72.2-80.9 | 102 | 16.5 | 12.9-20.7 | 64 | 6.7 | 4.9- 9.1 |
| College Graduate | 685 | 495 | 72.2 | 67.1-76.8 | 122 | 19.9 | 15.7-24.9 | 68 | 8.0 | 5.9-10.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 307 | 241 | 79.6 | 71.9-85.7 | 29 | 7.7 | 4.6-12.4 | 37 | 12.7 | 7.7-20.2 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 425 | 322 | 79.3 | 73.1-84.4 | 51 | 10.8 | 7.2-15.7 | 52 | 10.0 | 6.8-14.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 291 | 206 | 70.8 | 60.7-79.1 | 48 | 20.9 | 13.5-31.1 | 37 | 8.3 | 5.3-12.8 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 318 | 243 | 78.3 | 71.4-83.9 | 52 | 15.5 | 10.7-21.9 | 23 | 6.3 | 3.6-10.6 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 316 | 223 | 75.5 | 68.8-81.2 | 57 | 17.2 | 12.3-23.5 | 36 | 7.3 | 4.9-10.8 |
| $75,000+ | 430 | 299 | 70.4 | 64.2-75.9 | 96 | 23.5 | 18.4-29.5 | 35 | 6.2 | 4.1- 9.2 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,146 | 855 | 77.6 | 73.8-81.0 | 142 | 12.1 | 9.5-15.3 | 149 | 10.3 | 8.3-12.7 |
| No | 1,331 | 956 | 72.6 | 68.9-76.0 | 240 | 19.0 | 16.0-22.4 | 135 | 8.4 | 6.7-10.6 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 373 | 244 | 69.3 | 62.3-75.5 | 77 | 19.6 | 14.2-26.4 | 52 | 11.1 | 7.8-15.4 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,941 | 1,452 | 76.8 | 74.0-79.5 | 280 | 14.5 | 12.3-17.0 | 209 | 8.6 | 7.1-10.4 |
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^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.
Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
**Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore,
Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.
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