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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 |
| -Piedmont NC | 2,512 | 1,666 | 67.9 | 65.0-70.7 | 733 | 28.6 | 25.8-31.5 | 113 | 3.5 | 2.8- 4.4 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 967 | 636 | 67.6 | 62.8-72.0 | 282 | 28.8 | 24.5-33.5 | 49 | 3.6 | 2.5- 5.1 |
| Female | 1,545 | 1,030 | 68.2 | 64.5-71.7 | 451 | 28.4 | 25.0-32.0 | 64 | 3.4 | 2.5- 4.6 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,964 | 1,252 | 63.6 | 60.2-66.9 | 627 | 33.0 | 29.8-36.4 | 85 | 3.4 | 2.5- 4.4 |
| African American | 456 | 352 | 79.9 | 74.1-84.7 | 81 | 16.1 | 11.7-21.7 | 23 | 4.0 | 2.5- 6.5 |
| Other Minorities | 81 | 55 | 66.2 | 49.0-80.0 | 22 | 30.9 | 17.7-48.3 | 4 | 2.9 | 1.0- 7.9 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 57 | 40 | 77.6 | 61.7-88.2 | 16 | 21.5 | 11.2-37.5 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.8 |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,446 | 1,623 | 67.7 | 64.6-70.6 | 713 | 28.7 | 25.9-31.7 | 110 | 3.6 | 2.8- 4.5 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 16 | 7 | 58.7 | 31.7-81.4 | 9 | 41.3 | 18.6-68.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 25-34 | 66 | 48 | 80.3 | 67.4-89.0 | 16 | 17.2 | 9.3-29.6 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.6- 9.8 |
| 35-44 | 167 | 115 | 66.8 | 54.5-77.1 | 46 | 31.2 | 20.9-43.7 | 6 | 2.1 | 0.8- 5.0 |
| 45-54 | 409 | 275 | 65.8 | 58.8-72.3 | 115 | 29.3 | 23.2-36.2 | 19 | 4.9 | 2.9- 8.0 |
| 55-64 | 635 | 445 | 70.7 | 65.5-75.5 | 170 | 27.2 | 22.5-32.5 | 20 | 2.1 | 1.2- 3.4 |
| 65+ | 1,195 | 764 | 65.5 | 61.4-69.4 | 367 | 29.7 | 26.0-33.7 | 64 | 4.8 | 3.5- 6.6 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 428 | 290 | 65.4 | 57.4-72.5 | 114 | 29.7 | 22.8-37.6 | 24 | 5.0 | 2.8- 8.6 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 785 | 518 | 70.5 | 64.7-75.7 | 236 | 26.5 | 21.4-32.2 | 31 | 3.0 | 1.9- 4.7 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 617 | 418 | 71.5 | 66.0-76.4 | 169 | 25.6 | 20.8-31.0 | 30 | 2.9 | 1.9- 4.6 |
| College Graduate | 679 | 439 | 63.4 | 58.1-68.5 | 212 | 32.8 | 27.9-38.2 | 28 | 3.8 | 2.4- 5.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 306 | 217 | 69.3 | 59.7-77.4 | 76 | 28.3 | 20.3-38.1 | 13 | 2.4 | 1.2- 4.6 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 425 | 288 | 66.5 | 57.2-74.6 | 112 | 29.6 | 21.5-39.1 | 25 | 4.0 | 2.4- 6.6 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 288 | 196 | 75.2 | 66.5-82.2 | 79 | 22.0 | 15.3-30.4 | 13 | 2.9 | 1.3- 6.1 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 317 | 225 | 74.1 | 67.0-80.0 | 83 | 23.4 | 17.7-30.3 | 9 | 2.5 | 1.0- 5.9 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 313 | 196 | 66.2 | 58.6-73.0 | 102 | 30.0 | 23.6-37.4 | 15 | 3.8 | 2.0- 6.9 |
| $75,000+ | 427 | 273 | 65.6 | 59.2-71.5 | 139 | 31.4 | 25.8-37.8 | 15 | 2.9 | 1.6- 5.3 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,136 | 765 | 71.6 | 67.4-75.5 | 307 | 24.3 | 20.7-28.4 | 64 | 4.1 | 2.9- 5.6 |
| No | 1,324 | 869 | 65.3 | 61.1-69.3 | 408 | 31.7 | 27.7-35.9 | 47 | 3.0 | 2.1- 4.3 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 369 | 246 | 66.7 | 59.4-73.3 | 103 | 29.0 | 22.6-36.3 | 20 | 4.3 | 2.5- 7.3 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,929 | 1,281 | 68.6 | 65.2-71.8 | 566 | 28.1 | 25.0-31.5 | 82 | 3.3 | 2.5- 4.3 |
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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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