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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 |
| -Western NC | 1,080 | 795 | 73.6 | 70.2-76.7 | 166 | 15.9 | 13.3-18.8 | 119 | 10.6 | 8.6-13.0 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 444 | 314 | 71.4 | 66.3-76.1 | 76 | 17.2 | 13.5-21.7 | 54 | 11.4 | 8.5-15.1 |
| Female | 636 | 481 | 75.8 | 71.2-79.8 | 90 | 14.5 | 11.3-18.5 | 65 | 9.7 | 7.2-12.9 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 992 | 730 | 73.5 | 70.0-76.8 | 154 | 16.0 | 13.3-19.1 | 108 | 10.4 | 8.4-12.9 |
| African American | 39 | 28 | 76.1 | 58.7-87.7 | 3 | 8.2 | 2.5-23.7 | 8 | 15.6 | 7.0-31.3 |
| Other Minorities | 45 | 34 | 71.5 | 51.7-85.5 | 8 | 20.5 | 9.2-39.7 | 3 | 7.9 | 2.0-27.1 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 7 | 7 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,072 | 787 | 73.4 | 70.0-76.5 | 166 | 16.0 | 13.4-18.9 | 119 | 10.6 | 8.6-13.0 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 5 | 3 | 72.9 | 25.4-95.5 | 2 | 27.1 | 4.5-74.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 25-34 | 18 | 16 | 88.3 | 62.7-97.1 | 1 | 6.2 | 0.9-33.4 | 1 | 5.6 | 0.8-31.1 |
| 35-44 | 70 | 49 | 69.2 | 55.9-79.9 | 15 | 22.9 | 13.8-35.6 | 6 | 7.9 | 3.1-18.9 |
| 45-54 | 152 | 114 | 74.2 | 65.4-81.5 | 24 | 13.7 | 8.7-21.0 | 14 | 12.1 | 7.1-19.8 |
| 55-64 | 276 | 211 | 77.3 | 70.9-82.6 | 39 | 15.6 | 11.0-21.6 | 26 | 7.1 | 4.6-10.9 |
| 65+ | 554 | 399 | 70.8 | 65.8-75.3 | 84 | 15.7 | 12.2-20.0 | 71 | 13.5 | 10.4-17.5 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 197 | 146 | 72.0 | 62.8-79.7 | 19 | 10.5 | 5.9-17.8 | 32 | 17.5 | 11.5-25.8 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 397 | 307 | 78.4 | 73.1-82.9 | 56 | 14.2 | 10.4-19.1 | 34 | 7.4 | 5.0-10.7 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 249 | 171 | 68.7 | 61.2-75.3 | 42 | 17.7 | 12.6-24.5 | 36 | 13.6 | 9.3-19.5 |
| College Graduate | 235 | 170 | 72.4 | 65.2-78.7 | 49 | 21.2 | 15.6-28.2 | 16 | 6.3 | 3.8-10.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 190 | 144 | 79.7 | 71.3-86.0 | 22 | 9.5 | 5.2-16.7 | 24 | 10.8 | 6.6-17.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 207 | 150 | 73.0 | 64.9-79.8 | 31 | 14.9 | 9.9-21.8 | 26 | 12.1 | 7.5-19.0 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 142 | 101 | 72.6 | 63.3-80.3 | 22 | 14.3 | 8.9-22.3 | 19 | 13.1 | 7.8-21.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 124 | 90 | 69.7 | 58.8-78.7 | 23 | 21.3 | 13.6-31.7 | 11 | 9.0 | 4.6-16.9 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 128 | 95 | 73.1 | 63.3-81.2 | 22 | 16.6 | 10.4-25.3 | 11 | 10.3 | 5.6-18.3 |
| $75,000+ | 123 | 86 | 66.2 | 55.6-75.4 | 26 | 23.9 | 15.8-34.3 | 11 | 9.9 | 5.2-18.0 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 548 | 401 | 73.2 | 68.3-77.6 | 88 | 16.7 | 13.0-21.1 | 59 | 10.1 | 7.5-13.6 |
| No | 512 | 381 | 74.6 | 69.8-78.8 | 74 | 14.5 | 11.3-18.5 | 57 | 10.9 | 8.1-14.5 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 171 | 123 | 72.6 | 64.4-79.6 | 27 | 15.7 | 10.3-23.2 | 21 | 11.7 | 7.3-18.1 |
| Non-Veteran | 819 | 605 | 73.3 | 69.2-77.0 | 125 | 16.3 | 13.3-19.8 | 89 | 10.5 | 8.2-13.3 |
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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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