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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 | 5,090 | 3,435 | 68.4 | 66.2-70.6 | 1,425 | 27.7 | 25.6-29.9 | 230 | 3.9 | 3.2- 4.7 |
| -Western NC | 1,077 | 723 | 69.1 | 65.5-72.5 | 307 | 27.5 | 24.2-31.1 | 47 | 3.4 | 2.5- 4.7 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 441 | 300 | 71.0 | 65.9-75.6 | 118 | 24.7 | 20.3-29.6 | 23 | 4.3 | 2.8- 6.6 |
| Female | 636 | 423 | 67.1 | 62.0-71.8 | 189 | 30.5 | 25.8-35.6 | 24 | 2.5 | 1.5- 3.9 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 989 | 660 | 69.2 | 65.4-72.6 | 287 | 27.5 | 24.1-31.2 | 42 | 3.3 | 2.4- 4.7 |
| African American | 38 | 23 | 54.8 | 34.9-73.3 | 11 | 37.9 | 20.5-59.1 | 4 | 7.3 | 2.4-19.7 |
| Other Minorities | 45 | 36 | 88.5 | 75.3-95.1 | 8 | 11.0 | 4.6-24.3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.4 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 8 | 7 | 75.0 | 25.6-96.3 | 1 | 25.0 | 3.7-74.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,068 | 716 | 69.0 | 65.4-72.4 | 305 | 27.5 | 24.2-31.1 | 47 | 3.4 | 2.5- 4.8 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 5 | 2 | 36.7 | 7.2-81.2 | 3 | 63.3 | 18.8-92.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 25-34 | 18 | 17 | 96.2 | 76.7-99.5 | 1 | 3.8 | 0.5-23.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 35-44 | 70 | 50 | 73.6 | 60.6-83.4 | 20 | 26.4 | 16.6-39.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 45-54 | 152 | 114 | 76.5 | 68.1-83.3 | 33 | 19.4 | 13.3-27.5 | 5 | 4.0 | 1.6- 9.7 |
| 55-64 | 273 | 186 | 69.9 | 63.0-76.0 | 75 | 26.8 | 20.9-33.6 | 12 | 3.3 | 1.7- 6.2 |
| 65+ | 554 | 352 | 62.9 | 57.7-67.8 | 173 | 32.6 | 27.7-37.8 | 29 | 4.5 | 3.0- 6.7 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 195 | 128 | 65.6 | 55.7-74.3 | 55 | 30.5 | 22.0-40.5 | 12 | 3.9 | 1.9- 7.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 397 | 288 | 77.1 | 71.7-81.7 | 91 | 19.6 | 15.2-24.8 | 18 | 3.4 | 2.0- 5.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 249 | 162 | 68.1 | 60.9-74.6 | 76 | 27.9 | 21.8-34.9 | 11 | 4.0 | 2.0- 7.9 |
| College Graduate | 234 | 143 | 59.3 | 51.4-66.8 | 85 | 38.1 | 30.7-46.1 | 6 | 2.5 | 1.1- 5.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 190 | 135 | 72.7 | 62.2-81.2 | 46 | 24.5 | 16.3-35.2 | 9 | 2.8 | 1.3- 5.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 206 | 140 | 74.2 | 66.8-80.4 | 56 | 21.9 | 16.2-29.0 | 10 | 3.9 | 1.9- 7.9 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 142 | 88 | 65.7 | 56.3-74.0 | 44 | 29.0 | 21.2-38.3 | 10 | 5.3 | 2.7-10.0 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 124 | 89 | 73.0 | 63.0-81.0 | 32 | 24.9 | 17.1-34.6 | 3 | 2.2 | 0.6- 7.0 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 127 | 78 | 61.0 | 49.9-71.0 | 47 | 37.4 | 27.5-48.6 | 2 | 1.6 | 0.4- 6.3 |
| $75,000+ | 122 | 83 | 67.2 | 56.8-76.2 | 35 | 29.2 | 20.6-39.6 | 4 | 3.6 | 1.3- 9.7 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 547 | 380 | 72.1 | 67.2-76.5 | 148 | 25.2 | 20.9-30.0 | 19 | 2.7 | 1.6- 4.4 |
| No | 509 | 331 | 67.0 | 61.6-71.9 | 152 | 29.2 | 24.4-34.5 | 26 | 3.8 | 2.4- 5.9 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 171 | 117 | 71.3 | 63.0-78.4 | 43 | 22.9 | 16.4-30.9 | 11 | 5.8 | 3.1-10.6 |
| Non-Veteran | 818 | 551 | 69.2 | 65.0-73.1 | 234 | 27.9 | 24.1-32.0 | 33 | 2.9 | 1.9- 4.4 |
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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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