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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes Yes, during pregnancy No Borderline high or pre-hypertensive
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 11,064 3,963 30.3 29.3-31.4 160 1.8 1.5- 2.2 6,793 66.7 65.6-67.8 148 1.2 1.0- 1.4
RACE
White 8,229 2,798 28.5 27.3-29.7 126 1.9 1.6- 2.4 5,199 68.4 67.1-69.6 106 1.2 1.0- 1.5
African American 2,121 1,001 42.6 39.9-45.2 25 1.4 0.9- 2.2 1,062 54.6 51.9-57.3 33 1.4 0.9- 2.2
Asian 74 12 13.5 7.1-24.2 0 0.0 . - . 61 86.1 75.4-92.5 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9
Native American 185 68 36.0 27.5-45.5 2 1.5 0.4- 5.8 110 61.2 51.7-69.9 5 1.3 0.5- 3.3
Other Minorities 418 70 16.1 12.2-21.0 6 1.8 0.7- 4.3 340 81.9 76.9-86.1 2 0.2 0.0- 0.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 515 91 17.4 13.7-22.0 9 1.7 0.8- 3.7 410 80.3 75.7-84.3 5 0.5 0.2- 1.3
-English Speaking 176 53 29.8 22.0-39.0 3 1.2 0.4- 3.8 115 67.1 57.9-75.2 5 1.8 0.7- 4.6
-Spanish Speaking 339 38 12.4 8.5-17.7 6 1.9 0.8- 4.7 295 85.7 80.2-89.8 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 10,537 3,865 31.3 30.3-32.4 151 1.8 1.5- 2.2 6,378 65.6 64.5-66.7 143 1.2 1.0- 1.5
AGE
18-24 521 44 9.3 6.6-13.0 19 2.5 1.4- 4.3 458 88.2 84.3-91.2 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 1,536 150 9.9 8.2-11.9 58 4.2 3.1- 5.6 1,319 85.5 83.2-87.6 9 0.4 0.2- 0.8
35-44 2,040 382 18.3 16.4-20.3 46 2.4 1.8- 3.3 1,592 78.2 76.0-80.2 20 1.1 0.6- 1.7
45-54 2,100 710 32.9 30.5-35.3 23 1.3 0.7- 2.2 1,336 64.3 61.8-66.8 31 1.5 1.0- 2.4
55-64 1,981 939 46.7 44.1-49.3 7 0.3 0.1- 0.8 998 51.0 48.4-53.6 37 2.0 1.3- 3.0
65-74 1,528 922 60.1 57.1-63.0 5 0.2 0.1- 0.6 576 38.1 35.2-41.0 25 1.6 1.0- 2.5
75+ 1,294 793 62.3 59.1-65.5 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5 475 35.5 32.5-38.7 25 2.0 1.3- 3.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,692 835 41.7 38.6-44.9 21 1.7 1.0- 2.8 818 55.7 52.5-58.9 18 0.9 0.5- 1.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 3,367 1,371 34.7 32.8-36.8 41 1.7 1.1- 2.6 1,917 62.6 60.6-64.7 38 0.9 0.6- 1.4
Some Post-H.S. 2,844 939 27.3 25.4-29.4 53 2.1 1.5- 2.8 1,811 69.3 67.2-71.4 41 1.2 0.9- 1.8
College Graduate 3,135 805 22.1 20.5-23.9 45 1.7 1.3- 2.4 2,235 74.6 72.8-76.3 50 1.5 1.1- 2.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,519 788 43.2 39.9-46.6 15 1.7 0.9- 3.2 697 54.4 51.0-57.8 19 0.8 0.5- 1.2
$15,000- 24,999 2,066 843 35.9 33.2-38.7 33 2.1 1.3- 3.2 1,163 60.9 58.1-63.7 27 1.1 0.7- 1.8
$25,000- 34,999 1,339 474 30.0 27.2-33.0 19 2.0 1.2- 3.5 831 67.0 63.9-70.0 15 0.9 0.5- 1.5
$35,000- 49,999 1,418 421 26.1 23.6-28.9 19 1.5 0.9- 2.5 963 71.2 68.4-73.9 15 1.1 0.6- 2.1
$50,000-74,999 1,326 343 23.5 21.0-26.3 24 2.0 1.2- 3.1 935 73.0 70.1-75.7 24 1.5 0.9- 2.4
$75,000+ 1,575 323 18.6 16.5-20.8 34 2.3 1.6- 3.3 1,194 77.6 75.2-79.9 24 1.5 1.0- 2.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,544 1,813 45.9 43.8-48.1 32 1.2 0.8- 1.8 1,640 51.3 49.1-53.5 59 1.6 1.1- 2.2
No 7,226 2,059 23.9 22.7-25.1 122 2.0 1.6- 2.5 4,958 73.0 71.8-74.3 87 1.0 0.8- 1.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 225 55 19.9 14.4-26.8 4 1.8 0.6- 4.9 162 77.1 70.0-82.9 4 1.2 0.4- 3.2
Non-Veteran 10,823 3,900 30.5 29.5-31.6 156 1.8 1.5- 2.2 6,623 66.5 65.4-67.6 144 1.2 1.0- 1.4

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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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