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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 6,175 2,176 28.0 26.7-29.4 0 0.0 . - . 3,864 70.0 68.5-71.4 135 2.0 1.6- 2.5
RACE
White 4,777 1,675 28.1 26.6-29.7 0 0.0 . - . 2,994 69.7 68.1-71.3 108 2.2 1.8- 2.8
African American 915 396 36.7 32.8-40.7 0 0.0 . - . 496 61.1 57.0-65.0 23 2.2 1.3- 3.8
Asian 41 5 8.3 2.8-21.8 0 0.0 . - . 35 89.7 76.1-96.0 1 2.0 0.3-13.0
Native American 110 41 31.9 22.7-42.6 0 0.0 . - . 67 65.9 55.0-75.4 2 2.2 0.4-11.3
Other Minorities 310 51 12.3 8.7-17.3 0 0.0 . - . 259 87.7 82.7-91.3 0 0.0 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 364 45 8.6 6.0-12.2 0 0.0 . - . 317 91.2 87.6-93.8 2 0.2 0.1- 1.0
-English Speaking 92 25 18.2 11.6-27.4 0 0.0 . - . 66 81.2 72.0-87.9 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9
-Spanish Speaking 272 20 6.5 3.9-10.7 0 0.0 . - . 251 93.3 89.1-96.0 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2
Non-Hispanic 5,808 2,130 30.4 28.9-31.9 0 0.0 . - . 3,545 67.4 65.9-68.9 133 2.2 1.8- 2.7
AGE
18-24 295 26 8.6 5.3-13.5 0 0.0 . - . 269 91.4 86.5-94.7 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 865 102 11.1 8.9-13.8 0 0.0 . - . 752 87.5 84.7-89.8 11 1.4 0.7- 2.7
35-44 1,154 238 21.2 18.5-24.3 0 0.0 . - . 891 76.9 73.8-79.7 25 1.9 1.2- 2.9
45-54 1,232 410 31.9 28.9-35.1 0 0.0 . - . 786 64.9 61.6-68.0 36 3.2 2.1- 4.7
55-64 1,170 594 50.0 46.6-53.4 0 0.0 . - . 544 46.5 43.2-49.9 32 3.4 2.3- 5.2
65-74 848 476 56.4 52.5-60.2 0 0.0 . - . 353 41.3 37.5-45.2 19 2.3 1.4- 3.7
75+ 588 323 55.3 50.5-60.1 0 0.0 . - . 253 42.4 37.6-47.2 12 2.3 1.2- 4.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,035 442 30.0 26.4-33.8 0 0.0 . - . 579 69.3 65.5-73.0 14 0.7 0.4- 1.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,833 674 29.5 26.9-32.2 0 0.0 . - . 1,120 68.5 65.7-71.1 39 2.0 1.4- 3.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,355 460 26.5 23.8-29.4 0 0.0 . - . 860 70.9 67.9-73.7 35 2.6 1.8- 3.8
College Graduate 1,940 595 26.5 24.2-28.8 0 0.0 . - . 1,298 71.1 68.7-73.4 47 2.4 1.7- 3.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 563 277 37.9 32.9-43.2 0 0.0 . - . 280 61.5 56.2-66.6 6 0.6 0.2- 1.5
$15,000- 24,999 1,022 371 23.7 20.8-26.9 0 0.0 . - . 634 75.3 72.0-78.3 17 1.1 0.6- 2.0
$25,000- 34,999 780 279 30.5 26.3-35.0 0 0.0 . - . 484 67.8 63.3-72.1 17 1.7 1.0- 2.9
$35,000- 49,999 930 302 27.4 24.0-30.9 0 0.0 . - . 603 69.7 66.0-73.2 25 2.9 1.9- 4.4
$50,000-74,999 918 300 27.9 24.5-31.6 0 0.0 . - . 598 69.5 65.7-73.1 20 2.5 1.5- 4.3
$75,000+ 1,215 360 26.2 23.5-29.2 0 0.0 . - . 819 70.9 67.8-73.8 36 2.9 2.0- 4.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,861 945 44.0 40.9-47.0 0 0.0 . - . 886 54.3 51.2-57.4 30 1.8 1.1- 2.8
No 4,127 1,173 22.7 21.2-24.3 0 0.0 . - . 2,851 75.1 73.5-76.7 103 2.2 1.7- 2.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,094 942 41.4 38.7-44.1 0 0.0 . - . 1,103 56.0 53.3-58.7 49 2.6 1.9- 3.7
Non-Veteran 4,067 1,231 23.5 21.9-25.1 0 0.0 . - . 2,750 74.7 73.1-76.3 86 1.8 1.4- 2.3

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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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