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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 13,006 4,473 28.3 27.3-29.3 126 1.0 0.8- 1.3 8,193 69.0 68.0-70.0 214 1.7 1.4- 2.0
GENDER
Male 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
Female 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
AGE
18-24 514 44 9.4 6.6-13.2 11 1.3 0.6- 2.7 459 89.4 85.5-92.3 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 1,559 150 9.9 8.2-11.9 44 2.3 1.6- 3.2 1,353 86.9 84.8-88.8 12 0.9 0.5- 1.6
35-44 2,273 379 17.5 15.6-19.5 39 1.4 1.0- 2.0 1,819 79.3 77.2-81.3 36 1.8 1.2- 2.6
45-54 2,503 726 28.1 26.1-30.3 20 0.8 0.4- 1.4 1,707 68.6 66.3-70.8 50 2.4 1.7- 3.4
55-64 2,510 1,113 44.3 42.0-46.7 6 0.2 0.1- 0.5 1,342 53.0 50.7-55.4 49 2.5 1.7- 3.5
65-74 1,969 1,099 55.3 52.6-57.8 4 0.1 0.0- 0.4 832 42.9 40.3-45.5 34 1.7 1.2- 2.4
75+ 1,621 940 57.6 54.6-60.4 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4 647 40.0 37.2-42.9 33 2.4 1.6- 3.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,641 775 37.1 33.9-40.4 13 1.0 0.5- 2.0 830 60.8 57.4-64.1 23 1.1 0.6- 1.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 3,846 1,491 32.1 30.2-34.0 32 1.0 0.6- 1.6 2,267 65.5 63.5-67.5 56 1.4 1.0- 2.0
Some Post-H.S. 3,274 1,086 26.5 24.7-28.4 42 1.2 0.8- 1.7 2,092 70.6 68.7-72.5 54 1.7 1.3- 2.4
College Graduate 4,220 1,108 23.0 21.5-24.5 39 0.9 0.6- 1.3 2,992 74.0 72.4-75.6 81 2.1 1.6- 2.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,263 658 41.9 38.2-45.8 12 1.7 0.8- 3.4 575 55.4 51.5-59.3 18 1.0 0.6- 1.6
$15,000- 24,999 2,001 813 30.9 28.3-33.6 20 1.0 0.5- 1.7 1,145 67.3 64.5-69.9 23 0.9 0.5- 1.4
$25,000- 34,999 1,544 540 30.2 27.2-33.2 13 1.1 0.6- 2.2 967 67.3 64.2-70.3 24 1.4 0.9- 2.2
$35,000- 49,999 1,907 583 27.0 24.6-29.5 17 0.8 0.5- 1.4 1,272 70.0 67.4-72.5 35 2.2 1.5- 3.1
$50,000-74,999 1,924 524 24.1 21.8-26.5 22 1.0 0.6- 1.7 1,343 72.9 70.3-75.3 35 2.0 1.3- 3.0
$75,000+ 2,462 582 22.0 20.2-24.0 31 1.1 0.7- 1.6 1,799 74.7 72.6-76.7 50 2.2 1.6- 3.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,997 1,934 42.2 40.2-44.3 26 0.7 0.5- 1.1 1,974 55.5 53.4-57.5 63 1.6 1.2- 2.1
No 8,719 2,450 23.3 22.2-24.4 95 1.1 0.8- 1.4 6,025 73.9 72.7-75.0 149 1.8 1.5- 2.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,897 813 39.1 36.3-41.9 2 0.1 0.0- 0.3 1,041 58.2 55.4-61.1 41 2.6 1.8- 3.7
Non-Veteran 11,095 3,653 26.4 25.4-27.4 124 1.2 0.9- 1.5 7,145 70.9 69.8-71.9 173 1.5 1.3- 1.8

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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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