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2007 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 9,419 3,632 29.6 28.4-30.8 89 1.3 1.0- 1.7 5,505 67.1 65.8-68.4 193 2.0 1.6- 2.4
RACE
White 7,306 2,696 27.9 26.6-29.2 61 1.2 0.8- 1.6 4,397 68.9 67.5-70.2 152 2.0 1.6- 2.6
African American 1,496 784 42.8 39.5-46.2 17 1.7 1.0- 3.0 661 53.6 50.2-57.1 34 1.8 1.2- 2.8
Asian 64 12 13.7 6.9-25.4 0 0.0 . - . 52 86.3 74.6-93.1 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 185 83 31.2 22.9-40.9 2 1.2 0.2- 6.0 97 63.9 53.3-73.3 3 3.7 0.7-16.8
Other Minorities 338 49 12.0 8.1-17.2 9 1.9 0.8- 4.3 277 84.7 78.9-89.2 3 1.4 0.3- 6.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 348 68 14.7 10.6-20.1 8 1.9 0.8- 4.4 272 83.4 77.9-87.8 0 0.0 . - .
-English Speaking 159 48 23.4 15.9-33.0 2 0.8 0.2- 3.2 109 75.8 66.2-83.4 0 0.0 . - .
-Spanish Speaking 189 20 10.8 6.4-17.6 6 2.4 0.9- 6.1 163 86.9 79.8-91.7 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 9,052 3,555 30.6 29.4-31.9 81 1.3 1.0- 1.7 5,223 66.0 64.7-67.3 193 2.1 1.7- 2.6
AGE
18-24 288 11 3.1 1.6- 5.9 6 1.7 0.7- 4.1 268 93.9 90.0-96.3 3 1.3 0.3- 5.0
25-34 1,025 99 8.8 6.9-11.1 32 3.0 2.0- 4.5 884 87.0 84.3-89.3 10 1.2 0.6- 2.5
35-44 1,474 239 15.9 13.7-18.4 29 1.9 1.2- 3.0 1,180 79.8 77.0-82.3 26 2.4 1.4- 3.9
45-54 1,797 585 33.3 30.6-36.2 5 0.4 0.1- 1.2 1,178 64.7 61.8-67.5 29 1.6 1.0- 2.4
55-64 1,900 904 47.8 45.0-50.6 10 0.6 0.3- 1.3 934 48.8 46.0-51.5 52 2.9 2.0- 4.1
65-74 1,552 919 59.1 56.0-62.1 5 0.3 0.1- 0.7 588 38.2 35.3-41.3 40 2.4 1.7- 3.5
75+ 1,313 843 65.4 62.1-68.6 2 0.3 0.1- 1.8 436 31.9 28.8-35.2 32 2.4 1.6- 3.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,346 739 41.2 37.4-45.2 14 1.7 0.8- 3.3 575 56.1 52.0-60.1 18 1.0 0.5- 2.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,871 1,258 34.1 31.8-36.4 23 1.4 0.8- 2.4 1,529 62.2 59.8-64.6 61 2.3 1.6- 3.4
Some Post-H.S. 2,540 926 28.7 26.4-31.2 23 1.0 0.6- 1.6 1,521 67.7 65.1-70.2 70 2.6 1.8- 3.7
College Graduate 2,651 705 20.5 18.7-22.4 29 1.4 0.9- 2.1 1,874 76.7 74.7-78.6 43 1.4 1.0- 2.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,131 645 48.2 44.2-52.3 11 2.3 1.1- 5.0 453 47.9 43.8-52.1 22 1.5 0.9- 2.6
$15,000- 24,999 1,580 721 34.4 31.2-37.7 22 2.0 1.2- 3.4 800 61.6 58.1-65.0 37 2.0 1.2- 3.2
$25,000- 34,999 1,017 392 31.2 27.6-35.1 13 2.1 1.0- 4.3 586 63.8 59.7-67.7 26 2.8 1.8- 4.5
$35,000- 49,999 1,278 456 29.6 26.5-32.9 13 1.2 0.6- 2.4 774 66.6 63.1-69.9 35 2.6 1.7- 4.0
$50,000-74,999 1,251 348 23.5 20.7-26.6 7 0.9 0.4- 2.1 875 73.3 69.9-76.3 21 2.4 1.3- 4.3
$75,000+ 1,597 368 18.6 16.4-20.9 13 0.7 0.4- 1.2 1,192 79.5 77.1-81.8 24 1.2 0.7- 2.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,416 1,839 46.8 44.4-49.2 22 0.8 0.5- 1.5 1,470 49.5 47.1-51.9 85 2.9 2.1- 4.0
No 5,623 1,662 22.2 20.9-23.6 63 1.5 1.1- 2.1 3,799 74.7 73.2-76.1 99 1.6 1.2- 2.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 223 68 25.1 18.9-32.5 0 0.0 . - . 150 73.0 65.6-79.4 5 1.9 0.7- 4.8
Non-Veteran 9,195 3,564 29.7 28.5-31.0 89 1.3 1.0- 1.7 5,354 67.0 65.7-68.3 188 2.0 1.6- 2.4

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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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