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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 5,330 2,060 28.0 26.4-29.6 0 0.0 . - . 3,091 69.1 67.4-70.8 179 2.9 2.4- 3.6
RACE
White 4,248 1,638 28.5 26.7-30.3 0 0.0 . - . 2,452 67.9 65.9-69.7 158 3.6 2.9- 4.5
African American 674 328 36.5 31.8-41.5 0 0.0 . - . 330 61.5 56.4-66.3 16 2.0 1.1- 3.8
Asian 39 9 12.5 5.7-25.2 0 0.0 . - . 29 86.7 74.0-93.7 1 0.8 0.1- 5.8
Native American 91 33 27.4 18.5-38.5 0 0.0 . - . 56 71.8 60.6-80.8 2 0.9 0.2- 3.5
Other Minorities 253 42 11.2 7.2-17.2 0 0.0 . - . 209 88.5 82.5-92.6 2 0.3 0.1- 1.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 245 39 11.3 7.2-17.4 0 0.0 . - . 203 87.6 81.3-92.0 3 1.1 0.2- 4.8
-English Speaking 79 23 22.4 13.4-35.0 0 0.0 . - . 53 72.7 59.1-83.1 3 4.8 1.1-19.2
-Spanish Speaking 166 16 8.1 4.0-15.9 0 0.0 . - . 150 91.9 84.1-96.0 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 5,068 2,012 29.6 28.0-31.4 0 0.0 . - . 2,881 67.2 65.4-69.0 175 3.1 2.5- 3.8
AGE
18-24 206 18 7.6 4.4-13.0 0 0.0 . - . 185 90.9 85.3-94.5 3 1.5 0.5- 4.6
25-34 476 47 8.7 6.1-12.5 0 0.0 . - . 422 89.5 85.6-92.5 7 1.7 0.7- 4.1
35-44 860 173 19.3 16.2-22.9 0 0.0 . - . 669 78.1 74.4-81.4 18 2.6 1.5- 4.3
45-54 1,125 383 34.3 31.0-37.8 0 0.0 . - . 695 61.9 58.3-65.4 47 3.8 2.7- 5.3
55-64 1,170 574 48.5 44.9-52.2 0 0.0 . - . 545 46.5 42.9-50.1 51 5.0 3.5- 7.0
65-74 923 555 59.7 55.7-63.6 0 0.0 . - . 333 36.9 33.1-40.9 35 3.4 2.3- 4.8
75+ 552 304 57.9 52.7-62.9 0 0.0 . - . 230 38.5 33.7-43.6 18 3.6 2.1- 6.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 780 357 27.4 23.4-31.8 0 0.0 . - . 404 70.7 66.0-74.9 19 2.0 0.9- 4.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,553 653 31.0 27.9-34.3 0 0.0 . - . 855 66.5 63.2-69.8 45 2.4 1.6- 3.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,266 481 26.8 23.7-30.2 0 0.0 . - . 735 70.0 66.5-73.4 50 3.1 2.2- 4.5
College Graduate 1,722 566 26.2 23.7-29.0 0 0.0 . - . 1,092 70.0 67.1-72.7 64 3.8 2.8- 5.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 406 209 37.2 30.5-44.3 0 0.0 . - . 182 59.5 52.1-66.5 15 3.3 1.5- 7.4
$15,000- 24,999 822 358 27.8 23.9-32.0 0 0.0 . - . 445 70.0 65.5-74.1 19 2.2 1.0- 4.8
$25,000- 34,999 600 253 36.6 31.0-42.6 0 0.0 . - . 333 61.2 55.2-66.9 14 2.2 1.0- 4.6
$35,000- 49,999 815 321 28.7 24.9-32.9 0 0.0 . - . 466 67.7 63.3-71.7 28 3.6 2.3- 5.7
$50,000-74,999 841 322 29.3 25.3-33.8 0 0.0 . - . 491 68.1 63.5-72.3 28 2.6 1.6- 4.3
$75,000+ 1,321 402 23.7 21.0-26.6 0 0.0 . - . 867 72.7 69.6-75.6 52 3.6 2.6- 5.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,870 965 41.9 38.6-45.2 0 0.0 . - . 842 54.8 51.3-58.2 63 3.4 2.3- 4.9
No 3,221 1,022 22.7 20.9-24.7 0 0.0 . - . 2,089 74.5 72.4-76.4 110 2.8 2.2- 3.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,951 955 42.5 39.5-45.6 0 0.0 . - . 924 53.6 50.4-56.7 72 3.9 2.8- 5.4
Non-Veteran 3,377 1,104 23.0 21.2-24.9 0 0.0 . - . 2,166 74.4 72.4-76.3 107 2.6 2.0- 3.3

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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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