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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | Do not drink | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 4,456 | 911 | 24.9 | 22.8-27.1 | 724 | 17.4 | 15.6-19.3 | 2,821 | 57.7 | 55.3-60.1 |
| -Eastern NC | 1,250 | 232 | 23.4 | 19.5-27.9 | 182 | 17.8 | 14.3-22.1 | 836 | 58.7 | 53.9-63.3 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 426 | 122 | 33.5 | 26.7-41.1 | 84 | 22.0 | 16.0-29.3 | 220 | 44.6 | 37.2-52.1 |
| Female | 824 | 110 | 14.2 | 10.6-18.8 | 98 | 14.1 | 10.4-18.8 | 616 | 71.7 | 66.2-76.6 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 793 | 149 | 23.9 | 19.0-29.7 | 145 | 19.9 | 15.8-24.8 | 499 | 56.2 | 50.3-61.9 |
| African American | 340 | 66 | 24.0 | 17.4-32.3 | 27 | 13.4 | 7.3-23.3 | 247 | 62.5 | 53.2-71.1 |
| Other minorities | 112 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 39 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,208 | 223 | 23.2 | 19.3-27.7 | 177 | 17.8 | 14.2-22.1 | 808 | 59.0 | 54.1-63.7 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-34 | 34 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-54 | 275 | 90 | 34.2 | 25.9-43.6 | 41 | 18.0 | 12.1-25.9 | 144 | 47.8 | 38.8-57.0 |
| 55-64 | 325 | 61 | 22.6 | 16.2-30.5 | 40 | 10.8 | 7.0-16.3 | 224 | 66.6 | 58.5-73.9 |
| 65-74 | 325 | 42 | 14.6 | 9.7-21.3 | 55 | 20.2 | 14.3-27.7 | 228 | 65.2 | 57.1-72.5 |
| 75+ | 281 | 26 | 8.8 | 4.9-15.1 | 37 | 14.4 | 7.9-24.8 | 218 | 76.8 | 66.5-84.6 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 231 | 21 | 12.2 | 6.3-22.1 | 16 | 15.0 | 7.8-27.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 428 | 77 | 24.3 | 17.8-32.2 | 42 | 10.6 | 6.6-16.7 | 309 | 65.0 | 57.0-72.3 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 314 | 69 | 28.0 | 20.6-36.9 | 42 | 19.6 | 12.5-29.3 | 203 | 52.5 | 43.3-61.4 |
| College Graduate | 274 | 65 | 28.9 | 20.0-39.7 | 82 | 36.6 | 28.0-46.1 | 127 | 34.6 | 26.9-43.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 222 | 25 | 12.4 | 7.1-20.7 | 16 | 14.9 | 7.4-27.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 228 | 30 | 15.4 | 8.7-25.9 | 13 | 9.2 | 3.9-20.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 119 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 164 | 37 | 23.8 | 15.5-34.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 283 | 77 | 35.5 | 26.2-46.0 | 88 | 30.9 | 22.4-40.9 | 118 | 33.6 | 25.5-42.9 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 550 | 91 | 22.6 | 17.0-29.3 | 56 | 14.1 | 9.5-20.3 | 403 | 63.4 | 56.3-69.9 |
| No | 690 | 141 | 24.3 | 19.1-30.4 | 126 | 20.6 | 15.7-26.5 | 423 | 55.1 | 48.7-61.5 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 214 | 61 | 32.1 | 23.7-41.7 | 41 | 17.3 | 10.9-26.4 | 112 | 50.7 | 41.0-60.2 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,036 | 171 | 21.7 | 17.4-26.7 | 141 | 18.0 | 14.0-22.8 | 724 | 60.3 | 54.9-65.5 |
Back to Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*.
*Asked only of those who report having high blood pressure
PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2011 are NOT comparable to previous years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2011 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.
^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
**Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick,
Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow,
Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham,
Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore,
Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.
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