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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 4,427 | 2,910 | 69.8 | 67.6-71.8 | 1,517 | 30.2 | 28.2-32.4 |
| -Eastern NC | 1,243 | 862 | 73.3 | 69.1-77.1 | 381 | 26.7 | 22.9-30.9 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 425 | 311 | 76.0 | 69.1-81.8 | 114 | 24.0 | 18.2-30.9 |
| Female | 818 | 551 | 70.7 | 65.6-75.4 | 267 | 29.3 | 24.6-34.4 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 786 | 501 | 68.5 | 63.1-73.5 | 285 | 31.5 | 26.5-36.9 |
| African American | 339 | 273 | 80.7 | 72.8-86.8 | 66 | 19.3 | 13.2-27.2 |
| Other minorities | 113 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 39 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,201 | 834 | 73.1 | 68.8-77.0 | 367 | 26.9 | 23.0-31.2 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-34 | 34 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-54 | 274 | 218 | 81.1 | 73.6-86.9 | 56 | 18.9 | 13.1-26.4 |
| 55-64 | 326 | 258 | 83.8 | 77.5-88.6 | 68 | 16.2 | 11.4-22.5 |
| 65-74 | 324 | 212 | 65.6 | 57.8-72.6 | 112 | 34.4 | 27.4-42.2 |
| 75+ | 275 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 226 | 163 | 75.5 | 64.2-84.1 | 63 | 24.5 | 15.9-35.8 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 427 | 302 | 71.3 | 64.0-77.7 | 125 | 28.7 | 22.3-36.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 312 | 222 | 77.8 | 70.5-83.7 | 90 | 22.2 | 16.3-29.5 |
| College Graduate | 275 | 174 | 65.6 | 56.4-73.9 | 101 | 34.4 | 26.1-43.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 221 | 157 | 75.0 | 65.0-82.8 | 64 | 25.0 | 17.2-35.0 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 226 | 161 | 74.8 | 63.2-83.7 | 65 | 25.2 | 16.3-36.8 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 121 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 164 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 283 | 206 | 79.2 | 72.0-84.9 | 77 | 20.8 | 15.1-28.0 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 548 | 394 | 76.1 | 70.4-81.1 | 154 | 23.9 | 18.9-29.6 |
| No | 686 | 461 | 71.2 | 65.2-76.5 | 225 | 28.8 | 23.5-34.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 213 | 141 | 69.2 | 59.4-77.5 | 72 | 30.8 | 22.5-40.6 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,030 | 721 | 74.1 | 69.4-78.2 | 309 | 25.9 | 21.8-30.6 |
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*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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