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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 4,438 | 3,381 | 78.6 | 76.6-80.5 | 1,057 | 21.4 | 19.5-23.4 |
| -Eastern NC | 1,247 | 975 | 79.9 | 76.1-83.2 | 272 | 20.1 | 16.8-23.9 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 424 | 341 | 83.3 | 77.2-88.0 | 83 | 16.7 | 12.0-22.8 |
| Female | 823 | 634 | 76.8 | 71.8-81.2 | 189 | 23.2 | 18.8-28.2 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 788 | 584 | 77.3 | 72.5-81.4 | 204 | 22.7 | 18.6-27.5 |
| African American | 341 | 293 | 84.4 | 76.2-90.1 | 48 | 15.6 | 9.9-23.8 |
| Other minorities | 113 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 39 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,205 | 946 | 80.3 | 76.4-83.6 | 259 | 19.7 | 16.4-23.6 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-34 | 34 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-54 | 275 | 229 | 86.6 | 79.5-91.5 | 46 | 13.4 | 8.5-20.5 |
| 55-64 | 326 | 266 | 82.1 | 74.5-87.8 | 60 | 17.9 | 12.2-25.5 |
| 65-74 | 325 | 259 | 78.7 | 71.6-84.3 | 66 | 21.3 | 15.7-28.4 |
| 75+ | 277 | 188 | 69.7 | 60.1-77.8 | 89 | 30.3 | 22.2-39.9 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 232 | 182 | 85.9 | 78.7-91.0 | 50 | 14.1 | 9.0-21.3 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 428 | 335 | 75.6 | 68.2-81.7 | 93 | 24.4 | 18.3-31.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 314 | 246 | 80.9 | 73.1-86.9 | 68 | 19.1 | 13.1-26.9 |
| College Graduate | 270 | 209 | 79.3 | 71.1-85.7 | 61 | 20.7 | 14.3-28.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 222 | 186 | 85.1 | 76.7-90.9 | 36 | 14.9 | 9.1-23.3 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 225 | 178 | 78.9 | 69.0-86.3 | 47 | 21.1 | 13.7-31.0 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 120 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 163 | 126 | 80.7 | 69.5-88.5 | 37 | 19.3 | 11.5-30.5 |
| $50,000+ | 283 | 220 | 80.7 | 72.0-87.1 | 63 | 19.3 | 12.9-28.0 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 548 | 451 | 81.5 | 75.7-86.2 | 97 | 18.5 | 13.8-24.3 |
| No | 689 | 516 | 78.7 | 73.4-83.1 | 173 | 21.3 | 16.9-26.6 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 213 | 160 | 78.4 | 68.9-85.6 | 53 | 21.6 | 14.4-31.1 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,034 | 815 | 80.2 | 75.9-83.8 | 219 | 19.8 | 16.2-24.1 |
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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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