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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 4,414 | 3,484 | 80.6 | 78.6-82.4 | 930 | 19.4 | 17.6-21.4 |
| -Eastern NC | 1,238 | 962 | 79.5 | 75.7-82.9 | 276 | 20.5 | 17.1-24.3 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 422 | 332 | 81.2 | 75.0-86.1 | 90 | 18.8 | 13.9-25.0 |
| Female | 816 | 630 | 78.0 | 73.0-82.4 | 186 | 22.0 | 17.6-27.0 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 781 | 591 | 78.4 | 73.5-82.5 | 190 | 21.6 | 17.5-26.5 |
| African American | 339 | 276 | 82.2 | 74.9-87.7 | 63 | 17.8 | 12.3-25.1 |
| Other minorities | 113 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 39 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,197 | 932 | 79.3 | 75.4-82.8 | 265 | 20.7 | 17.2-24.6 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-34 | 34 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-54 | 272 | 231 | 87.3 | 80.5-91.9 | 41 | 12.7 | 8.1-19.5 |
| 55-64 | 324 | 272 | 83.3 | 76.4-88.4 | 52 | 16.7 | 11.6-23.6 |
| 65-74 | 321 | 252 | 77.5 | 70.0-83.5 | 69 | 22.5 | 16.5-30.0 |
| 75+ | 277 | 175 | 67.9 | 58.2-76.3 | 102 | 32.1 | 23.7-41.8 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 229 | 167 | 80.3 | 71.2-87.1 | 62 | 19.7 | 12.9-28.8 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 423 | 332 | 76.6 | 69.5-82.6 | 91 | 23.4 | 17.4-30.5 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 311 | 254 | 83.2 | 75.8-88.6 | 57 | 16.8 | 11.4-24.2 |
| College Graduate | 272 | 207 | 77.9 | 69.3-84.7 | 65 | 22.1 | 15.3-30.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 222 | 159 | 71.9 | 61.2-80.6 | 63 | 28.1 | 19.4-38.8 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 226 | 178 | 78.6 | 68.3-86.2 | 48 | 21.4 | 13.8-31.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 120 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 163 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 282 | 231 | 86.8 | 80.6-91.3 | 51 | 13.2 | 8.7-19.4 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 543 | 436 | 79.9 | 74.3-84.6 | 107 | 20.1 | 15.4-25.7 |
| No | 685 | 518 | 79.1 | 73.7-83.6 | 167 | 20.9 | 16.4-26.3 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 212 | 161 | 74.2 | 64.0-82.4 | 51 | 25.8 | 17.6-36.0 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,026 | 801 | 80.6 | 76.4-84.2 | 225 | 19.4 | 15.8-23.6 |
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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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