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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | Yes, during pregnancy | No | Borderline high or pre-hypertensive | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 11,515 | 4,822 | 32.4 | 31.2-33.7 | 66 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.0 | 6,446 | 65.5 | 64.1-66.8 | 181 | 1.4 | 1.1- 1.8 |
| -Eastern NC | 3,130 | 1,364 | 34.0 | 31.5-36.7 | 25 | 1.0 | 0.5- 2.2 | 1,712 | 64.1 | 61.4-66.7 | 29 | 0.8 | 0.5- 1.4 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 1,093 | 468 | 33.7 | 29.6-38.0 | *** | *** | *** | 612 | 65.5 | 61.2-69.6 | 13 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.7 |
| Female | 2,037 | 896 | 34.4 | 31.2-37.7 | 25 | 2.0 | 0.9- 4.2 | 1,100 | 62.8 | 59.4-66.2 | 16 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.7 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 2,089 | 856 | 32.3 | 29.3-35.5 | 18 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.2 | 1,205 | 66.1 | 62.8-69.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| African American | 697 | 378 | 40.8 | 35.1-46.8 | *** | *** | *** | 298 | 56.8 | 50.8-62.6 | 17 | 2.0 | 1.0- 4.0 |
| Other minorities | 323 | 122 | 26.6 | 19.6-35.2 | *** | *** | *** | 196 | 71.3 | 62.6-78.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 162 | 42 | 16.2 | 9.8-25.7 | *** | *** | *** | 116 | 81.2 | 71.4-88.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,957 | 1,317 | 35.0 | 32.3-37.8 | 23 | 1.0 | 0.5- 2.3 | 1,590 | 63.2 | 60.3-65.9 | 27 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.3 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 469 | 40 | 9.1 | 6.1-13.3 | 14 | 2.3 | 0.9- 6.1 | 413 | 88.4 | 83.6-91.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-54 | 941 | 303 | 34.2 | 29.6-39.1 | *** | *** | *** | 624 | 64.4 | 59.5-69.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 692 | 357 | 49.6 | 44.0-55.3 | *** | *** | *** | 326 | 48.9 | 43.3-54.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 542 | 352 | 65.3 | 58.8-71.3 | *** | *** | *** | 182 | 32.6 | 26.8-39.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 451 | 301 | 66.3 | 58.9-73.0 | *** | *** | *** | 144 | 32.3 | 25.7-39.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 441 | 260 | 40.6 | 33.5-48.1 | *** | *** | *** | 176 | 58.3 | 50.8-65.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 976 | 467 | 36.2 | 31.7-41.0 | *** | *** | *** | 498 | 61.5 | 56.6-66.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 844 | 342 | 31.0 | 26.5-35.9 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.6 | 477 | 67.0 | 62.0-71.6 | 14 | 1.0 | 0.5- 2.0 |
| College Graduate | 864 | 292 | 28.5 | 24.2-33.2 | *** | *** | *** | 559 | 69.8 | 65.0-74.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 434 | 248 | 44.3 | 37.0-51.8 | *** | *** | *** | 181 | 52.7 | 45.1-60.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 521 | 248 | 38.0 | 31.5-44.9 | *** | *** | *** | 261 | 60.9 | 53.9-67.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 301 | 134 | 33.8 | 26.0-42.6 | *** | *** | *** | 164 | 65.7 | 56.9-73.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 428 | 173 | 31.3 | 25.3-38.0 | *** | *** | *** | 249 | 67.6 | 60.8-73.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 883 | 299 | 30.6 | 25.9-35.8 | *** | *** | *** | 570 | 68.2 | 63.0-72.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 970 | 576 | 54.1 | 48.7-59.5 | *** | *** | *** | 379 | 42.9 | 37.7-48.3 | 11 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.0 |
| No | 2,008 | 716 | 27.1 | 24.2-30.2 | 18 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.6 | 1,256 | 71.4 | 68.2-74.4 | 18 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.4 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 506 | 230 | 34.9 | 29.3-41.1 | *** | *** | *** | 270 | 64.6 | 58.4-70.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 2,622 | 1,133 | 33.9 | 31.0-36.8 | 25 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.6 | 1,441 | 64.0 | 61.0-66.9 | 23 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.6 |
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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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