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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | Do not use salt | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 4,452 | 3,392 | 77.6 | 75.6-79.5 | 573 | 11.7 | 10.4-13.2 | 487 | 10.6 | 9.2-12.2 |
| -Eastern NC | 1,250 | 956 | 76.3 | 72.0-80.0 | 151 | 11.9 | 9.1-15.3 | 143 | 11.9 | 9.1-15.3 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 427 | 329 | 76.6 | 69.5-82.4 | 54 | 11.7 | 7.8-17.1 | 44 | 11.8 | 7.5-17.9 |
| Female | 823 | 627 | 76.0 | 70.7-80.6 | 97 | 12.0 | 8.6-16.7 | 99 | 12.0 | 8.9-16.0 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 792 | 583 | 74.0 | 68.4-78.8 | 120 | 14.4 | 10.8-19.0 | 89 | 11.6 | 8.2-16.2 |
| African American | 340 | 277 | 80.8 | 73.4-86.5 | 17 | 5.2 | 2.6-10.2 | 46 | 14.0 | 9.2-20.8 |
| Other minorities | 113 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 39 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,208 | 924 | 76.0 | 71.6-79.8 | 145 | 12.1 | 9.3-15.6 | 139 | 12.0 | 9.2-15.5 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-34 | 34 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-54 | 274 | 221 | 76.5 | 67.0-83.9 | 32 | 12.0 | 7.0-19.9 | 21 | 11.5 | 6.3-20.1 |
| 55-64 | 327 | 256 | 75.5 | 67.6-82.1 | 34 | 11.6 | 7.2-18.3 | 37 | 12.8 | 8.1-19.7 |
| 65-74 | 325 | 246 | 75.6 | 67.9-81.9 | 37 | 10.6 | 6.6-16.6 | 42 | 13.8 | 9.0-20.6 |
| 75+ | 280 | 199 | 77.0 | 69.2-83.4 | 40 | 9.8 | 6.3-14.8 | 41 | 13.2 | 8.5-20.0 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 232 | *** | *** | *** | 24 | 11.3 | 5.4-22.3 | 39 | 17.4 | 9.9-28.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 428 | 339 | 77.6 | 70.7-83.2 | 50 | 10.6 | 6.9-15.9 | 39 | 11.9 | 7.7-17.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 313 | 233 | 77.8 | 70.0-84.0 | 43 | 12.4 | 7.7-19.4 | 37 | 9.8 | 6.1-15.5 |
| College Graduate | 274 | 212 | 77.4 | 68.8-84.1 | 34 | 14.9 | 9.2-23.1 | 28 | 7.8 | 4.5-12.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 223 | 178 | 75.6 | 64.4-84.2 | 18 | 11.6 | 5.4-23.0 | 27 | 12.8 | 7.3-21.5 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 227 | *** | *** | *** | 27 | 16.1 | 8.9-27.3 | 35 | 17.4 | 10.3-27.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 121 | 98 | 87.5 | 78.8-92.9 | 15 | 8.1 | 3.9-15.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 164 | 124 | 77.2 | 65.6-85.7 | 25 | 8.6 | 4.7-15.3 | 15 | 14.2 | 7.1-26.3 |
| $50,000+ | 281 | 216 | 79.1 | 70.9-85.5 | 41 | 14.7 | 9.3-22.6 | 24 | 6.2 | 3.5-10.8 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 551 | 437 | 77.9 | 71.6-83.2 | 48 | 10.6 | 6.8-16.3 | 66 | 11.5 | 7.8-16.5 |
| No | 689 | 512 | 75.2 | 69.4-80.3 | 103 | 12.8 | 9.3-17.5 | 74 | 11.9 | 8.2-16.9 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 214 | 161 | 79.4 | 70.3-86.3 | 29 | 9.2 | 4.7-17.2 | 24 | 11.4 | 6.6-18.9 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,036 | 795 | 75.6 | 70.8-79.9 | 122 | 12.4 | 9.3-16.3 | 119 | 12.0 | 8.9-15.9 |
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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