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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | Do not use salt | |||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 4,417 | 3,083 | 72.3 | 70.2-74.3 | 1,108 | 22.7 | 20.8-24.7 | 226 | 5.0 | 4.1- 6.2 |
| -Eastern NC | 1,243 | 899 | 73.2 | 69.0-77.1 | 279 | 21.1 | 17.7-25.1 | 65 | 5.6 | 3.8- 8.2 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 423 | 309 | 74.6 | 67.6-80.4 | 89 | 18.7 | 13.7-24.9 | 25 | 6.8 | 3.8-11.9 |
| Female | 820 | 590 | 72.1 | 66.8-76.8 | 190 | 23.4 | 18.9-28.5 | 40 | 4.6 | 2.8- 7.3 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 786 | 535 | 70.3 | 64.9-75.2 | 213 | 24.1 | 19.7-29.0 | 38 | 5.7 | 3.3- 9.5 |
| African American | 339 | 275 | 78.5 | 70.6-84.7 | 44 | 15.2 | 9.9-22.7 | 20 | 6.3 | 3.4-11.3 |
| Other minorities | 113 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 39 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,201 | 868 | 72.8 | 68.4-76.7 | 269 | 21.5 | 17.9-25.5 | 64 | 5.7 | 3.9- 8.5 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-34 | 34 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-54 | 272 | 211 | 77.9 | 69.4-84.5 | 49 | 17.0 | 11.4-24.5 | 12 | 5.2 | 2.1-12.3 |
| 55-64 | 323 | 242 | 75.1 | 67.2-81.6 | 67 | 19.5 | 13.8-27.0 | 14 | 5.3 | 2.5-11.0 |
| 65-74 | 323 | 230 | 69.1 | 61.0-76.2 | 70 | 24.3 | 17.8-32.1 | 23 | 6.6 | 3.5-12.1 |
| 75+ | 281 | 186 | 69.4 | 59.7-77.5 | 81 | 24.1 | 16.9-33.3 | 14 | 6.5 | 3.3-12.5 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 231 | 177 | 74.8 | 63.4-83.6 | 39 | 16.1 | 9.5-26.1 | 15 | 9.0 | 3.8-19.8 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 426 | 317 | 74.1 | 67.0-80.2 | 90 | 19.9 | 14.5-26.6 | 19 | 6.0 | 3.4-10.4 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 309 | 223 | 73.0 | 64.8-79.8 | 70 | 24.3 | 17.7-32.4 | 16 | 2.7 | 1.3- 5.7 |
| College Graduate | 274 | 181 | 69.3 | 60.4-77.0 | 78 | 25.2 | 18.2-33.8 | 15 | 5.4 | 2.7-10.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 223 | 161 | 68.5 | 57.5-77.7 | 49 | 25.0 | 16.4-36.1 | 13 | 6.5 | 3.2-13.0 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 226 | 171 | 74.4 | 63.9-82.7 | 40 | 19.5 | 12.1-29.8 | 15 | 6.1 | 2.9-12.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 121 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 162 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 281 | 199 | 80.3 | 73.4-85.7 | 69 | 16.4 | 11.5-22.8 | 13 | 3.4 | 1.7- 6.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 548 | 405 | 74.3 | 68.2-79.6 | 110 | 19.8 | 15.1-25.6 | 33 | 5.9 | 3.7- 9.4 |
| No | 685 | 486 | 72.4 | 66.4-77.6 | 167 | 22.1 | 17.5-27.6 | 32 | 5.5 | 3.1- 9.7 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 213 | 150 | 72.7 | 63.0-80.7 | 52 | 21.0 | 13.9-30.4 | 11 | 6.3 | 2.9-13.1 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,030 | 749 | 73.3 | 68.6-77.6 | 227 | 21.2 | 17.4-25.6 | 54 | 5.5 | 3.5- 8.5 |
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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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