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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 4,813 | 4,273 | 83.8 | 81.9-85.6 | 540 | 16.2 | 14.4-18.1 |
| -Eastern NC | 1,361 | 1,220 | 84.8 | 81.1-87.8 | 141 | 15.2 | 12.2-18.9 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 466 | 408 | 82.5 | 76.4-87.4 | 58 | 17.5 | 12.6-23.6 |
| Female | 895 | 812 | 86.7 | 82.1-90.4 | 83 | 13.3 | 9.6-17.9 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 853 | 765 | 83.7 | 78.7-87.6 | 88 | 16.3 | 12.4-21.3 |
| African American | 378 | 345 | 89.7 | 83.3-93.8 | 33 | 10.3 | 6.2-16.7 |
| Other minorities | 122 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 42 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,314 | 1,179 | 84.6 | 80.8-87.8 | 135 | 15.4 | 12.2-19.2 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-34 | 40 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-54 | 302 | 241 | 77.3 | 69.5-83.6 | 61 | 22.7 | 16.4-30.5 |
| 55-64 | 357 | 322 | 91.1 | 85.9-94.5 | 35 | 8.9 | 5.5-14.1 |
| 65-74 | 350 | 338 | 96.6 | 93.3-98.3 | 12 | 3.4 | 1.7- 6.7 |
| 75+ | 301 | 291 | 96.2 | 91.6-98.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 259 | 237 | 88.5 | 79.3-93.9 | 22 | 11.5 | 6.1-20.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 467 | 422 | 83.5 | 76.8-88.6 | 45 | 16.5 | 11.4-23.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 340 | 298 | 83.7 | 76.2-89.2 | 42 | 16.3 | 10.8-23.8 |
| College Graduate | 292 | 260 | 84.2 | 75.1-90.4 | 32 | 15.8 | 9.6-24.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 248 | 225 | 85.0 | 74.0-91.8 | 23 | 15.0 | 8.2-26.0 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 247 | 223 | 85.1 | 76.2-91.1 | 24 | 14.9 | 8.9-23.8 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 134 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 173 | 155 | 84.1 | 72.1-91.5 | 18 | 15.9 | 8.5-27.9 |
| $50,000+ | 298 | 259 | 84.6 | 76.9-90.1 | 39 | 15.4 | 9.9-23.1 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 575 | 527 | 84.0 | 77.8-88.8 | 48 | 16.0 | 11.2-22.2 |
| No | 714 | 629 | 85.2 | 80.0-89.1 | 85 | 14.8 | 10.9-20.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 228 | 211 | 87.1 | 76.7-93.3 | 17 | 12.9 | 6.7-23.3 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,132 | 1,008 | 84.3 | 80.2-87.7 | 124 | 15.7 | 12.3-19.8 |
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*Asked only of those who report being told they have 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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