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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | Told borderline or pre-hypertensive | |||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 4,362 | 3,494 | 79.4 | 77.4-81.3 | 835 | 19.5 | 17.6-21.4 | 33 | 1.1 | 0.7- 1.8 |
| -Eastern NC | 1,229 | 987 | 79.1 | 75.0-82.8 | 235 | 20.0 | 16.5-24.1 | 7 | 0.8 | 0.2- 2.7 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 419 | 326 | 80.1 | 73.7-85.3 | 89 | 18.3 | 13.4-24.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| Female | 810 | 661 | 78.2 | 72.6-83.0 | 146 | 21.6 | 16.9-27.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 776 | 632 | 80.6 | 75.4-85.0 | 140 | 18.6 | 14.4-23.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| African American | 337 | 268 | 75.9 | 67.3-82.8 | 68 | 24.1 | 17.1-32.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| Other minorities | 111 | *** | *** | *** | 26 | 15.8 | 8.8-26.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 36 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,190 | 957 | 79.0 | 74.7-82.7 | 226 | 20.2 | 16.5-24.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-34 | 34 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-54 | 273 | 215 | 76.1 | 67.4-83.1 | 56 | 21.8 | 15.2-30.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 321 | 264 | 84.3 | 77.9-89.1 | 55 | 15.5 | 10.7-21.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 319 | 271 | 86.8 | 80.9-91.1 | 46 | 12.9 | 8.7-18.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 272 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 224 | 183 | 79.9 | 68.2-88.0 | 40 | 18.2 | 10.5-29.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 423 | 356 | 81.9 | 75.2-87.1 | 66 | 18.1 | 12.8-24.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 311 | 243 | 78.1 | 69.7-84.7 | 65 | 20.7 | 14.3-29.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| College Graduate | 268 | 204 | 73.4 | 63.8-81.3 | 62 | 26.2 | 18.4-35.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 222 | 186 | 83.7 | 73.8-90.3 | 36 | 16.3 | 9.7-26.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 225 | *** | *** | *** | 38 | 22.8 | 14.0-34.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 117 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 161 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 279 | 225 | 85.6 | 79.1-90.3 | 53 | 14.3 | 9.6-20.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 539 | 472 | 87.0 | 81.7-90.9 | 66 | 12.3 | 8.6-17.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 680 | 505 | 73.7 | 67.6-79.0 | 169 | 25.4 | 20.2-31.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 209 | 165 | 78.2 | 68.5-85.6 | 42 | 19.9 | 12.9-29.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 1,020 | 822 | 79.3 | 74.6-83.3 | 193 | 20.1 | 16.1-24.7 | *** | *** | *** |
Back to Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*.
*Asked only of those who report having high blood pressure.
Pregnant females (N=4) told two or more times excluded from analysis.
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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