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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | Do not drink | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 4,456 | 911 | 24.9 | 22.8-27.1 | 724 | 17.4 | 15.6-19.3 | 2,821 | 57.7 | 55.3-60.1 |
| -AFRICAN AMERICANS | 846 | 176 | 24.6 | 20.1-29.7 | 84 | 12.9 | 9.2-17.7 | 586 | 62.5 | 56.9-67.8 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 244 | 75 | 34.2 | 25.8-43.7 | 31 | 16.8 | 10.1-26.8 | 138 | 49.0 | 39.5-58.5 |
| Female | 602 | 101 | 17.4 | 13.1-22.6 | 53 | 9.9 | 6.7-14.3 | 448 | 72.8 | 66.8-78.0 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 837 | 176 | 25.0 | 20.4-30.2 | 84 | 13.1 | 9.3-18.0 | 577 | 62.0 | 56.3-67.3 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-34 | 31 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 59 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 179 | 55 | 21.9 | 15.3-30.5 | 29 | 17.3 | 10.2-27.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 235 | 45 | 22.9 | 14.7-33.9 | 22 | 6.3 | 3.6-10.8 | 168 | 70.8 | 60.3-79.4 |
| 65-74 | 194 | 28 | 17.8 | 11.0-27.3 | 13 | 9.7 | 4.8-18.6 | 153 | 72.5 | 62.0-81.0 |
| 75+ | 134 | 11 | 9.0 | 3.6-20.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 182 | 18 | 12.2 | 6.4-21.8 | 18 | 14.1 | 7.6-24.8 | 146 | 73.7 | 62.3-82.6 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 311 | 68 | 29.0 | 21.5-37.9 | 18 | 6.6 | 3.4-12.2 | 225 | 64.4 | 55.4-72.5 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 197 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| College Graduate | 154 | 37 | 22.9 | 15.3-33.0 | 24 | 16.6 | 9.7-27.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 205 | 32 | 25.1 | 16.4-36.4 | 18 | 14.6 | 7.8-25.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 192 | 35 | 21.6 | 13.8-32.0 | 22 | 9.6 | 5.3-16.7 | 135 | 68.8 | 58.0-77.9 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 85 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 98 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 57 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 64 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 350 | 61 | 22.4 | 15.6-31.1 | 21 | 6.6 | 3.7-11.6 | 268 | 70.9 | 62.3-78.2 |
| No | 490 | 114 | 26.0 | 20.3-32.7 | 63 | 16.4 | 11.2-23.5 | 313 | 57.6 | 50.2-64.6 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 100 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 746 | 141 | 23.5 | 18.7-29.1 | 75 | 13.9 | 9.8-19.3 | 530 | 62.6 | 56.4-68.3 |
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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).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.
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