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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 |
| -AFRICAN AMERICANS | 841 | 679 | 78.0 | 72.9-82.3 | 113 | 15.6 | 11.8-20.4 | 49 | 6.4 | 4.4- 9.4 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 241 | 192 | 75.4 | 65.8-83.0 | 31 | 15.8 | 9.4-25.3 | 18 | 8.8 | 5.0-15.1 |
| Female | 600 | 487 | 79.9 | 74.4-84.4 | 82 | 15.4 | 11.4-20.6 | 31 | 4.7 | 2.8- 7.7 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 832 | 673 | 77.8 | 72.7-82.2 | 110 | 15.7 | 11.8-20.5 | 49 | 6.5 | 4.4- 9.5 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-34 | 30 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 59 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 177 | 135 | 77.6 | 67.2-85.4 | 29 | 15.7 | 9.1-25.8 | 13 | 6.7 | 3.4-12.8 |
| 55-64 | 236 | 190 | 77.5 | 67.2-85.3 | 37 | 17.0 | 10.0-27.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 191 | 164 | 85.4 | 75.2-91.8 | 13 | 6.9 | 3.3-13.6 | 14 | 7.8 | 3.0-18.3 |
| 75+ | 134 | 107 | 80.3 | 68.5-88.4 | 20 | 14.0 | 7.4-24.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 180 | 138 | 79.2 | 70.0-86.2 | 28 | 12.2 | 7.4-19.4 | 14 | 8.6 | 4.2-17.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 308 | 258 | 79.1 | 70.9-85.4 | 34 | 13.5 | 8.4-21.0 | 16 | 7.4 | 4.0-13.5 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 197 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 12 | 2.5 | 1.3- 4.9 |
| College Graduate | 154 | 125 | 77.9 | 66.7-86.1 | 22 | 14.1 | 8.2-23.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 204 | 165 | 83.3 | 75.2-89.1 | 27 | 13.1 | 7.9-20.8 | 12 | 3.7 | 1.6- 8.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 189 | 152 | 76.5 | 65.5-84.8 | 21 | 13.2 | 7.1-23.4 | 16 | 10.3 | 5.3-19.0 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 86 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 97 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 57 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 64 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 349 | 296 | 83.4 | 75.6-89.1 | 33 | 11.8 | 6.7-19.9 | 20 | 4.8 | 2.7- 8.3 |
| No | 486 | 377 | 74.8 | 68.0-80.5 | 80 | 17.8 | 12.9-24.2 | 29 | 7.4 | 4.5-11.9 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 100 | 82 | 82.1 | 70.4-89.9 | 11 | 8.8 | 4.3-17.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 741 | 597 | 77.4 | 71.8-82.1 | 102 | 16.5 | 12.3-21.9 | 42 | 6.1 | 3.9- 9.3 |
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).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.
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