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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 |
| -AFRICAN AMERICANS | 831 | 664 | 78.1 | 73.1-82.3 | 161 | 21.3 | 17.0-26.2 | 6 | 0.7 | 0.2- 1.9 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 239 | 184 | 78.3 | 69.8-84.9 | 52 | 20.8 | 14.3-29.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| Female | 592 | 480 | 77.9 | 71.6-83.1 | 109 | 21.6 | 16.4-27.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 824 | 658 | 78.2 | 73.3-82.5 | 160 | 21.1 | 16.8-26.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-34 | 29 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 58 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 177 | 144 | 83.2 | 73.6-89.7 | 32 | 16.6 | 10.1-26.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 231 | 192 | 84.8 | 77.6-90.0 | 39 | 15.2 | 10.0-22.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 192 | 156 | 79.2 | 68.5-87.0 | 34 | 20.0 | 12.4-30.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 130 | 103 | 81.4 | 70.2-89.0 | 26 | 18.3 | 10.8-29.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 176 | 144 | 80.5 | 70.6-87.6 | 31 | 19.3 | 12.2-29.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 305 | 239 | 81.5 | 73.9-87.3 | 64 | 18.1 | 12.4-25.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 195 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| College Graduate | 153 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 200 | 166 | 84.0 | 75.5-89.9 | 34 | 16.0 | 10.1-24.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 189 | 151 | 75.5 | 64.1-84.2 | 38 | 24.5 | 15.8-35.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 86 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 97 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 56 | 47 | 89.0 | 77.3-95.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 64 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 343 | 301 | 87.7 | 81.0-92.3 | 40 | 12.0 | 7.4-18.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 482 | 357 | 72.5 | 65.6-78.5 | 121 | 26.6 | 20.7-33.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 99 | 85 | 87.2 | 76.8-93.3 | 13 | 12.2 | 6.2-22.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 732 | 579 | 76.8 | 71.3-81.5 | 148 | 22.5 | 17.9-28.0 | *** | *** | *** |
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).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.
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