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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | Do not drink | |||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 4,442 | 787 | 22.1 | 20.0-24.3 | 1,261 | 29.7 | 27.5-32.0 | 2,394 | 48.2 | 45.8-50.6 |
| -FEMALES | 2,784 | 359 | 14.8 | 12.7-17.1 | 700 | 25.7 | 23.2-28.4 | 1,725 | 59.5 | 56.6-62.4 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 2,026 | 237 | 14.2 | 11.8-17.0 | 565 | 27.6 | 24.7-30.8 | 1,224 | 58.2 | 54.8-61.5 |
| African American | 602 | 105 | 16.9 | 12.8-21.9 | 101 | 19.8 | 15.2-25.5 | 396 | 63.3 | 57.0-69.1 |
| Other Minorities | 143 | 17 | 12.4 | 6.4-22.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-34 | 55 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 151 | 37 | 19.2 | 12.8-27.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 423 | 93 | 25.0 | 19.2-31.9 | 113 | 25.8 | 20.2-32.5 | 217 | 49.1 | 42.1-56.2 |
| 55-64 | 669 | 99 | 15.0 | 11.6-19.1 | 180 | 25.5 | 21.0-30.6 | 390 | 59.5 | 54.0-64.7 |
| 65-74 | 728 | 72 | 8.8 | 6.4-11.9 | 190 | 28.3 | 23.8-33.2 | 466 | 63.0 | 57.9-67.8 |
| 75+ | 726 | 49 | 6.3 | 4.4- 9.1 | 143 | 16.9 | 13.4-21.1 | 534 | 76.8 | 72.2-80.8 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 480 | 47 | 10.2 | 7.0-14.7 | 60 | 13.8 | 9.5-19.6 | 373 | 76.0 | 69.7-81.3 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 972 | 120 | 14.2 | 11.1-18.0 | 167 | 18.8 | 15.0-23.3 | 685 | 67.0 | 62.1-71.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 725 | 108 | 18.5 | 14.1-23.9 | 226 | 31.9 | 26.8-37.4 | 391 | 49.6 | 44.0-55.3 |
| College Graduate | 602 | 84 | 14.0 | 10.6-18.2 | 246 | 44.1 | 38.6-49.8 | 272 | 41.9 | 36.5-47.5 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 512 | 65 | 12.2 | 8.8-16.8 | 84 | 18.0 | 13.2-24.1 | 363 | 69.7 | 63.3-75.5 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 571 | 70 | 14.8 | 10.0-21.5 | 106 | 19.3 | 14.4-25.2 | 395 | 65.9 | 58.8-72.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 285 | 45 | 17.8 | 11.7-26.1 | 72 | 29.1 | 20.7-39.2 | 168 | 53.1 | 43.7-62.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 303 | 50 | 21.9 | 15.3-30.5 | 83 | 31.5 | 23.3-40.9 | 170 | 46.6 | 37.6-55.8 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 235 | 49 | 23.5 | 16.3-32.8 | 80 | 29.7 | 22.3-38.3 | 106 | 46.7 | 37.6-56.1 |
| $75,000+ | 265 | 36 | 14.2 | 9.6-20.6 | 133 | 53.9 | 45.9-61.6 | 96 | 31.9 | 25.2-39.4 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,268 | 152 | 13.8 | 10.8-17.5 | 269 | 20.3 | 17.2-23.8 | 847 | 65.9 | 61.6-69.9 |
| No | 1,498 | 206 | 15.6 | 12.9-18.7 | 426 | 29.8 | 26.3-33.7 | 866 | 54.6 | 50.6-58.5 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 55 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 2,729 | 349 | 14.7 | 12.6-17.0 | 684 | 25.4 | 22.9-28.1 | 1,696 | 59.9 | 57.0-62.8 |
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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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