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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 | 4,456 | 911 | 24.9 | 22.8-27.1 | 724 | 17.4 | 15.6-19.3 | 2,821 | 57.7 | 55.3-60.1 |
| -FEMALES | 2,791 | 443 | 18.0 | 15.7-20.5 | 365 | 13.5 | 11.6-15.6 | 1,983 | 68.5 | 65.7-71.2 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 2,034 | 325 | 18.7 | 15.9-21.7 | 302 | 15.3 | 13.0-17.9 | 1,407 | 66.1 | 62.7-69.3 |
| African American | 602 | 101 | 17.4 | 13.1-22.6 | 53 | 9.9 | 6.7-14.3 | 448 | 72.8 | 66.8-78.0 |
| Other Minorities | 142 | 15 | 11.4 | 5.3-22.9 | *** | *** | *** | 119 | 82.6 | 70.8-90.2 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-34 | 55 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 150 | 34 | 19.8 | 13.0-29.1 | 31 | 25.1 | 16.3-36.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 424 | 114 | 29.9 | 23.5-37.1 | 55 | 11.7 | 8.4-16.2 | 255 | 58.4 | 51.2-65.2 |
| 55-64 | 670 | 125 | 19.5 | 15.3-24.6 | 81 | 10.6 | 7.9-14.1 | 464 | 69.9 | 64.5-74.7 |
| 65-74 | 729 | 98 | 11.6 | 9.0-14.7 | 95 | 15.3 | 11.7-19.9 | 536 | 73.1 | 68.3-77.5 |
| 75+ | 731 | 55 | 6.9 | 4.8- 9.8 | 92 | 10.4 | 7.9-13.6 | 584 | 82.7 | 78.8-86.1 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 482 | 41 | 11.1 | 6.8-17.4 | 29 | 7.2 | 4.4-11.4 | 412 | 81.8 | 75.2-86.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 974 | 138 | 15.6 | 12.2-19.6 | 60 | 7.1 | 4.8-10.4 | 776 | 77.4 | 72.8-81.4 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 728 | 134 | 22.3 | 17.6-27.8 | 116 | 17.1 | 13.2-21.8 | 478 | 60.6 | 54.8-66.2 |
| College Graduate | 602 | 129 | 23.4 | 19.0-28.5 | 160 | 29.2 | 24.2-34.9 | 313 | 47.3 | 41.8-52.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 513 | 61 | 14.4 | 9.9-20.5 | 38 | 9.3 | 5.8-14.6 | 414 | 76.3 | 69.6-81.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 574 | 81 | 19.0 | 13.5-26.1 | 44 | 6.9 | 4.2-11.2 | 449 | 74.0 | 66.9-80.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 286 | 54 | 19.4 | 12.6-28.7 | 29 | 9.7 | 5.8-15.9 | 203 | 70.9 | 61.5-78.8 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 303 | 62 | 21.8 | 15.3-30.0 | 38 | 18.9 | 11.9-28.8 | 203 | 59.3 | 49.7-68.2 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 234 | 55 | 28.1 | 20.0-37.9 | 55 | 17.5 | 12.3-24.2 | 124 | 54.5 | 45.1-63.5 |
| $75,000+ | 266 | 61 | 23.0 | 17.1-30.2 | 91 | 40.0 | 32.3-48.3 | 114 | 37.0 | 29.9-44.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,270 | 173 | 15.3 | 12.2-19.1 | 121 | 9.8 | 7.6-12.6 | 976 | 74.9 | 70.8-78.6 |
| No | 1,503 | 269 | 20.2 | 17.1-23.7 | 241 | 16.2 | 13.5-19.4 | 993 | 63.6 | 59.6-67.3 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 55 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 2,736 | 430 | 17.8 | 15.5-20.3 | 353 | 13.2 | 11.3-15.3 | 1,953 | 69.0 | 66.2-71.7 |
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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