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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | Yes, during pregnancy | No | Borderline high or pre-hypertensive | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 11,515 | 4,822 | 32.4 | 31.2-33.7 | 66 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.0 | 6,446 | 65.5 | 64.1-66.8 | 181 | 1.4 | 1.1- 1.8 |
| -FEMALES | 7,215 | 3,008 | 32.3 | 30.7-33.9 | 66 | 1.3 | 0.8- 1.9 | 4,041 | 65.2 | 63.6-66.9 | 100 | 1.2 | 0.9- 1.6 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 5,437 | 2,180 | 31.3 | 29.5-33.2 | 48 | 1.2 | 0.7- 2.0 | 3,137 | 66.3 | 64.4-68.2 | 72 | 1.2 | 0.9- 1.7 |
| African American | 1,239 | 659 | 39.5 | 35.5-43.7 | 14 | 1.8 | 0.9- 3.6 | 540 | 57.2 | 52.9-61.4 | 26 | 1.5 | 0.8- 2.6 |
| Other Minorities | 488 | 151 | 22.2 | 17.5-27.8 | *** | *** | *** | 331 | 76.8 | 71.1-81.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 840 | 62 | 7.2 | 5.2- 9.8 | 29 | 2.7 | 1.5- 4.9 | 742 | 89.5 | 86.4-92.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 961 | 167 | 18.5 | 15.3-22.4 | 21 | 2.2 | 1.2- 3.9 | 766 | 78.3 | 74.4-81.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 1,301 | 457 | 35.9 | 32.2-39.9 | *** | *** | *** | 817 | 62.2 | 58.2-66.0 | 20 | 1.5 | 0.9- 2.7 |
| 55-64 | 1,533 | 717 | 48.8 | 45.1-52.5 | *** | *** | *** | 782 | 49.4 | 45.7-53.1 | 31 | 1.6 | 1.0- 2.7 |
| 65-74 | 1,322 | 779 | 61.1 | 57.2-64.8 | *** | *** | *** | 528 | 37.7 | 34.1-41.6 | 14 | 1.1 | 0.4- 3.2 |
| 75+ | 1,157 | 789 | 68.3 | 64.2-72.1 | *** | *** | *** | 346 | 30.0 | 26.2-34.0 | 17 | 1.6 | 0.9- 2.8 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 897 | 538 | 43.2 | 38.1-48.5 | *** | *** | *** | 343 | 55.1 | 49.8-60.3 | 13 | 1.3 | 0.7- 2.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,073 | 1,048 | 39.9 | 36.6-43.3 | 14 | 1.5 | 0.6- 3.9 | 993 | 57.6 | 54.1-61.0 | 18 | 1.0 | 0.5- 2.3 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,903 | 770 | 30.2 | 27.3-33.3 | 22 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.1 | 1,078 | 67.5 | 64.3-70.5 | 33 | 1.2 | 0.7- 1.8 |
| College Graduate | 2,327 | 645 | 20.0 | 18.0-22.2 | 27 | 1.7 | 1.0- 3.0 | 1,619 | 76.9 | 74.6-79.1 | 36 | 1.3 | 0.8- 2.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 968 | 560 | 43.8 | 38.9-48.8 | *** | *** | *** | 396 | 54.5 | 49.5-59.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 1,251 | 613 | 38.9 | 34.7-43.2 | 13 | 1.4 | 0.7- 3.0 | 609 | 58.6 | 54.2-62.9 | 16 | 1.1 | 0.4- 2.8 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 681 | 306 | 39.0 | 33.4-44.9 | *** | *** | *** | 357 | 59.0 | 53.1-64.7 | 12 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 830 | 316 | 28.7 | 24.3-33.5 | *** | *** | *** | 496 | 69.0 | 64.0-73.6 | 13 | 1.5 | 0.7- 3.0 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 760 | 246 | 25.0 | 20.9-29.5 | *** | *** | *** | 500 | 73.9 | 69.4-78.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 1,235 | 278 | 17.1 | 14.6-19.8 | 17 | 1.6 | 0.9- 3.0 | 918 | 79.9 | 76.9-82.6 | 22 | 1.4 | 0.8- 2.5 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 2,236 | 1,304 | 51.8 | 48.4-55.2 | 11 | 1.1 | 0.3- 4.0 | 888 | 45.7 | 42.3-49.2 | 33 | 1.4 | 0.8- 2.3 |
| No | 4,641 | 1,547 | 25.0 | 23.3-26.9 | 51 | 1.3 | 0.9- 1.9 | 2,979 | 72.6 | 70.6-74.4 | 64 | 1.1 | 0.8- 1.7 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 148 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 7,065 | 2,949 | 32.3 | 30.7-34.0 | 66 | 1.3 | 0.9- 2.0 | 3,954 | 65.2 | 63.5-66.9 | 96 | 1.2 | 0.9- 1.6 |
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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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