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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 | 4,452 | 3,392 | 77.6 | 75.6-79.5 | 573 | 11.7 | 10.4-13.2 | 487 | 10.6 | 9.2-12.2 |
| -FEMALES | 2,786 | 2,164 | 78.7 | 76.3-81.0 | 314 | 10.6 | 9.0-12.5 | 308 | 10.6 | 9.0-12.5 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 2,028 | 1,539 | 78.2 | 75.5-80.8 | 261 | 11.9 | 9.9-14.2 | 228 | 9.9 | 8.3-11.8 |
| African American | 602 | 502 | 80.9 | 75.3-85.5 | 29 | 5.6 | 3.4- 8.9 | 71 | 13.5 | 9.5-18.8 |
| Other Minorities | 143 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-34 | 54 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 150 | 122 | 84.0 | 74.5-90.4 | 19 | 10.5 | 6.0-17.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 423 | 331 | 80.6 | 74.7-85.5 | 49 | 10.2 | 6.5-15.6 | 43 | 9.2 | 6.3-13.2 |
| 55-64 | 672 | 535 | 80.4 | 75.9-84.2 | 67 | 9.6 | 7.0-13.0 | 70 | 10.0 | 7.3-13.7 |
| 65-74 | 729 | 567 | 79.7 | 75.4-83.4 | 78 | 9.4 | 6.9-12.7 | 84 | 10.9 | 8.2-14.4 |
| 75+ | 727 | 549 | 73.8 | 68.3-78.7 | 87 | 10.6 | 7.8-14.2 | 91 | 15.6 | 11.4-21.0 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 481 | 362 | 77.2 | 70.8-82.6 | 49 | 9.0 | 5.5-14.6 | 70 | 13.7 | 9.7-19.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 975 | 783 | 79.0 | 74.6-82.8 | 102 | 10.2 | 7.7-13.4 | 90 | 10.8 | 7.9-14.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 725 | 560 | 81.7 | 77.4-85.3 | 78 | 9.0 | 6.4-12.6 | 87 | 9.3 | 7.0-12.3 |
| College Graduate | 600 | 455 | 73.9 | 68.7-78.5 | 85 | 17.1 | 13.2-21.9 | 60 | 9.0 | 6.5-12.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 514 | 397 | 78.1 | 72.3-83.0 | 46 | 10.2 | 6.7-15.2 | 71 | 11.7 | 8.4-16.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 570 | 457 | 80.6 | 74.3-85.6 | 60 | 11.0 | 7.0-16.8 | 53 | 8.4 | 5.5-12.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 287 | 233 | 85.2 | 78.9-89.8 | 32 | 9.2 | 5.5-15.0 | 22 | 5.7 | 3.3- 9.4 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 303 | 237 | 81.5 | 74.1-87.2 | 38 | 9.9 | 6.3-15.2 | 28 | 8.6 | 4.6-15.4 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 235 | 181 | 76.5 | 68.3-83.1 | 30 | 13.8 | 8.6-21.4 | 24 | 9.7 | 6.0-15.2 |
| $75,000+ | 264 | 196 | 76.7 | 69.6-82.5 | 43 | 16.9 | 11.6-23.8 | 25 | 6.5 | 4.1-10.0 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,269 | 980 | 77.9 | 74.3-81.2 | 130 | 10.4 | 8.0-13.3 | 159 | 11.7 | 9.3-14.6 |
| No | 1,499 | 1,172 | 79.5 | 76.2-82.5 | 181 | 10.8 | 8.6-13.4 | 146 | 9.7 | 7.6-12.2 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 55 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 2,731 | 2,120 | 78.7 | 76.3-81.0 | 308 | 10.5 | 8.9-12.4 | 303 | 10.7 | 9.1-12.6 |
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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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