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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 | 4,417 | 3,083 | 72.3 | 70.2-74.3 | 1,108 | 22.7 | 20.8-24.7 | 226 | 5.0 | 4.1- 6.2 |
| -FEMALES | 2,768 | 1,916 | 72.4 | 69.9-74.8 | 717 | 23.4 | 21.2-25.8 | 135 | 4.1 | 3.3- 5.3 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 2,013 | 1,317 | 69.0 | 65.9-71.8 | 598 | 26.9 | 24.2-29.8 | 98 | 4.2 | 3.2- 5.4 |
| African American | 600 | 487 | 79.9 | 74.4-84.4 | 82 | 15.4 | 11.4-20.6 | 31 | 4.7 | 2.8- 7.7 |
| Other Minorities | 142 | 104 | 82.8 | 73.8-89.2 | 34 | 15.9 | 9.8-24.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-34 | 55 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 150 | 112 | 75.8 | 64.8-84.2 | 34 | 22.6 | 14.4-33.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 423 | 312 | 76.0 | 70.1-81.0 | 89 | 19.1 | 14.6-24.7 | 22 | 4.9 | 3.0- 8.0 |
| 55-64 | 667 | 497 | 75.8 | 71.0-80.0 | 147 | 21.7 | 17.7-26.4 | 23 | 2.5 | 1.4- 4.2 |
| 65-74 | 723 | 497 | 68.4 | 63.3-73.1 | 186 | 27.1 | 22.7-32.2 | 40 | 4.5 | 2.8- 6.9 |
| 75+ | 718 | 437 | 65.4 | 60.3-70.2 | 239 | 27.9 | 23.6-32.6 | 42 | 6.7 | 4.3-10.2 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 476 | 338 | 75.7 | 70.3-80.4 | 109 | 19.0 | 14.8-23.9 | 29 | 5.3 | 3.2- 8.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 969 | 695 | 72.0 | 67.4-76.2 | 235 | 23.7 | 19.8-28.1 | 39 | 4.3 | 2.7- 6.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 722 | 501 | 74.2 | 69.3-78.5 | 185 | 22.8 | 18.6-27.5 | 36 | 3.1 | 2.0- 4.6 |
| College Graduate | 596 | 379 | 65.4 | 59.9-70.6 | 186 | 29.9 | 25.0-35.4 | 31 | 4.7 | 2.9- 7.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 512 | 356 | 69.7 | 63.2-75.6 | 123 | 23.7 | 18.3-30.1 | 33 | 6.5 | 4.0-10.6 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 569 | 418 | 77.6 | 71.9-82.5 | 123 | 18.6 | 14.1-24.0 | 28 | 3.8 | 2.1- 6.8 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 283 | 210 | 80.4 | 73.4-85.8 | 61 | 17.4 | 12.3-24.2 | 12 | 2.2 | 1.0- 4.9 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 301 | 210 | 71.0 | 62.2-78.4 | 80 | 26.5 | 19.3-35.2 | 11 | 2.5 | 1.1- 5.7 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 233 | 166 | 74.8 | 67.0-81.3 | 57 | 21.9 | 15.8-29.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 263 | 161 | 62.9 | 55.0-70.2 | 90 | 33.4 | 26.4-41.3 | 12 | 3.7 | 1.8- 7.2 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,259 | 910 | 75.5 | 71.9-78.8 | 282 | 20.3 | 17.3-23.8 | 67 | 4.1 | 3.0- 5.7 |
| No | 1,491 | 995 | 70.0 | 66.4-73.3 | 428 | 25.8 | 22.7-29.2 | 68 | 4.2 | 3.0- 5.9 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 55 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 2,713 | 1,876 | 72.4 | 69.9-74.8 | 705 | 23.4 | 21.2-25.8 | 132 | 4.2 | 3.3- 5.3 |
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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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