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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | Told borderline or pre-hypertensive | |||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 4,362 | 3,494 | 79.4 | 77.4-81.3 | 835 | 19.5 | 17.6-21.4 | 33 | 1.1 | 0.7- 1.8 |
| -FEMALES | 2,741 | 2,207 | 79.6 | 77.1-81.9 | 523 | 19.9 | 17.6-22.4 | 11 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.0 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,994 | 1,610 | 80.4 | 77.7-82.9 | 377 | 19.1 | 16.6-21.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| African American | 592 | 480 | 77.9 | 71.6-83.1 | 109 | 21.6 | 16.4-27.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| Other Minorities | 142 | 106 | 76.1 | 64.7-84.7 | 35 | 23.6 | 15.0-35.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-34 | 54 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 148 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 422 | 352 | 82.7 | 76.5-87.6 | 70 | 17.3 | 12.4-23.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 661 | 537 | 82.6 | 78.5-86.1 | 119 | 16.3 | 12.9-20.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 720 | 590 | 84.3 | 80.5-87.5 | 128 | 15.5 | 12.3-19.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 704 | 564 | 76.1 | 70.8-80.7 | 138 | 23.7 | 19.1-29.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 469 | 382 | 81.5 | 75.9-86.0 | 85 | 18.0 | 13.6-23.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 961 | 785 | 80.3 | 75.8-84.1 | 173 | 19.5 | 15.7-24.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 716 | 582 | 80.8 | 75.7-85.0 | 133 | 19.2 | 15.0-24.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| College Graduate | 590 | 455 | 73.3 | 67.6-78.3 | 130 | 24.8 | 20.0-30.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 507 | 419 | 81.8 | 75.8-86.6 | 87 | 18.0 | 13.3-24.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 563 | 459 | 80.3 | 74.1-85.3 | 102 | 19.3 | 14.3-25.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 280 | 223 | 78.1 | 68.8-85.2 | 57 | 21.9 | 14.8-31.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 299 | 229 | 75.6 | 66.1-83.1 | 69 | 24.3 | 16.8-33.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 235 | 190 | 81.0 | 73.5-86.7 | 44 | 17.5 | 12.2-24.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 261 | 213 | 82.1 | 75.4-87.2 | 46 | 16.5 | 11.6-22.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,245 | 1,060 | 84.8 | 81.3-87.7 | 181 | 15.0 | 12.1-18.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 1,478 | 1,130 | 75.5 | 71.9-78.8 | 341 | 23.8 | 20.6-27.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 55 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 2,686 | 2,161 | 79.7 | 77.2-82.0 | 514 | 19.8 | 17.6-22.3 | 11 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.0 |
Back to Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*.
*Asked only of those who report having high blood pressure.
Pregnant females (N=4) told two or more times excluded from analysis.
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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