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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 | 4,442 | 787 | 22.1 | 20.0-24.3 | 1,261 | 29.7 | 27.5-32.0 | 2,394 | 48.2 | 45.8-50.6 |
| -MALES | 1,658 | 428 | 30.0 | 26.4-33.9 | 561 | 34.0 | 30.4-37.8 | 669 | 36.0 | 32.4-39.7 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,330 | 332 | 30.1 | 26.1-34.5 | 480 | 35.9 | 31.8-40.2 | 518 | 34.0 | 30.1-38.0 |
| African American | 243 | 71 | 29.8 | 21.7-39.3 | 58 | 26.1 | 18.4-35.6 | 114 | 44.1 | 34.9-53.8 |
| Other Minorities | 72 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-34 | 52 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 119 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 275 | 84 | 27.9 | 20.9-36.2 | 99 | 42.2 | 33.5-51.5 | 92 | 29.8 | 22.3-38.6 |
| 55-64 | 446 | 141 | 35.0 | 28.5-42.1 | 147 | 29.7 | 23.7-36.5 | 158 | 35.3 | 29.1-42.1 |
| 65-74 | 471 | 97 | 21.7 | 16.5-28.0 | 159 | 29.3 | 24.0-35.3 | 215 | 49.0 | 42.1-55.8 |
| 75+ | 285 | 37 | 14.9 | 7.8-26.5 | 93 | 33.2 | 24.6-43.1 | 155 | 51.9 | 42.1-61.6 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 235 | 50 | 24.4 | 17.0-33.8 | 52 | 28.1 | 19.8-38.3 | 133 | 47.5 | 38.0-57.1 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 494 | 143 | 32.5 | 26.1-39.6 | 133 | 25.8 | 20.4-32.0 | 218 | 41.7 | 34.7-49.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 401 | 109 | 32.5 | 25.4-40.5 | 123 | 37.1 | 29.7-45.1 | 169 | 30.4 | 24.5-37.1 |
| College Graduate | 523 | 126 | 28.2 | 22.3-34.9 | 251 | 45.9 | 39.6-52.3 | 146 | 25.9 | 20.8-31.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 164 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 279 | 67 | 28.6 | 19.9-39.2 | 66 | 26.7 | 18.7-36.6 | 146 | 44.7 | 35.1-54.8 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 177 | *** | *** | *** | 47 | 27.5 | 18.8-38.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 254 | 60 | 25.4 | 18.4-34.0 | 92 | 34.6 | 25.8-44.5 | 102 | 40.0 | 31.5-49.2 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 228 | *** | *** | *** | 84 | 34.7 | 25.4-45.3 | 85 | 34.1 | 25.0-44.5 |
| $75,000+ | 336 | 85 | 29.4 | 21.9-38.2 | 174 | 50.1 | 41.7-58.4 | 77 | 20.5 | 15.1-27.2 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 642 | 165 | 26.9 | 21.8-32.7 | 182 | 29.3 | 23.8-35.4 | 295 | 43.8 | 37.9-50.0 |
| No | 1,008 | 262 | 31.8 | 27.1-36.9 | 377 | 36.7 | 32.0-41.6 | 369 | 31.6 | 27.3-36.3 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 692 | 170 | 29.3 | 24.3-34.8 | 238 | 32.4 | 27.7-37.6 | 284 | 38.3 | 33.3-43.6 |
| Non-Veteran | 965 | 257 | 30.3 | 25.7-35.3 | 323 | 34.7 | 30.0-39.7 | 385 | 35.0 | 30.4-39.9 |
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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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