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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 |
| -MALES | 1,666 | 1,228 | 76.4 | 73.1-79.5 | 259 | 12.9 | 10.8-15.3 | 179 | 10.7 | 8.4-13.4 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,337 | 960 | 75.1 | 71.5-78.5 | 232 | 14.9 | 12.4-17.7 | 145 | 10.0 | 7.7-12.9 |
| African American | 244 | 202 | 79.8 | 70.3-86.8 | 14 | 5.2 | 2.2-11.6 | 28 | 15.1 | 9.0-24.2 |
| Other Minorities | 72 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-34 | 52 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 120 | 94 | 78.1 | 66.4-86.6 | 21 | 16.4 | 9.2-27.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 276 | 211 | 74.3 | 65.3-81.7 | 41 | 11.2 | 7.4-16.5 | 24 | 14.5 | 8.3-23.9 |
| 55-64 | 450 | 345 | 78.8 | 73.3-83.5 | 64 | 12.6 | 9.2-17.1 | 41 | 8.6 | 5.6-12.8 |
| 65-74 | 472 | 345 | 74.7 | 68.5-80.1 | 73 | 13.3 | 9.5-18.3 | 54 | 12.0 | 8.2-17.2 |
| 75+ | 286 | 180 | 69.8 | 61.9-76.7 | 55 | 16.2 | 11.3-22.7 | 51 | 14.0 | 9.9-19.5 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 237 | 164 | 71.5 | 62.0-79.4 | 34 | 13.2 | 8.1-20.8 | 39 | 15.3 | 9.3-24.1 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 499 | 365 | 77.7 | 71.5-83.0 | 76 | 10.0 | 7.2-13.7 | 58 | 12.3 | 8.0-18.4 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 403 | 290 | 77.1 | 70.6-82.5 | 70 | 14.6 | 10.4-20.2 | 43 | 8.3 | 5.1-13.1 |
| College Graduate | 522 | 405 | 78.1 | 72.7-82.7 | 78 | 14.1 | 10.5-18.7 | 39 | 7.8 | 5.0-11.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 166 | 125 | 78.7 | 67.2-87.0 | 17 | 12.2 | 5.9-23.6 | 24 | 9.0 | 4.5-17.5 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 278 | 197 | 69.7 | 59.4-78.4 | 37 | 9.6 | 6.1-14.8 | 44 | 20.6 | 12.8-31.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 177 | 127 | 78.3 | 69.2-85.4 | 31 | 10.4 | 6.5-16.2 | 19 | 11.3 | 6.0-20.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 254 | 181 | 75.6 | 67.1-82.4 | 42 | 12.2 | 7.3-19.5 | 31 | 12.3 | 7.7-19.1 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 227 | 172 | 81.3 | 73.4-87.3 | 34 | 11.7 | 7.0-18.9 | 21 | 7.0 | 4.0-12.1 |
| $75,000+ | 337 | 251 | 75.6 | 68.3-81.6 | 67 | 20.1 | 14.6-27.1 | 19 | 4.3 | 2.3- 7.8 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 647 | 474 | 75.5 | 70.2-80.2 | 99 | 13.8 | 10.5-18.0 | 74 | 10.7 | 7.4-15.1 |
| No | 1,011 | 748 | 77.0 | 72.6-80.8 | 159 | 12.4 | 9.8-15.5 | 104 | 10.7 | 7.8-14.4 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 693 | 508 | 78.2 | 74.0-81.9 | 100 | 11.2 | 8.6-14.3 | 85 | 10.7 | 8.1-14.0 |
| Non-Veteran | 972 | 720 | 75.7 | 71.3-79.7 | 158 | 13.6 | 10.8-16.9 | 94 | 10.7 | 7.8-14.5 |
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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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