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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 |
| -MALES | 1,649 | 1,167 | 72.2 | 68.6-75.5 | 391 | 21.8 | 18.9-25.1 | 91 | 6.0 | 4.4- 8.1 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,323 | 913 | 71.5 | 67.6-75.1 | 340 | 23.0 | 19.7-26.6 | 70 | 5.6 | 3.8- 8.0 |
| African American | 241 | 192 | 75.4 | 65.8-83.0 | 31 | 15.8 | 9.4-25.3 | 18 | 8.8 | 5.0-15.1 |
| Other Minorities | 72 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-34 | 52 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 118 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 273 | 203 | 73.6 | 65.0-80.6 | 56 | 18.2 | 12.7-25.4 | 14 | 8.2 | 4.1-15.9 |
| 55-64 | 446 | 325 | 74.7 | 68.0-80.4 | 100 | 19.9 | 14.6-26.3 | 21 | 5.4 | 3.1- 9.3 |
| 65-74 | 468 | 324 | 71.4 | 65.2-76.9 | 111 | 20.7 | 16.2-26.0 | 33 | 7.9 | 4.7-12.9 |
| 75+ | 282 | 182 | 65.1 | 55.6-73.5 | 83 | 29.8 | 21.8-39.3 | 17 | 5.1 | 2.8- 9.3 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 231 | 171 | 71.3 | 61.5-79.5 | 43 | 19.2 | 12.6-28.1 | 17 | 9.5 | 4.8-18.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 492 | 344 | 76.2 | 70.5-81.0 | 114 | 17.1 | 13.1-22.1 | 34 | 6.7 | 4.3-10.5 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 399 | 290 | 69.9 | 62.3-76.6 | 89 | 25.5 | 19.2-32.9 | 20 | 4.6 | 2.3- 8.8 |
| College Graduate | 522 | 359 | 70.6 | 64.4-76.0 | 143 | 25.5 | 20.3-31.4 | 20 | 4.0 | 2.1- 7.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 162 | *** | *** | *** | 33 | 19.2 | 11.0-31.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 273 | 185 | 68.9 | 59.5-77.0 | 68 | 22.6 | 15.8-31.3 | 20 | 8.4 | 4.6-15.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 176 | *** | *** | *** | 42 | 23.6 | 15.1-35.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 251 | 163 | 68.0 | 58.3-76.4 | 67 | 24.5 | 16.7-34.3 | 21 | 7.5 | 4.2-12.9 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 227 | 161 | 73.8 | 64.1-81.7 | 53 | 21.4 | 14.2-30.9 | 13 | 4.7 | 2.3- 9.6 |
| $75,000+ | 337 | 243 | 73.2 | 65.4-79.8 | 83 | 22.6 | 16.7-29.9 | 11 | 4.2 | 1.6-10.2 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 637 | 450 | 71.3 | 65.5-76.5 | 148 | 22.6 | 17.8-28.3 | 39 | 6.1 | 4.0- 9.0 |
| No | 1,004 | 713 | 72.8 | 68.2-76.9 | 240 | 21.3 | 17.7-25.5 | 51 | 5.9 | 3.9- 9.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 687 | 475 | 71.5 | 66.5-76.1 | 172 | 22.9 | 18.8-27.6 | 40 | 5.6 | 3.6- 8.6 |
| Non-Veteran | 961 | 691 | 72.4 | 67.7-76.7 | 219 | 21.4 | 17.6-25.8 | 51 | 6.2 | 4.2- 9.1 |
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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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