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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 |
| -WHITES | 3,365 | 2,499 | 76.7 | 74.4-78.8 | 493 | 13.4 | 11.7-15.2 | 373 | 9.9 | 8.5-11.6 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,337 | 960 | 75.1 | 71.5-78.5 | 232 | 14.9 | 12.4-17.7 | 145 | 10.0 | 7.7-12.9 |
| Female | 2,028 | 1,539 | 78.2 | 75.5-80.8 | 261 | 11.9 | 9.9-14.2 | 228 | 9.9 | 8.3-11.8 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 52 | 39 | 87.5 | 74.1-94.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 3,306 | 2,459 | 76.6 | 74.3-78.7 | 484 | 13.5 | 11.8-15.3 | 363 | 9.9 | 8.5-11.6 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-34 | 62 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 183 | 146 | 82.9 | 74.8-88.8 | 29 | 14.2 | 8.8-22.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 465 | 351 | 75.8 | 69.4-81.3 | 69 | 12.6 | 8.9-17.5 | 45 | 11.6 | 7.6-17.3 |
| 55-64 | 822 | 626 | 77.5 | 73.3-81.1 | 114 | 13.9 | 11.0-17.5 | 82 | 8.6 | 6.5-11.4 |
| 65-74 | 961 | 712 | 75.8 | 71.7-79.5 | 141 | 13.1 | 10.3-16.5 | 108 | 11.1 | 8.6-14.3 |
| 75+ | 851 | 600 | 71.8 | 67.3-75.9 | 128 | 14.3 | 11.3-18.0 | 123 | 13.8 | 11.0-17.3 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 475 | 337 | 73.1 | 66.1-79.2 | 62 | 12.6 | 8.5-18.4 | 76 | 14.2 | 9.7-20.4 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,094 | 828 | 78.4 | 74.7-81.7 | 153 | 11.4 | 9.1-14.2 | 113 | 10.2 | 7.8-13.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 870 | 644 | 78.4 | 74.2-82.1 | 124 | 12.8 | 9.8-16.4 | 102 | 8.8 | 6.6-11.7 |
| College Graduate | 920 | 686 | 74.4 | 70.1-78.2 | 153 | 17.8 | 14.5-21.6 | 81 | 7.9 | 5.8-10.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 424 | 310 | 73.9 | 67.0-79.7 | 42 | 10.9 | 7.1-16.3 | 72 | 15.2 | 10.7-21.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 599 | 456 | 78.0 | 71.6-83.4 | 80 | 12.4 | 8.6-17.6 | 63 | 9.6 | 5.9-15.0 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 358 | 267 | 80.1 | 74.3-84.9 | 57 | 11.8 | 8.3-16.6 | 34 | 8.0 | 5.2-12.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 434 | 324 | 79.4 | 73.8-84.0 | 67 | 11.2 | 8.2-15.2 | 43 | 9.4 | 6.2-14.1 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 395 | 301 | 80.6 | 74.6-85.5 | 55 | 11.7 | 7.8-17.2 | 39 | 7.7 | 5.2-11.3 |
| $75,000+ | 511 | 367 | 72.7 | 66.7-77.9 | 106 | 22.2 | 17.3-28.0 | 38 | 5.1 | 3.4- 7.7 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,453 | 1,067 | 74.3 | 70.6-77.6 | 199 | 13.9 | 11.3-16.8 | 187 | 11.9 | 9.5-14.7 |
| No | 1,893 | 1,419 | 78.4 | 75.5-81.1 | 290 | 13.0 | 10.9-15.3 | 184 | 8.6 | 6.9-10.7 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 614 | 444 | 76.6 | 71.7-80.9 | 93 | 13.2 | 9.9-17.4 | 77 | 10.2 | 7.6-13.6 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,751 | 2,055 | 76.7 | 74.2-79.1 | 400 | 13.4 | 11.6-15.4 | 296 | 9.9 | 8.3-11.8 |
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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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