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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 |
| -WHITES | 3,336 | 2,230 | 70.2 | 67.8-72.6 | 938 | 24.9 | 22.8-27.2 | 168 | 4.9 | 3.8- 6.2 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,323 | 913 | 71.5 | 67.6-75.1 | 340 | 23.0 | 19.7-26.6 | 70 | 5.6 | 3.8- 8.0 |
| Female | 2,013 | 1,317 | 69.0 | 65.9-71.8 | 598 | 26.9 | 24.2-29.8 | 98 | 4.2 | 3.2- 5.4 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 51 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 3,278 | 2,189 | 70.0 | 67.5-72.4 | 924 | 25.1 | 22.9-27.4 | 165 | 4.9 | 3.8- 6.3 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-34 | 64 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 181 | 133 | 75.7 | 66.2-83.3 | 43 | 23.0 | 15.6-32.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 464 | 340 | 73.3 | 66.9-78.8 | 101 | 19.7 | 15.2-25.0 | 23 | 7.0 | 3.8-12.5 |
| 55-64 | 813 | 578 | 73.1 | 68.6-77.2 | 206 | 23.5 | 19.6-27.9 | 29 | 3.4 | 2.1- 5.4 |
| 65-74 | 954 | 626 | 66.4 | 61.9-70.6 | 272 | 27.8 | 23.9-32.0 | 56 | 5.9 | 4.0- 8.5 |
| 75+ | 838 | 495 | 61.6 | 56.5-66.4 | 291 | 32.0 | 27.4-36.9 | 52 | 6.4 | 4.4- 9.3 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 466 | 326 | 71.5 | 64.5-77.7 | 108 | 20.7 | 15.6-26.9 | 32 | 7.8 | 4.3-13.6 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,085 | 731 | 71.2 | 67.2-75.0 | 300 | 24.1 | 20.6-27.9 | 54 | 4.7 | 3.3- 6.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 863 | 590 | 71.2 | 66.5-75.6 | 232 | 24.5 | 20.5-29.0 | 41 | 4.3 | 2.6- 6.9 |
| College Graduate | 916 | 579 | 66.0 | 61.3-70.5 | 296 | 30.4 | 26.1-35.1 | 41 | 3.6 | 2.4- 5.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 419 | 276 | 66.1 | 58.5-72.9 | 114 | 26.0 | 19.7-33.4 | 29 | 7.9 | 4.8-12.7 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 596 | 410 | 72.7 | 66.5-78.2 | 155 | 23.0 | 18.0-28.9 | 31 | 4.3 | 2.4- 7.6 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 354 | 253 | 74.7 | 67.7-80.7 | 89 | 23.3 | 17.5-30.3 | 12 | 2.0 | 0.9- 4.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 430 | 285 | 71.2 | 64.8-76.9 | 122 | 24.2 | 18.9-30.4 | 23 | 4.6 | 2.6- 7.9 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 393 | 272 | 74.3 | 67.4-80.1 | 101 | 21.7 | 16.3-28.4 | 20 | 4.0 | 2.3- 7.0 |
| $75,000+ | 509 | 332 | 67.5 | 61.3-73.2 | 158 | 28.8 | 23.5-34.7 | 19 | 3.7 | 1.6- 8.2 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,435 | 976 | 70.1 | 66.3-73.7 | 377 | 24.6 | 21.3-28.2 | 82 | 5.3 | 3.9- 7.1 |
| No | 1,882 | 1,246 | 70.4 | 67.2-73.5 | 551 | 25.0 | 22.2-28.0 | 85 | 4.5 | 3.1- 6.5 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 608 | 408 | 69.5 | 63.9-74.6 | 165 | 25.6 | 20.8-31.1 | 35 | 4.9 | 3.0- 7.8 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,728 | 1,822 | 70.4 | 67.6-73.0 | 773 | 24.8 | 22.4-27.3 | 133 | 4.8 | 3.7- 6.4 |
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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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