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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | Told borderline or pre-hypertensive | |||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 4,362 | 3,494 | 79.4 | 77.4-81.3 | 835 | 19.5 | 17.6-21.4 | 33 | 1.1 | 0.7- 1.8 |
| -WHITES | 3,292 | 2,649 | 80.1 | 77.8-82.2 | 619 | 18.9 | 16.9-21.2 | 24 | 1.0 | 0.6- 1.8 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,298 | 1,039 | 79.7 | 75.9-83.0 | 242 | 18.8 | 15.6-22.4 | 17 | 1.6 | 0.8- 3.1 |
| Female | 1,994 | 1,610 | 80.4 | 77.7-82.9 | 377 | 19.1 | 16.6-21.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 49 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 3,236 | 2,602 | 80.2 | 78.0-82.3 | 610 | 18.7 | 16.8-20.9 | 24 | 1.0 | 0.6- 1.8 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-34 | 63 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 181 | 134 | 78.1 | 69.5-84.8 | 42 | 18.9 | 12.8-27.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 464 | 388 | 83.7 | 78.2-88.0 | 74 | 15.4 | 11.3-20.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 805 | 639 | 80.3 | 76.3-83.8 | 155 | 18.1 | 14.8-22.0 | 11 | 1.5 | 0.7- 3.3 |
| 65-74 | 938 | 774 | 84.7 | 81.4-87.5 | 161 | 14.9 | 12.1-18.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 819 | 654 | 73.9 | 68.2-79.0 | 162 | 25.7 | 20.6-31.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 459 | 367 | 80.7 | 73.9-86.0 | 90 | 18.0 | 12.9-24.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,071 | 882 | 81.6 | 77.8-84.9 | 180 | 17.7 | 14.4-21.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 854 | 681 | 80.4 | 75.8-84.3 | 167 | 18.5 | 14.7-23.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| College Graduate | 902 | 713 | 76.7 | 72.2-80.6 | 182 | 22.2 | 18.3-26.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 415 | 340 | 78.7 | 71.5-84.4 | 72 | 20.3 | 14.6-27.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 586 | 474 | 77.8 | 70.2-83.8 | 107 | 21.4 | 15.4-29.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 349 | 285 | 78.7 | 70.9-84.9 | 61 | 19.2 | 13.5-26.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 423 | 342 | 82.8 | 76.6-87.6 | 79 | 17.0 | 12.2-23.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 390 | 311 | 81.5 | 75.6-86.3 | 74 | 15.6 | 11.4-20.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 506 | 400 | 79.3 | 74.0-83.8 | 103 | 20.3 | 15.8-25.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,419 | 1,203 | 85.6 | 82.6-88.1 | 206 | 13.7 | 11.2-16.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 1,856 | 1,432 | 76.3 | 72.9-79.3 | 410 | 22.5 | 19.6-25.8 | 14 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.5 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 590 | 463 | 77.2 | 71.7-81.9 | 118 | 21.0 | 16.5-26.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 2,702 | 2,186 | 80.6 | 78.1-83.0 | 501 | 18.5 | 16.2-21.0 | 15 | 0.9 | 0.4- 1.7 |
Back to Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*.
*Asked only of those who report having high blood pressure.
Pregnant females (N=4) told two or more times excluded from analysis.
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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