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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 4,438 | 3,381 | 78.6 | 76.6-80.5 | 1,057 | 21.4 | 19.5-23.4 |
| -Piedmont NC | 2,365 | 1,837 | 79.6 | 76.7-82.1 | 528 | 20.4 | 17.9-23.3 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 921 | 694 | 77.6 | 72.6-82.0 | 227 | 22.4 | 18.0-27.4 |
| Female | 1,444 | 1,143 | 81.4 | 78.5-84.0 | 301 | 18.6 | 16.0-21.5 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 1,802 | 1,353 | 76.4 | 72.8-79.6 | 449 | 23.6 | 20.4-27.2 |
| African American | 478 | 414 | 88.2 | 83.3-91.8 | 64 | 11.8 | 8.2-16.7 |
| Other minorities | 70 | 59 | 88.8 | 77.9-94.7 | 11 | 11.2 | 5.3-22.1 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 60 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,298 | 1,786 | 80.1 | 77.4-82.6 | 512 | 19.9 | 17.4-22.6 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-34 | 62 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-54 | 538 | 441 | 84.7 | 79.7-88.6 | 97 | 15.3 | 11.4-20.3 |
| 55-64 | 578 | 472 | 81.7 | 76.4-86.0 | 106 | 18.3 | 14.0-23.6 |
| 65-74 | 640 | 491 | 76.3 | 70.8-81.0 | 149 | 23.7 | 19.0-29.2 |
| 75+ | 521 | 360 | 69.1 | 62.6-74.9 | 161 | 30.9 | 25.1-37.4 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 336 | 253 | 75.6 | 68.7-81.3 | 83 | 24.4 | 18.7-31.3 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 776 | 610 | 80.0 | 74.7-84.4 | 166 | 20.0 | 15.6-25.3 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 586 | 452 | 80.4 | 74.2-85.5 | 134 | 19.6 | 14.5-25.8 |
| College Graduate | 660 | 518 | 81.0 | 76.4-84.9 | 142 | 19.0 | 15.1-23.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 313 | 250 | 81.9 | 74.9-87.2 | 63 | 18.1 | 12.8-25.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 459 | 361 | 79.1 | 71.5-85.2 | 98 | 20.9 | 14.8-28.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 235 | 184 | 84.5 | 76.8-90.0 | 51 | 15.5 | 10.0-23.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 288 | 233 | 84.9 | 78.9-89.4 | 55 | 15.1 | 10.6-21.1 |
| $50,000+ | 624 | 477 | 79.3 | 73.6-84.0 | 147 | 20.7 | 16.0-26.4 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 965 | 751 | 80.7 | 76.3-84.4 | 214 | 19.3 | 15.6-23.7 |
| No | 1,388 | 1,079 | 79.0 | 75.2-82.4 | 309 | 21.0 | 17.6-24.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 386 | 285 | 75.6 | 68.6-81.5 | 101 | 24.4 | 18.5-31.4 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,978 | 1,551 | 80.3 | 77.1-83.1 | 427 | 19.7 | 16.9-22.9 |
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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).
Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick,
Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow,
Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
**Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham,
Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore,
Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.
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