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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | Yes, during pregnancy | No | Borderline high or pre-hypertensive | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 11,515 | 4,822 | 32.4 | 31.2-33.7 | 66 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.0 | 6,446 | 65.5 | 64.1-66.8 | 181 | 1.4 | 1.1- 1.8 |
| -Piedmont NC | 6,430 | 2,577 | 31.1 | 29.4-32.8 | 32 | 0.5 | 0.3- 0.8 | 3,694 | 66.8 | 65.0-68.5 | 127 | 1.7 | 1.3- 2.2 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 2,459 | 1,012 | 32.0 | 29.3-34.8 | *** | *** | *** | 1,391 | 66.0 | 63.2-68.7 | 56 | 2.0 | 1.4- 2.9 |
| Female | 3,971 | 1,565 | 30.3 | 28.2-32.4 | 32 | 0.9 | 0.6- 1.5 | 2,303 | 67.5 | 65.3-69.6 | 71 | 1.3 | 0.9- 1.9 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 4,905 | 1,941 | 31.6 | 29.6-33.6 | 22 | 0.3 | 0.2- 0.6 | 2,843 | 66.2 | 64.1-68.2 | 99 | 1.9 | 1.4- 2.6 |
| African American | 1,076 | 539 | 37.5 | 33.4-41.8 | *** | *** | *** | 507 | 60.4 | 56.0-64.6 | 21 | 1.0 | 0.6- 1.9 |
| Other minorities | 399 | 78 | 13.7 | 10.1-18.3 | *** | *** | *** | 313 | 84.7 | 79.9-88.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 315 | 65 | 14.3 | 9.7-20.6 | *** | *** | *** | 241 | 83.7 | 77.3-88.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 6,097 | 2,499 | 32.6 | 30.8-34.4 | 29 | 0.5 | 0.3- 0.8 | 3,450 | 65.4 | 63.6-67.2 | 119 | 1.6 | 1.2- 2.1 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 792 | 74 | 9.6 | 7.3-12.7 | *** | *** | *** | 700 | 89.0 | 85.9-91.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-54 | 2,146 | 586 | 26.5 | 23.9-29.3 | 17 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.3 | 1,506 | 71.0 | 68.1-73.7 | 37 | 1.9 | 1.2- 3.0 |
| 55-64 | 1,320 | 628 | 52.1 | 48.1-56.1 | *** | *** | *** | 654 | 45.6 | 41.7-49.6 | 37 | 2.2 | 1.3- 4.0 |
| 65-74 | 1,158 | 681 | 63.0 | 58.8-67.0 | *** | *** | *** | 456 | 35.2 | 31.2-39.3 | 20 | 1.8 | 1.0- 3.3 |
| 75+ | 934 | 579 | 61.6 | 56.7-66.3 | *** | *** | *** | 331 | 36.1 | 31.5-41.0 | 21 | 2.1 | 1.3- 3.6 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 736 | 386 | 35.9 | 31.0-41.1 | *** | *** | *** | 332 | 62.1 | 56.7-67.1 | 17 | 1.9 | 1.0- 3.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,740 | 846 | 36.0 | 32.6-39.6 | *** | *** | *** | 863 | 62.7 | 59.0-66.1 | 24 | 1.0 | 0.5- 1.9 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,534 | 624 | 32.2 | 28.9-35.8 | *** | *** | *** | 869 | 65.3 | 61.7-68.7 | 33 | 2.0 | 1.2- 3.3 |
| College Graduate | 2,397 | 712 | 22.7 | 20.6-25.0 | 16 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.7 | 1,616 | 74.7 | 72.2-76.9 | 53 | 1.8 | 1.2- 2.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 649 | 352 | 38.3 | 32.9-43.9 | *** | *** | *** | 283 | 60.1 | 54.3-65.6 | 12 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 1,056 | 501 | 34.9 | 30.5-39.5 | *** | *** | *** | 539 | 63.3 | 58.6-67.8 | 13 | 1.4 | 0.5- 3.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 580 | 249 | 34.2 | 28.6-40.2 | *** | *** | *** | 308 | 62.6 | 56.4-68.4 | 20 | 2.8 | 1.3- 6.0 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 752 | 306 | 32.5 | 27.7-37.8 | *** | *** | *** | 424 | 64.7 | 59.4-69.7 | 19 | 2.1 | 1.2- 3.6 |
| $50,000+ | 2,255 | 660 | 24.5 | 22.0-27.2 | 14 | 0.5 | 0.3- 1.0 | 1,538 | 73.6 | 70.9-76.2 | 43 | 1.4 | 0.9- 2.1 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,754 | 999 | 50.6 | 46.6-54.5 | *** | *** | *** | 707 | 46.7 | 42.8-50.7 | 42 | 2.5 | 1.5- 4.0 |
| No | 4,356 | 1,451 | 25.6 | 23.8-27.6 | 25 | 0.5 | 0.3- 0.9 | 2,802 | 72.4 | 70.5-74.3 | 78 | 1.4 | 1.0- 2.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 807 | 421 | 45.7 | 40.5-51.0 | *** | *** | *** | 362 | 51.8 | 46.5-57.1 | 24 | 2.5 | 1.4- 4.2 |
| Non-Veteran | 5,621 | 2,155 | 29.4 | 27.6-31.2 | 32 | 0.5 | 0.3- 0.9 | 3,331 | 68.5 | 66.7-70.3 | 103 | 1.6 | 1.1- 2.1 |
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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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