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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 4,444 | 4,158 | 90.8 | 89.1-92.2 | 286 | 9.2 | 7.8-10.9 |
| -Piedmont NC | 2,373 | 2,215 | 90.0 | 87.5-92.0 | 158 | 10.0 | 8.0-12.5 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 922 | 841 | 86.1 | 81.5-89.7 | 81 | 13.9 | 10.3-18.5 |
| Female | 1,451 | 1,374 | 93.7 | 91.5-95.3 | 77 | 6.3 | 4.7- 8.5 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 1,811 | 1,699 | 90.4 | 87.4-92.7 | 112 | 9.6 | 7.3-12.6 |
| African American | 477 | 445 | 90.2 | 84.3-94.0 | 32 | 9.8 | 6.0-15.7 |
| Other minorities | 70 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 60 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,304 | 2,161 | 91.0 | 88.7-92.8 | 143 | 9.0 | 7.2-11.3 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-34 | 62 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-54 | 541 | 479 | 88.2 | 83.8-91.5 | 62 | 11.8 | 8.5-16.2 |
| 55-64 | 579 | 545 | 94.2 | 90.6-96.4 | 34 | 5.8 | 3.6- 9.4 |
| 65-74 | 644 | 631 | 98.6 | 97.4-99.3 | 13 | 1.4 | 0.7- 2.6 |
| 75+ | 521 | 502 | 94.9 | 90.1-97.4 | 19 | 5.1 | 2.6- 9.9 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 338 | 314 | 93.0 | 88.0-96.0 | 24 | 7.0 | 4.0-12.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 776 | 727 | 89.9 | 85.3-93.1 | 49 | 10.1 | 6.9-14.7 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 588 | 549 | 89.3 | 83.2-93.3 | 39 | 10.7 | 6.7-16.8 |
| College Graduate | 664 | 618 | 88.7 | 83.7-92.3 | 46 | 11.3 | 7.7-16.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 314 | 292 | 92.9 | 88.5-95.7 | 22 | 7.1 | 4.3-11.5 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 457 | 420 | 87.7 | 79.7-92.9 | 37 | 12.3 | 7.1-20.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 235 | 222 | 92.8 | 85.3-96.7 | 13 | 7.2 | 3.3-14.7 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 291 | 277 | 92.5 | 82.9-96.9 | 14 | 7.5 | 3.1-17.1 |
| $50,000+ | 627 | 585 | 90.8 | 86.7-93.7 | 42 | 9.2 | 6.3-13.3 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 970 | 937 | 95.6 | 93.1-97.2 | 33 | 4.4 | 2.8- 6.9 |
| No | 1,391 | 1,268 | 86.5 | 82.8-89.5 | 123 | 13.5 | 10.5-17.2 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 388 | 366 | 92.9 | 88.1-95.9 | 22 | 7.1 | 4.1-11.9 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,984 | 1,848 | 89.4 | 86.6-91.7 | 136 | 10.6 | 8.3-13.4 |
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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).
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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