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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 |
| -Western NC | 1,955 | 881 | 35.1 | 32.2-38.1 | 9 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.7 | 1,040 | 62.4 | 59.3-65.4 | 25 | 1.8 | 1.0- 3.4 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 748 | 334 | 32.9 | 28.6-37.6 | *** | *** | *** | 402 | 64.7 | 59.8-69.3 | 12 | 2.4 | 1.0- 5.7 |
| Female | 1,207 | 547 | 37.0 | 33.3-41.0 | *** | *** | *** | 638 | 60.3 | 56.2-64.2 | 13 | 1.3 | 0.7- 2.6 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 1,796 | 814 | 35.5 | 32.5-38.7 | *** | *** | *** | 951 | 62.3 | 59.0-65.4 | 23 | 1.7 | 0.9- 3.4 |
| Other minorities | 147 | 61 | 29.5 | 20.7-40.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 48 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,902 | 861 | 35.8 | 32.8-38.8 | *** | *** | *** | 1,007 | 61.6 | 58.4-64.7 | 25 | 1.9 | 1.0- 3.5 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 164 | 12 | 6.3 | 3.2-12.1 | *** | *** | *** | 143 | 88.8 | 81.5-93.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-54 | 554 | 170 | 30.1 | 25.1-35.5 | *** | *** | *** | 371 | 67.1 | 61.6-72.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 465 | 224 | 49.0 | 43.2-54.7 | *** | *** | *** | 234 | 49.6 | 43.9-55.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 422 | 243 | 58.0 | 52.0-63.7 | *** | *** | *** | 176 | 41.3 | 35.6-47.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 332 | 225 | 69.3 | 63.1-74.8 | *** | *** | *** | 105 | 30.4 | 24.9-36.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 281 | 167 | 47.5 | 39.4-55.8 | *** | *** | *** | 108 | 47.8 | 39.6-56.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 586 | 278 | 36.8 | 31.8-42.2 | *** | *** | *** | 299 | 60.9 | 55.3-66.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 513 | 235 | 31.5 | 26.3-37.3 | *** | *** | *** | 268 | 66.7 | 60.8-72.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| College Graduate | 573 | 201 | 27.8 | 23.4-32.7 | *** | *** | *** | 363 | 69.9 | 64.8-74.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 293 | 154 | 38.9 | 30.9-47.6 | *** | *** | *** | 134 | 58.6 | 49.8-66.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 377 | 173 | 33.5 | 27.2-40.4 | *** | *** | *** | 194 | 60.2 | 52.5-67.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 236 | 112 | 45.1 | 36.6-53.8 | *** | *** | *** | 119 | 52.5 | 43.8-61.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 232 | 104 | 35.1 | 27.7-43.4 | *** | *** | *** | 126 | 64.1 | 55.8-71.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 471 | 163 | 27.3 | 22.4-32.8 | *** | *** | *** | 301 | 71.7 | 66.2-76.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 688 | 401 | 52.2 | 46.5-57.9 | *** | *** | *** | 280 | 46.1 | 40.4-51.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 1,183 | 439 | 27.8 | 24.5-31.3 | *** | *** | *** | 718 | 69.7 | 66.1-73.2 | 18 | 1.4 | 0.8- 2.7 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 275 | 151 | 49.6 | 41.4-57.7 | *** | *** | *** | 123 | 50.2 | 42.1-58.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 1,680 | 730 | 33.3 | 30.2-36.5 | *** | *** | *** | 917 | 63.9 | 60.5-67.1 | 24 | 2.0 | 1.1- 3.8 |
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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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