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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 4,813 | 4,273 | 83.8 | 81.9-85.6 | 540 | 16.2 | 14.4-18.1 |
| -Western NC | 880 | 799 | 87.5 | 83.4-90.7 | 81 | 12.5 | 9.3-16.6 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 334 | 292 | 84.8 | 77.9-89.9 | 42 | 15.2 | 10.1-22.1 |
| Female | 546 | 507 | 89.7 | 84.3-93.4 | 39 | 10.3 | 6.6-15.7 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 813 | 737 | 86.9 | 82.4-90.3 | 76 | 13.1 | 9.7-17.6 |
| Other minorities | 61 | 57 | 95.1 | 84.6-98.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 17 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 860 | 781 | 87.9 | 83.8-91.0 | 79 | 12.1 | 9.0-16.2 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-34 | 12 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-54 | 170 | 141 | 84.4 | 76.6-90.0 | 29 | 15.6 | 10.0-23.4 |
| 55-64 | 224 | 200 | 85.4 | 76.4-91.4 | 24 | 14.6 | 8.6-23.6 |
| 65-74 | 243 | 235 | 97.4 | 94.5-98.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 224 | 211 | 94.9 | 89.9-97.5 | 13 | 5.1 | 2.5-10.1 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 167 | 149 | 86.2 | 74.8-92.9 | 18 | 13.8 | 7.1-25.2 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 278 | 254 | 89.7 | 83.9-93.6 | 24 | 10.3 | 6.4-16.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 234 | 216 | 87.1 | 77.3-93.0 | 18 | 12.9 | 7.0-22.7 |
| College Graduate | 201 | 180 | 86.2 | 77.3-92.0 | 21 | 13.8 | 8.0-22.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 153 | 129 | 81.6 | 70.3-89.3 | 24 | 18.4 | 10.7-29.7 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 173 | 157 | 84.6 | 72.3-92.1 | 16 | 15.4 | 7.9-27.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 112 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 104 | 100 | 95.4 | 87.7-98.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 163 | 151 | 90.3 | 81.2-95.2 | 12 | 9.7 | 4.8-18.8 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 400 | 359 | 89.4 | 84.1-93.0 | 41 | 10.6 | 7.0-15.9 |
| No | 439 | 405 | 86.6 | 79.7-91.4 | 34 | 13.4 | 8.6-20.3 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 151 | 144 | 94.4 | 87.2-97.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 729 | 655 | 86.2 | 81.5-89.9 | 74 | 13.8 | 10.1-18.5 |
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*Asked only of those who report being told they have 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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