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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 | 8,845 | 3,963 | 35.5 | 34.2-36.8 | 48 | 0.7 | 0.5- 1.0 | 4,750 | 63.0 | 61.7-64.3 | 84 | 0.8 | 0.6- 1.1 |
| -Eastern NC | 2,678 | 1,342 | 38.9 | 36.3-41.4 | 18 | 1.0 | 0.6- 1.8 | 1,297 | 59.4 | 56.8-62.0 | 21 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.3 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 1,016 | 490 | 38.9 | 34.9-42.9 | *** | *** | *** | 517 | 60.1 | 56.0-64.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| Female | 1,662 | 852 | 38.8 | 35.7-42.1 | 18 | 1.9 | 1.1- 3.4 | 780 | 58.8 | 55.4-62.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 1,529 | 700 | 37.4 | 34.3-40.5 | *** | *** | *** | 804 | 60.6 | 57.4-63.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| African American | 654 | 403 | 46.6 | 41.2-52.2 | *** | *** | *** | 244 | 52.1 | 46.5-57.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| Other minorities | 453 | 224 | 25.3 | 18.4-33.8 | *** | *** | *** | 222 | 73.3 | 64.8-80.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 107 | 21 | 18.4 | 10.6-29.9 | *** | *** | *** | 84 | 80.0 | 68.6-88.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,558 | 1,317 | 40.2 | 37.6-42.9 | 18 | 1.1 | 0.6- 1.9 | 1,204 | 58.0 | 55.3-60.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 423 | 60 | 11.9 | 8.8-16.1 | *** | *** | *** | 349 | 85.3 | 80.9-88.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-54 | 770 | 299 | 37.4 | 32.9-42.2 | *** | *** | *** | 461 | 61.1 | 56.3-65.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 585 | 355 | 59.1 | 53.7-64.2 | *** | *** | *** | 225 | 39.9 | 34.8-45.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 504 | 367 | 71.5 | 65.2-77.0 | *** | *** | *** | 131 | 27.6 | 22.0-33.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 368 | 247 | 67.9 | 60.9-74.1 | *** | *** | *** | 117 | 30.6 | 24.5-37.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 384 | 236 | 44.0 | 36.9-51.2 | *** | *** | *** | 139 | 53.1 | 45.7-60.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 799 | 420 | 40.1 | 35.6-44.8 | *** | *** | *** | 367 | 58.1 | 53.3-62.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 771 | 370 | 37.8 | 33.3-42.6 | *** | *** | *** | 391 | 60.9 | 56.1-65.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| College Graduate | 721 | 315 | 34.2 | 30.1-38.6 | *** | *** | *** | 398 | 64.4 | 59.9-68.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 381 | 236 | 46.9 | 39.6-54.4 | *** | *** | *** | 138 | 50.1 | 42.6-57.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 486 | 265 | 44.5 | 38.5-50.7 | *** | *** | *** | 214 | 54.3 | 48.2-60.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 280 | 137 | 40.8 | 33.2-48.9 | *** | *** | *** | 140 | 58.0 | 49.9-65.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 316 | 171 | 47.6 | 40.0-55.2 | *** | *** | *** | 138 | 49.1 | 41.5-56.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 706 | 272 | 31.0 | 26.8-35.6 | *** | *** | *** | 428 | 68.1 | 63.5-72.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 825 | 575 | 61.5 | 56.3-66.5 | *** | *** | *** | 245 | 37.6 | 32.7-42.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 1,815 | 746 | 31.2 | 28.4-34.1 | *** | *** | *** | 1,036 | 66.8 | 63.8-69.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 442 | 208 | 40.2 | 34.5-46.1 | *** | *** | *** | 229 | 58.8 | 52.9-64.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 2,235 | 1,133 | 38.6 | 35.8-41.4 | 18 | 1.2 | 0.7- 2.2 | 1,068 | 59.5 | 56.6-62.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,971 | 1,013 | 40.2 | 37.3-43.1 | *** | *** | *** | 930 | 58.2 | 55.2-61.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 707 | 329 | 33.3 | 28.8-38.2 | *** | *** | *** | 367 | 64.5 | 59.5-69.2 | *** | *** | *** |
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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2013
are NOT comparable to 2010 and earlier years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2013 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).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.
**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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