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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 |
| -Piedmont NC | 5,163 | 2,156 | 32.9 | 31.3-34.6 | 25 | 0.6 | 0.4- 1.0 | 2,933 | 65.7 | 64.0-67.4 | 49 | 0.7 | 0.5- 1.1 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 2,033 | 851 | 34.3 | 31.8-36.9 | *** | *** | *** | 1,159 | 64.9 | 62.3-67.4 | 23 | 0.8 | 0.5- 1.2 |
| Female | 3,130 | 1,305 | 31.7 | 29.5-33.9 | 25 | 1.1 | 0.7- 1.8 | 1,774 | 66.5 | 64.2-68.7 | 26 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.2 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 3,727 | 1,520 | 32.3 | 30.4-34.3 | *** | *** | *** | 2,155 | 66.3 | 64.3-68.3 | 35 | 0.8 | 0.5- 1.3 |
| African American | 1,007 | 539 | 42.4 | 38.4-46.5 | *** | *** | *** | 449 | 55.8 | 51.7-59.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| Other minorities | 353 | 76 | 18.1 | 13.7-23.4 | *** | *** | *** | 275 | 81.6 | 76.2-86.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 319 | 57 | 17.8 | 13.4-23.3 | *** | *** | *** | 261 | 82.0 | 76.5-86.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 4,813 | 2,089 | 34.4 | 32.6-36.1 | 24 | 0.6 | 0.4- 1.0 | 2,651 | 64.2 | 62.4-66.0 | 49 | 0.8 | 0.6- 1.2 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 834 | 93 | 10.8 | 8.6-13.4 | *** | *** | *** | 729 | 88.0 | 85.2-90.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-54 | 1,607 | 468 | 29.2 | 26.4-32.1 | *** | *** | *** | 1,116 | 69.7 | 66.8-72.5 | 11 | 0.5 | 0.2- 0.9 |
| 55-64 | 1,014 | 504 | 50.1 | 46.1-54.1 | *** | *** | *** | 495 | 48.3 | 44.3-52.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 904 | 558 | 61.8 | 57.5-66.0 | *** | *** | *** | 332 | 35.8 | 31.8-40.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 755 | 518 | 68.6 | 63.7-73.2 | *** | *** | *** | 228 | 30.3 | 25.8-35.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 672 | 344 | 39.9 | 35.2-44.7 | *** | *** | *** | 320 | 58.9 | 54.0-63.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,382 | 665 | 38.5 | 35.2-42.0 | *** | *** | *** | 703 | 60.6 | 57.1-64.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,353 | 574 | 32.3 | 29.2-35.5 | *** | *** | *** | 762 | 66.4 | 63.1-69.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| College Graduate | 1,750 | 569 | 24.5 | 22.2-27.1 | *** | *** | *** | 1,146 | 73.6 | 71.0-76.0 | 24 | 1.2 | 0.7- 1.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 562 | 295 | 40.4 | 35.1-46.0 | *** | *** | *** | 263 | 58.5 | 52.9-63.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 885 | 421 | 37.5 | 33.6-41.7 | *** | *** | *** | 452 | 61.2 | 57.1-65.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 477 | 222 | 39.0 | 33.2-45.0 | *** | *** | *** | 247 | 59.2 | 53.1-65.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 602 | 238 | 31.5 | 27.0-36.3 | *** | *** | *** | 348 | 65.6 | 60.6-70.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 1,611 | 513 | 27.5 | 24.8-30.3 | *** | *** | *** | 1,073 | 71.3 | 68.4-74.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,356 | 842 | 54.8 | 51.1-58.5 | *** | *** | *** | 497 | 43.7 | 40.0-47.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 3,734 | 1,292 | 27.4 | 25.7-29.3 | 21 | 0.6 | 0.4- 1.1 | 2,386 | 71.3 | 69.4-73.1 | 35 | 0.6 | 0.4- 1.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 576 | 311 | 46.2 | 41.1-51.4 | *** | *** | *** | 260 | 52.9 | 47.6-58.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 4,584 | 1,844 | 31.5 | 29.8-33.3 | 24 | 0.6 | 0.4- 1.0 | 2,671 | 67.1 | 65.3-68.8 | 45 | 0.8 | 0.5- 1.1 |
| RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,869 | 870 | 39.0 | 36.0-42.0 | *** | *** | *** | 982 | 60.1 | 57.0-63.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 3,294 | 1,286 | 30.6 | 28.6-32.6 | 20 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.2 | 1,951 | 67.9 | 65.9-69.9 | 37 | 0.8 | 0.5- 1.2 |
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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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