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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 |
| -Western NC | 1,004 | 465 | 38.4 | 34.6-42.4 | 5 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.5 | 520 | 59.9 | 55.9-63.8 | 14 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.2 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 398 | 186 | 38.5 | 32.8-44.7 | *** | *** | *** | 204 | 59.8 | 53.6-65.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| Female | 606 | 279 | 38.4 | 33.3-43.7 | *** | *** | *** | 316 | 60.0 | 54.7-65.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 886 | 414 | 39.6 | 35.5-43.8 | *** | *** | *** | 455 | 59.1 | 54.8-63.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| Other minorities | 109 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 118 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 103 | 88.6 | 80.5-93.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-54 | 265 | 96 | 32.2 | 25.8-39.4 | *** | *** | *** | 167 | 67.1 | 60.0-73.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 216 | 118 | 53.2 | 44.5-61.8 | *** | *** | *** | 93 | 45.1 | 36.7-53.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 218 | 120 | 57.6 | 48.9-65.8 | *** | *** | *** | 92 | 38.5 | 30.6-47.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 176 | 113 | 67.4 | 57.8-75.8 | *** | *** | *** | 59 | 30.0 | 22.1-39.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 136 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 305 | 159 | 43.2 | 36.0-50.6 | *** | *** | *** | 142 | 55.3 | 47.8-62.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 268 | 123 | 37.0 | 30.3-44.2 | *** | *** | *** | 134 | 59.9 | 52.6-66.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| College Graduate | 292 | 107 | 27.5 | 21.8-34.0 | *** | *** | *** | 183 | 72.3 | 65.7-78.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 151 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 197 | 96 | 38.5 | 29.7-48.0 | *** | *** | *** | 96 | 58.9 | 49.3-67.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 103 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 117 | 44 | 31.5 | 22.5-42.1 | *** | *** | *** | 72 | 68.2 | 57.6-77.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 239 | 84 | 33.2 | 26.0-41.3 | *** | *** | *** | 150 | 65.4 | 57.3-72.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 352 | 226 | 55.4 | 47.9-62.7 | *** | *** | *** | 119 | 42.6 | 35.4-50.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 641 | 236 | 31.5 | 27.1-36.2 | *** | *** | *** | 393 | 66.9 | 62.2-71.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 140 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 864 | 384 | 36.3 | 32.3-40.6 | *** | *** | *** | 466 | 62.4 | 58.1-66.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 715 | 330 | 39.4 | 34.9-44.0 | *** | *** | *** | 374 | 59.2 | 54.5-63.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 289 | 135 | 34.9 | 28.0-42.5 | *** | *** | *** | 146 | 62.5 | 54.8-69.6 | *** | *** | *** |
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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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