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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 3,957 | 3,355 | 78.3 | 76.3-80.2 | 602 | 21.7 | 19.8-23.7 |
| -Western NC | 463 | 388 | 79.9 | 74.0-84.7 | 75 | 20.1 | 15.3-26.0 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 185 | 157 | 80.2 | 71.0-87.1 | 28 | 19.8 | 12.9-29.0 |
| Female | 278 | 231 | 79.5 | 71.6-85.7 | 47 | 20.5 | 14.3-28.4 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 412 | 346 | 79.7 | 73.4-84.7 | 66 | 20.3 | 15.3-26.6 |
| Other minorities | 49 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-34 | 13 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-54 | 95 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 118 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 120 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 112 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 76 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 157 | 131 | 76.8 | 65.4-85.2 | 26 | 23.2 | 14.8-34.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 123 | 102 | 81.5 | 70.1-89.2 | 21 | 18.5 | 10.8-29.9 |
| College Graduate | 107 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 89 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 95 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 49 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 44 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 84 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 225 | 192 | 84.8 | 77.3-90.2 | 33 | 15.2 | 9.8-22.7 |
| No | 235 | 193 | 76.0 | 67.3-82.9 | 42 | 24.0 | 17.1-32.7 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 81 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 382 | 315 | 78.1 | 71.4-83.6 | 67 | 21.9 | 16.4-28.6 |
| RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT | |||||||
| Yes | 329 | 274 | 79.0 | 72.1-84.5 | 55 | 21.0 | 15.5-27.9 |
| No | 134 | 114 | 83.9 | 72.8-91.0 | 20 | 16.1 | 9.0-27.2 |
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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 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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