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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 | 6,683 | 2,725 | 35.2 | 33.8-36.5 | 30 | 0.6 | 0.4- 0.9 | 3,851 | 63.1 | 61.7-64.4 | 77 | 1.2 | 0.9- 1.6 |
| -Eastern | 2,200 | 978 | 38.0 | 35.6-40.5 | 12 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.3 | 1,183 | 60.3 | 57.8-62.7 | 27 | 1.0 | 0.6- 1.7 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 933 | 401 | 35.6 | 32.1-39.3 | *** | *** | *** | 521 | 63.3 | 59.7-66.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| Female | 1,267 | 577 | 40.3 | 37.1-43.7 | *** | *** | *** | 662 | 57.3 | 54.0-60.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 1,357 | 571 | 36.3 | 33.2-39.4 | *** | *** | *** | 762 | 62.0 | 58.8-65.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 573 | 326 | 48.7 | 43.6-53.9 | *** | *** | *** | 237 | 49.9 | 44.8-55.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| Other | 238 | 69 | 25.3 | 19.5-32.3 | *** | *** | *** | 165 | 73.2 | 66.2-79.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 395 | 39 | 10.3 | 7.2-14.4 | *** | *** | *** | 349 | 88.0 | 83.7-91.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 298 | 74 | 24.7 | 19.4-31.0 | *** | *** | *** | 216 | 73.0 | 66.7-78.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 370 | 166 | 46.3 | 40.4-52.2 | *** | *** | *** | 194 | 50.9 | 45.0-56.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 486 | 276 | 57.9 | 52.7-62.9 | *** | *** | *** | 207 | 41.6 | 36.6-46.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 369 | 236 | 69.6 | 64.1-74.6 | *** | *** | *** | 125 | 28.9 | 24.0-34.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 256 | 173 | 69.3 | 62.2-75.6 | *** | *** | *** | 80 | 29.3 | 23.2-36.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 249 | 150 | 51.8 | 44.0-59.4 | *** | *** | *** | 95 | 46.3 | 38.7-54.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 709 | 341 | 40.3 | 36.1-44.6 | *** | *** | *** | 361 | 59.0 | 54.7-63.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 657 | 271 | 33.0 | 29.1-37.3 | *** | *** | *** | 376 | 65.7 | 61.4-69.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| College Graduate | 578 | 213 | 31.4 | 27.3-35.8 | *** | *** | *** | 348 | 65.0 | 60.4-69.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 241 | 124 | 43.4 | 35.9-51.2 | *** | *** | *** | 115 | 56.2 | 48.4-63.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 398 | 206 | 43.4 | 37.6-49.4 | *** | *** | *** | 187 | 55.7 | 49.7-61.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 186 | 93 | 46.2 | 37.5-55.2 | *** | *** | *** | 89 | 51.6 | 42.6-60.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 241 | 101 | 37.1 | 30.1-44.7 | *** | *** | *** | 138 | 61.1 | 53.3-68.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 276 | 94 | 29.5 | 23.3-36.5 | *** | *** | *** | 179 | 69.9 | 62.9-76.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 403 | 150 | 32.8 | 27.8-38.2 | *** | *** | *** | 241 | 64.5 | 59.0-69.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 661 | 416 | 59.2 | 54.5-63.9 | *** | *** | *** | 238 | 39.6 | 35.0-44.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 1,486 | 541 | 29.8 | 27.1-32.5 | *** | *** | *** | 913 | 68.3 | 65.4-71.0 | 20 | 1.0 | 0.6- 1.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 368 | 169 | 41.3 | 35.6-47.3 | *** | *** | *** | 196 | 58.2 | 52.2-64.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 1,827 | 805 | 37.3 | 34.6-40.0 | *** | *** | *** | 986 | 60.8 | 58.0-63.5 | 25 | 1.2 | 0.7- 1.9 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||||||||
| Urban | 166 | 46 | 24.0 | 17.0-32.6 | *** | *** | *** | 118 | 74.5 | 65.7-81.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| Regional City or Suburban | 297 | 130 | 36.7 | 30.7-43.2 | *** | *** | *** | 161 | 61.3 | 54.7-67.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| Rural | 1,737 | 802 | 39.7 | 36.9-42.5 | *** | *** | *** | 904 | 58.7 | 55.8-61.5 | 23 | 1.1 | 0.6- 1.8 |
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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 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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