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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 |
| -Piedmont | 3,352 | 1,255 | 33.2 | 31.5-35.1 | 15 | 0.5 | 0.3- 0.9 | 2,042 | 65.0 | 63.2-66.8 | 40 | 1.2 | 0.8- 1.8 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 1,432 | 522 | 34.0 | 31.2-36.8 | *** | *** | *** | 886 | 64.6 | 61.7-67.4 | 24 | 1.5 | 1.0- 2.3 |
| Female | 1,920 | 733 | 32.6 | 30.3-35.0 | 15 | 1.0 | 0.6- 1.7 | 1,156 | 65.4 | 63.0-67.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 2,159 | 824 | 34.1 | 31.8-36.4 | *** | *** | *** | 1,298 | 64.2 | 61.8-66.4 | 26 | 1.2 | 0.8- 1.8 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 691 | 333 | 42.1 | 37.8-46.4 | *** | *** | *** | 345 | 56.4 | 52.0-60.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| Other | 450 | 87 | 16.8 | 13.3-20.9 | *** | *** | *** | 358 | 81.2 | 76.6-85.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 689 | 56 | 8.4 | 6.3-11.1 | *** | *** | *** | 619 | 89.4 | 86.4-91.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 517 | 113 | 21.9 | 18.2-26.1 | *** | *** | *** | 396 | 76.2 | 72.0-80.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 628 | 210 | 34.6 | 30.5-38.9 | *** | *** | *** | 407 | 63.7 | 59.4-67.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 609 | 318 | 53.7 | 49.2-58.2 | *** | *** | *** | 283 | 45.3 | 40.8-49.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 516 | 325 | 64.1 | 59.2-68.8 | *** | *** | *** | 183 | 34.3 | 29.7-39.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 341 | 215 | 64.9 | 59.0-70.4 | *** | *** | *** | 120 | 33.3 | 27.9-39.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 347 | 165 | 45.1 | 39.0-51.3 | *** | *** | *** | 177 | 52.9 | 46.6-59.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 838 | 361 | 36.0 | 32.4-39.6 | *** | *** | *** | 470 | 63.3 | 59.7-66.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 873 | 352 | 33.6 | 30.3-37.1 | *** | *** | *** | 501 | 64.1 | 60.5-67.5 | 14 | 1.5 | 0.8- 2.6 |
| College Graduate | 1,275 | 373 | 24.7 | 22.3-27.3 | *** | *** | *** | 879 | 73.3 | 70.7-75.8 | 17 | 1.3 | 0.8- 2.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 297 | 149 | 44.3 | 37.7-51.1 | *** | *** | *** | 143 | 54.0 | 47.3-60.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 503 | 224 | 41.6 | 36.7-46.7 | *** | *** | *** | 278 | 58.2 | 53.1-63.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 284 | 118 | 38.7 | 32.0-45.9 | *** | *** | *** | 160 | 58.2 | 50.9-65.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 356 | 139 | 35.5 | 29.9-41.5 | *** | *** | *** | 209 | 62.6 | 56.6-68.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 390 | 141 | 30.9 | 26.0-36.2 | *** | *** | *** | 243 | 67.4 | 62.0-72.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 833 | 228 | 24.2 | 21.2-27.5 | *** | *** | *** | 588 | 73.6 | 70.2-76.7 | 13 | 1.4 | 0.8- 2.4 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 744 | 442 | 57.5 | 53.3-61.7 | *** | *** | *** | 295 | 41.6 | 37.5-45.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 2,539 | 787 | 26.8 | 24.9-28.8 | 15 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.1 | 1,706 | 71.2 | 69.2-73.2 | 31 | 1.3 | 0.8- 2.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 374 | 174 | 46.4 | 40.6-52.3 | *** | *** | *** | 194 | 52.3 | 46.5-58.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 2,965 | 1,078 | 31.7 | 29.9-33.7 | 15 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.0 | 1,839 | 66.5 | 64.5-68.4 | 33 | 1.2 | 0.8- 1.8 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||||||||
| Urban | 1,799 | 610 | 31.1 | 28.7-33.6 | *** | *** | *** | 1,162 | 67.5 | 64.9-69.9 | 21 | 1.0 | 0.6- 1.7 |
| Regional City or Suburban | 889 | 350 | 33.7 | 30.3-37.2 | *** | *** | *** | 521 | 64.4 | 60.8-67.9 | 14 | 1.5 | 0.8- 2.6 |
| Rural | 664 | 295 | 38.4 | 34.2-42.8 | *** | *** | *** | 359 | 59.4 | 54.9-63.8 | *** | *** | *** |
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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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