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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 2,722 | 2,277 | 81.0 | 79.1-82.9 | 445 | 19.0 | 17.1-20.9 |
-Piedmont | 1,253 | 1,029 | 80.0 | 77.1-82.5 | 224 | 20.0 | 17.5-22.9 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 521 | 410 | 77.0 | 72.3-81.0 | 111 | 23.0 | 19.0-27.7 |
Female | 732 | 619 | 82.8 | 79.2-85.9 | 113 | 17.2 | 14.1-20.8 |
RACE | |||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 822 | 683 | 80.8 | 77.2-83.9 | 139 | 19.2 | 16.1-22.8 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 333 | 283 | 82.6 | 77.0-87.1 | 50 | 17.4 | 12.9-23.0 |
Other | 87 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
AGE | |||||||
18-34 | 56 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
35-44 | 113 | 67 | 64.6 | 54.9-73.2 | 46 | 35.4 | 26.8-45.1 |
45-54 | 210 | 161 | 75.6 | 68.4-81.6 | 49 | 24.4 | 18.4-31.6 |
55-64 | 318 | 266 | 85.4 | 80.8-89.1 | 52 | 14.6 | 10.9-19.2 |
65-74 | 325 | 304 | 93.9 | 90.3-96.3 | 21 | 6.1 | 3.7- 9.7 |
75+ | 213 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 165 | 135 | 81.5 | 73.4-87.6 | 30 | 18.5 | 12.4-26.6 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 360 | 310 | 82.6 | 77.2-86.9 | 50 | 17.4 | 13.1-22.8 |
Some Post-H.S. | 352 | 287 | 79.2 | 73.7-83.8 | 65 | 20.8 | 16.2-26.3 |
College Graduate | 372 | 293 | 75.9 | 70.5-80.6 | 79 | 24.1 | 19.4-29.5 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 149 | 121 | 79.0 | 69.8-86.0 | 28 | 21.0 | 14.0-30.2 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 224 | 190 | 84.0 | 77.7-88.8 | 34 | 16.0 | 11.2-22.3 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 118 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$35,000- 49,999 | 139 | 117 | 82.5 | 72.1-89.7 | 22 | 17.5 | 10.3-27.9 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 141 | 106 | 72.4 | 62.8-80.3 | 35 | 27.6 | 19.7-37.2 |
$75,000+ | 227 | 179 | 75.8 | 68.6-81.8 | 48 | 24.2 | 18.2-31.4 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 441 | 370 | 83.4 | 78.8-87.2 | 71 | 16.6 | 12.8-21.2 |
No | 786 | 638 | 78.4 | 74.7-81.7 | 148 | 21.6 | 18.3-25.3 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 173 | 143 | 80.2 | 71.8-86.6 | 30 | 19.8 | 13.4-28.2 |
Non-Veteran | 1,077 | 884 | 79.9 | 76.8-82.7 | 193 | 20.1 | 17.3-23.2 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
Urban | 609 | 477 | 74.7 | 70.1-78.7 | 132 | 25.3 | 21.3-29.9 |
Regional City or Suburban | 349 | 303 | 85.4 | 80.5-89.2 | 46 | 14.6 | 10.8-19.5 |
Rural | 295 | 249 | 84.9 | 79.6-89.1 | 46 | 15.1 | 10.9-20.4 |
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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 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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