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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 |
Region 9 & 10 | 436 | 377 | 80.1 | 73.5-85.4 | 59 | 19.9 | 14.6-26.5 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 170 | 140 | 80.1 | 71.0-86.8 | 30 | 19.9 | 13.2-29.0 |
Female | 266 | 237 | 80.1 | 70.2-87.3 | 29 | 19.9 | 12.7-29.8 |
RACE | |||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 256 | 219 | 79.6 | 70.3-86.5 | 37 | 20.4 | 13.5-29.7 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 152 | 137 | 86.9 | 77.6-92.7 | 15 | 13.1 | 7.3-22.4 |
Other | 24 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
AGE | |||||||
18-44 | 42 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
44-64 | 196 | 169 | 85.0 | 77.9-90.1 | 27 | 15.0 | 9.9-22.1 |
65+ | 193 | 181 | 92.7 | 86.9-96.1 | 12 | 7.3 | 3.9-13.1 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
H.S. or Less | 214 | 187 | 80.1 | 69.4-87.8 | 27 | 19.9 | 12.2-30.6 |
Some College + | 219 | 187 | 79.8 | 71.3-86.3 | 32 | 20.2 | 13.7-28.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $50,000 | 230 | 190 | 77.2 | 68.9-83.8 | 40 | 22.8 | 16.2-31.1 |
$50,000+ | 100 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
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*Asked only of those who report being told they have high blood pressure.
See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.
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.
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