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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 |
| -Western | 1,131 | 492 | 37.9 | 34.3-41.6 | 3 | 0.6 | 0.2- 2.2 | 626 | 60.1 | 56.3-63.7 | 10 | 1.4 | 0.7- 2.9 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 501 | 233 | 40.2 | 34.9-45.7 | *** | *** | *** | 263 | 58.8 | 53.3-64.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| Female | 630 | 259 | 35.8 | 31.0-41.0 | *** | *** | *** | 363 | 61.2 | 56.0-66.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 970 | 435 | 39.3 | 35.4-43.4 | *** | *** | *** | 523 | 58.4 | 54.3-62.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 41 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Other | 113 | 33 | 25.1 | 16.8-35.8 | *** | *** | *** | 79 | 74.3 | 63.7-82.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 175 | 23 | 13.7 | 8.5-21.3 | *** | *** | *** | 149 | 83.6 | 75.6-89.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 122 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 167 | 60 | 37.4 | 28.6-47.2 | *** | *** | *** | 106 | 61.4 | 51.6-70.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 243 | 122 | 53.9 | 46.1-61.6 | *** | *** | *** | 119 | 44.7 | 37.1-52.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 255 | 160 | 59.1 | 50.9-66.8 | *** | *** | *** | 91 | 38.4 | 30.8-46.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 158 | 101 | 67.0 | 57.4-75.4 | *** | *** | *** | 56 | 32.4 | 24.1-42.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 120 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 318 | 142 | 39.3 | 32.8-46.2 | *** | *** | *** | 175 | 59.9 | 53.0-66.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 314 | 148 | 37.2 | 31.2-43.7 | *** | *** | *** | 161 | 60.1 | 53.5-66.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| College Graduate | 376 | 144 | 32.1 | 26.9-37.9 | *** | *** | *** | 227 | 65.9 | 60.1-71.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 121 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 198 | 87 | 38.4 | 30.2-47.2 | *** | *** | *** | 110 | 59.8 | 50.8-68.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 115 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 149 | 63 | 39.6 | 30.0-50.1 | *** | *** | *** | 84 | 58.6 | 48.1-68.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 150 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 191 | 76 | 32.5 | 25.1-40.8 | *** | *** | *** | 113 | 66.0 | 57.6-73.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 354 | 227 | 61.5 | 54.4-68.2 | *** | *** | *** | 126 | 37.3 | 30.7-44.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 757 | 261 | 28.6 | 24.6-32.9 | *** | *** | *** | 484 | 69.0 | 64.5-73.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 160 | 89 | 49.2 | 39.5-58.9 | *** | *** | *** | 70 | 50.2 | 40.4-59.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 969 | 402 | 36.2 | 32.3-40.2 | *** | *** | *** | 555 | 61.6 | 57.5-65.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||||||||
| Regional City or Suburban | 260 | 85 | 29.6 | 23.7-36.4 | *** | *** | *** | 170 | 67.5 | 60.5-73.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| Rural | 871 | 407 | 40.8 | 36.5-45.3 | *** | *** | *** | 456 | 57.4 | 52.9-61.8 | *** | *** | *** |
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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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