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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 |
| -Western | 491 | 408 | 81.3 | 76.3-85.4 | 83 | 18.7 | 14.6-23.7 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 232 | 193 | 80.5 | 73.2-86.2 | 39 | 19.5 | 13.8-26.8 |
| Female | 259 | 215 | 82.1 | 74.9-87.6 | 44 | 17.9 | 12.4-25.1 |
| RACE | |||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 434 | 364 | 82.6 | 77.3-86.8 | 70 | 17.4 | 13.2-22.7 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 22 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Other | 33 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-34 | 23 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 22 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 60 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 122 | 106 | 88.2 | 80.4-93.1 | 16 | 11.8 | 6.9-19.6 |
| 65-74 | 159 | 143 | 91.7 | 85.8-95.3 | 16 | 8.3 | 4.7-14.2 |
| 75+ | 101 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 56 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 141 | 122 | 81.9 | 71.2-89.2 | 19 | 18.1 | 10.8-28.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 148 | 122 | 81.2 | 72.4-87.8 | 26 | 18.8 | 12.2-27.6 |
| College Graduate | 144 | 113 | 73.0 | 62.3-81.6 | 31 | 27.0 | 18.4-37.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 63 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 87 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 61 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 63 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 49 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 76 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 226 | 200 | 89.2 | 83.5-93.1 | 26 | 10.8 | 6.9-16.5 |
| No | 261 | 204 | 73.9 | 66.0-80.6 | 57 | 26.1 | 19.4-34.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 88 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 402 | 329 | 80.2 | 74.5-84.9 | 73 | 19.8 | 15.1-25.5 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
| Regional City or Suburban | 85 | 66 | 77.7 | 66.1-86.2 | 19 | 22.3 | 13.8-33.9 |
| Rural | 406 | 342 | 82.2 | 76.5-86.8 | 64 | 17.8 | 13.2-23.5 |
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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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