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| Total Respond.^ |
Never | Past 12 months | 1-2 years | 2-5 years | 5+ years | |||||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 4,647 | 341 | 9.3 | 8.2-10.6 | 3,510 | 71.3 | 69.5-73.1 | 382 | 9.4 | 8.3-10.6 | 242 | 6.1 | 5.2- 7.1 | 172 | 3.9 | 3.2- 4.7 |
| Region 4 | 649 | 43 | 8.4 | 6.1-11.4 | 487 | 71.7 | 67.4-75.6 | 56 | 8.6 | 6.4-11.4 | 40 | 7.5 | 5.3-10.3 | 23 | 3.9 | 2.5- 6.2 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 303 | 26 | 11.6 | 7.7-16.9 | 217 | 67.2 | 60.6-73.2 | 26 | 7.9 | 5.1-12.0 | 21 | 8.8 | 5.5-13.8 | 13 | 4.5 | 2.5- 8.1 |
| Female | 346 | 17 | 5.7 | 3.4- 9.2 | 270 | 75.4 | 69.7-80.4 | 30 | 9.1 | 6.1-13.5 | 19 | 6.3 | 4.0-10.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 442 | 22 | 5.9 | 3.8- 8.9 | 330 | 70.9 | 65.7-75.6 | 42 | 9.8 | 7.0-13.6 | 31 | 8.7 | 6.0-12.6 | 17 | 4.7 | 2.8- 8.0 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 105 | 11 | 13.9 | 7.8-23.6 | 83 | 74.8 | 64.3-83.1 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Other | 102 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 253 | 28 | 13.1 | 8.9-18.8 | 161 | 60.5 | 53.4-67.2 | 27 | 10.8 | 7.1-16.1 | 26 | 11.4 | 7.5-16.8 | 11 | 4.2 | 2.2- 8.0 |
| 45-64 | 225 | 11 | 5.6 | 2.9-10.3 | 169 | 73.5 | 66.4-79.7 | 21 | 8.3 | 5.1-13.2 | 13 | 6.7 | 3.8-11.6 | 11 | 5.8 | 3.1-10.9 |
| 65+ | 157 | *** | *** | *** | 148 | 95.5 | 90.8-97.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 197 | 19 | 10.6 | 6.7-16.5 | 141 | 69.3 | 61.4-76.1 | 13 | 6.7 | 3.6-12.1 | 12 | 6.8 | 3.7-12.3 | 12 | 6.6 | 3.6-11.9 |
| Some College + | 451 | 24 | 7.0 | 4.5-10.7 | 346 | 73.3 | 68.1-77.8 | 42 | 9.6 | 6.8-13.2 | 28 | 7.9 | 5.3-11.5 | 11 | 2.3 | 1.2- 4.5 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 260 | 19 | 9.2 | 5.7-14.6 | 186 | 66.7 | 59.4-73.2 | 24 | 9.8 | 6.1-15.1 | 18 | 8.9 | 5.4-14.2 | 13 | 5.5 | 2.9-10.0 |
| $50,000+ | 279 | 14 | 5.4 | 3.0- 9.5 | 220 | 77.7 | 71.6-82.9 | 24 | 8.2 | 5.2-12.5 | 16 | 6.8 | 4.0-11.4 | *** | *** | *** |
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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 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 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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