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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 | 17,239 | 6,139 | 29.2 | 28.4-30.1 | 160 | 0.9 | 0.8- 1.1 | 10,657 | 68.3 | 67.4-69.1 | 283 | 1.6 | 1.4- 1.8 |
| -Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 409 | 136 | 26.6 | 22.1-31.5 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.7 | 266 | 71.5 | 66.4-76.2 | 6 | 1.7 | 0.7- 3.8 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 149 | 52 | 26.1 | 19.3-34.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 93 | 71.6 | 63.1-78.8 | 4 | 2.3 | 0.8- 6.5 |
| Female | 260 | 84 | 27.0 | 21.6-33.2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.3 | 173 | 71.5 | 65.2-77.1 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.3- 4.0 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 380 | 131 | 28.4 | 23.7-33.8 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 1.9 | 242 | 69.4 | 64.0-74.4 | 6 | 1.8 | 0.8- 4.2 |
| Other | 28 | 5 | 11.4 | 4.2-27.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 23 | 88.6 | 72.5-95.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 135 | 14 | 8.6 | 4.9-14.7 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.5 | 119 | 90.3 | 84.0-94.3 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.3 |
| 45+ | 271 | 121 | 43.8 | 37.3-50.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 145 | 53.5 | 46.9-60.1 | 5 | 2.7 | 1.1- 6.5 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 190 | 77 | 31.6 | 24.7-39.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 112 | 67.5 | 59.5-74.5 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 6.0 |
| Some College + | 216 | 57 | 21.7 | 16.3-28.3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.2 | 153 | 75.5 | 68.6-81.3 | 5 | 2.3 | 0.9- 5.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 274 | 92 | 26.1 | 20.8-32.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 179 | 72.4 | 66.0-77.9 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.5- 4.7 |
| $50,000+ | 89 | 23 | 23.8 | 15.6-34.5 | 1 | 1.1 | 0.2- 7.5 | 63 | 73.0 | 62.0-81.8 | 2 | 2.1 | 0.5- 8.5 |
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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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.
** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
*** 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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