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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 |
| -Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 430 | 170 | 35.1 | 30.0-40.4 | 5 | 1.1 | 0.4- 2.6 | 248 | 62.2 | 56.7-67.4 | 7 | 1.7 | 0.7- 3.9 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 139 | 64 | 41.2 | 32.2-50.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 72 | 56.0 | 46.3-65.3 | 3 | 2.8 | 0.9- 8.6 |
| Female | 291 | 106 | 30.8 | 25.2-37.0 | 5 | 1.8 | 0.7- 4.4 | 176 | 66.4 | 60.1-72.2 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.7 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 346 | 132 | 33.5 | 28.0-39.5 | 4 | 1.1 | 0.4- 3.1 | 204 | 63.4 | 57.3-69.1 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.8- 4.8 |
| Other | 82 | 37 | 41.2 | 29.6-53.9 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 6.2 | 43 | 57.3 | 44.6-69.1 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.1 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 123 | 22 | 17.7 | 11.0-27.1 | 4 | 2.2 | 0.8- 6.2 | 94 | 77.5 | 67.8-85.0 | 3 | 2.6 | 0.8- 8.6 |
| 45+ | 306 | 147 | 46.0 | 39.7-52.4 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.3 | 154 | 52.6 | 46.2-58.9 | 4 | 1.1 | 0.4- 3.2 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 218 | 103 | 44.0 | 36.4-51.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 111 | 54.1 | 46.2-61.7 | 4 | 1.9 | 0.6- 5.7 |
| Some College + | 212 | 67 | 26.2 | 20.3-33.1 | 5 | 2.1 | 0.8- 5.2 | 137 | 70.2 | 63.0-76.6 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.4- 5.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 265 | 118 | 41.0 | 34.3-48.0 | 5 | 1.8 | 0.7- 4.4 | 137 | 55.1 | 48.0-61.9 | 5 | 2.2 | 0.8- 5.9 |
| $50,000+ | 105 | 32 | 26.4 | 18.2-36.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 72 | 73.0 | 62.7-81.3 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.5 |
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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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