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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 |
| -Buncombe County | 452 | 135 | 23.5 | 18.8-29.0 | 3 | 0.8 | 0.2- 2.5 | 302 | 73.2 | 67.6-78.1 | 12 | 2.5 | 1.3- 4.8 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 160 | 46 | 22.9 | 15.2-32.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 109 | 74.0 | 64.0-82.1 | 5 | 3.1 | 1.2- 7.6 |
| Female | 292 | 89 | 24.1 | 19.4-29.5 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.5- 4.8 | 193 | 72.4 | 66.6-77.5 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.9- 4.3 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 383 | 114 | 22.4 | 18.3-27.2 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.1 | 257 | 74.4 | 69.3-78.8 | 9 | 2.3 | 1.1- 4.7 |
| Other | 69 | 21 | 27.9 | 13.6-48.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 45 | 68.4 | 48.4-83.3 | 3 | 3.7 | 1.1-12.3 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 170 | 19 | 11.3 | 5.7-21.3 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.4 | 146 | 86.0 | 76.3-92.1 | 2 | 1.4 | 0.3- 5.4 |
| 45+ | 280 | 116 | 39.7 | 33.6-46.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 155 | 56.5 | 50.0-62.8 | 9 | 3.7 | 1.8- 7.6 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 178 | 68 | 29.2 | 20.1-40.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 105 | 68.9 | 57.9-78.1 | 5 | 1.9 | 0.8- 4.8 |
| Some College + | 271 | 66 | 19.9 | 15.3-25.4 | 3 | 1.3 | 0.4- 4.1 | 195 | 75.9 | 69.9-81.1 | 7 | 3.0 | 1.3- 6.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 261 | 82 | 21.2 | 16.4-27.0 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.1 | 171 | 75.6 | 69.5-80.9 | 7 | 2.5 | 1.1- 5.6 |
| $50,000+ | 122 | 30 | 22.4 | 15.6-31.0 | 2 | 1.7 | 0.4- 6.6 | 87 | 73.1 | 64.0-80.7 | 3 | 2.8 | 0.7-10.5 |
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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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