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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 |
| -Catawba County | 447 | 158 | 29.4 | 24.6-34.6 | 5 | 1.1 | 0.4- 2.8 | 275 | 67.6 | 62.3-72.6 | 9 | 1.9 | 0.9- 3.9 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 172 | 69 | 35.0 | 27.0-43.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 97 | 62.4 | 53.5-70.5 | 6 | 2.7 | 1.1- 6.2 |
| Female | 275 | 89 | 24.6 | 19.5-30.5 | 5 | 2.1 | 0.8- 5.1 | 178 | 72.2 | 65.9-77.7 | 3 | 1.2 | 0.3- 5.0 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 398 | 143 | 30.3 | 25.2-35.9 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.6 | 242 | 66.6 | 60.8-71.9 | 9 | 2.2 | 1.0- 4.6 |
| Other | 48 | 14 | 23.3 | 12.7-38.8 | 1 | 2.2 | 0.3-14.4 | 33 | 74.5 | 58.8-85.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 159 | 16 | 11.6 | 6.6-19.7 | 5 | 2.1 | 0.8- 5.2 | 133 | 83.6 | 75.4-89.4 | 5 | 2.7 | 1.1- 6.8 |
| 45+ | 285 | 141 | 49.9 | 43.4-56.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 140 | 49.1 | 42.6-55.7 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.5 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 233 | 88 | 28.3 | 22.3-35.1 | 4 | 1.9 | 0.7- 5.1 | 137 | 68.5 | 61.5-74.9 | 4 | 1.3 | 0.4- 3.8 |
| Some College + | 213 | 70 | 30.9 | 23.7-39.1 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.4 | 137 | 66.4 | 58.0-73.8 | 5 | 2.6 | 1.0- 6.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 273 | 105 | 33.6 | 27.1-40.7 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.5 | 161 | 63.9 | 56.7-70.6 | 5 | 1.9 | 0.7- 5.3 |
| $50,000+ | 103 | 20 | 18.7 | 11.6-28.8 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.7 | 78 | 77.7 | 67.5-85.4 | 4 | 2.9 | 1.0- 8.0 |
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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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