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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 |
| -Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 478 | 160 | 28.9 | 24.4-33.9 | 4 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.8 | 303 | 68.5 | 63.4-73.2 | 11 | 2.0 | 1.0- 3.6 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 156 | 49 | 29.2 | 21.8-38.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 102 | 68.5 | 59.7-76.2 | 5 | 2.2 | 0.9- 5.5 |
| Female | 322 | 111 | 28.7 | 23.3-34.7 | 4 | 1.1 | 0.4- 3.1 | 201 | 68.5 | 62.3-74.0 | 6 | 1.8 | 0.7- 4.1 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 298 | 89 | 25.9 | 20.8-31.8 | 4 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.2 | 200 | 71.3 | 65.3-76.7 | 5 | 1.6 | 0.7- 4.1 |
| Other | 176 | 69 | 32.5 | 24.8-41.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 102 | 65.4 | 56.5-73.3 | 5 | 2.1 | 0.8- 5.3 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 174 | 21 | 11.9 | 7.2-18.9 | 3 | 1.1 | 0.4- 3.5 | 149 | 86.5 | 79.4-91.4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.6 |
| 45+ | 300 | 137 | 46.4 | 40.0-52.8 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.9 | 152 | 50.0 | 43.6-56.4 | 10 | 3.5 | 1.8- 6.6 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 273 | 101 | 31.8 | 25.5-38.7 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.1 | 166 | 66.6 | 59.6-73.0 | 4 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.4 |
| Some College + | 203 | 58 | 24.7 | 18.6-32.0 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.6 | 137 | 71.7 | 64.2-78.2 | 6 | 2.7 | 1.1- 6.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 276 | 93 | 28.0 | 22.2-34.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 178 | 70.6 | 64.0-76.5 | 5 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.4 |
| $50,000+ | 122 | 34 | 27.6 | 19.5-37.4 | 3 | 2.1 | 0.7- 6.4 | 80 | 66.3 | 56.2-75.1 | 5 | 4.0 | 1.6- 9.7 |
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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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