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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 |
| -Chatham/Lee/Moore | 526 | 177 | 29.2 | 24.9-33.9 | 6 | 1.6 | 0.7- 3.5 | 336 | 68.4 | 63.5-72.8 | 7 | 0.9 | 0.4- 2.0 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 187 | 61 | 26.4 | 20.1-33.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 123 | 72.7 | 65.3-79.1 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.3 |
| Female | 339 | 116 | 31.7 | 26.1-37.9 | 6 | 3.0 | 1.3- 6.6 | 213 | 64.4 | 58.0-70.3 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.5 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 438 | 140 | 28.7 | 24.2-33.7 | 6 | 2.1 | 0.9- 4.7 | 285 | 68.0 | 62.8-72.7 | 7 | 1.2 | 0.5- 2.7 |
| Other | 85 | 36 | 30.8 | 20.7-43.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 49 | 69.2 | 57.0-79.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 154 | 19 | 11.6 | 6.9-19.1 | 5 | 3.0 | 1.2- 7.3 | 130 | 85.4 | 77.7-90.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 45+ | 369 | 157 | 43.3 | 37.7-49.1 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.9 | 204 | 54.6 | 48.8-60.3 | 7 | 1.6 | 0.7- 3.7 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 224 | 85 | 31.3 | 24.5-39.0 | 4 | 2.1 | 0.8- 5.8 | 133 | 65.8 | 57.9-72.9 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.4 |
| Some College + | 300 | 92 | 27.3 | 22.1-33.1 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.9 | 201 | 70.7 | 64.8-76.1 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.5 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 288 | 100 | 28.9 | 23.1-35.5 | 3 | 1.6 | 0.5- 5.0 | 181 | 68.5 | 61.7-74.6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.0 |
| $50,000+ | 156 | 46 | 26.8 | 20.0-34.8 | 3 | 2.2 | 0.7- 6.7 | 105 | 70.2 | 61.9-77.3 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.5 |
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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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