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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 |
| -Cumberland County | 455 | 175 | 31.7 | 26.9-36.8 | 4 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.3 | 271 | 66.8 | 61.6-71.6 | 5 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.1 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 161 | 54 | 28.0 | 20.9-36.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 106 | 71.3 | 63.0-78.5 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.8 |
| Female | 294 | 121 | 35.3 | 29.4-41.6 | 4 | 1.6 | 0.6- 4.5 | 165 | 62.3 | 55.8-68.4 | 4 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.1 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 282 | 98 | 27.3 | 21.8-33.7 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.4 | 180 | 71.4 | 65.0-77.1 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.7 |
| Other | 170 | 76 | 38.6 | 30.4-47.5 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 3.9 | 89 | 59.4 | 50.4-67.7 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.4- 5.1 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 207 | 34 | 15.9 | 10.9-22.6 | 4 | 1.4 | 0.5- 3.9 | 166 | 81.8 | 75.0-87.1 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.5 |
| 45+ | 244 | 139 | 54.3 | 46.9-61.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 103 | 45.2 | 38.0-52.6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.2 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 166 | 68 | 29.9 | 22.5-38.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 95 | 68.8 | 60.1-76.3 | 3 | 1.3 | 0.3- 5.3 |
| Some College + | 287 | 106 | 32.8 | 26.8-39.3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.7 | 175 | 65.5 | 58.9-71.6 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.5 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 259 | 105 | 32.7 | 26.1-40.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.2 | 149 | 65.8 | 58.3-72.5 | 4 | 1.1 | 0.3- 3.6 |
| $50,000+ | 153 | 49 | 28.1 | 21.2-36.1 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.2- 4.7 | 101 | 70.6 | 62.5-77.6 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.0 |
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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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