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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 |
| -Davidson County | 458 | 157 | 26.2 | 21.7-31.2 | 5 | 1.7 | 0.6- 4.3 | 287 | 71.0 | 65.8-75.7 | 9 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.4 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 183 | 66 | 26.9 | 20.0-35.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 113 | 71.9 | 63.6-78.9 | 4 | 1.3 | 0.4- 3.6 |
| Female | 275 | 91 | 25.4 | 20.2-31.5 | 5 | 3.4 | 1.3- 8.6 | 174 | 70.1 | 63.5-76.0 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.6 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 387 | 141 | 30.4 | 25.2-36.1 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.5- 4.5 | 235 | 66.9 | 61.0-72.2 | 7 | 1.2 | 0.5- 2.7 |
| Other | 69 | 16 | 11.7 | 5.8-22.1 | 1 | 2.1 | 0.3-13.7 | 50 | 85.2 | 73.7-92.1 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.2- 4.2 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 178 | 23 | 13.2 | 8.1-20.7 | 4 | 2.5 | 0.9- 7.2 | 150 | 84.1 | 76.3-89.7 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.3 |
| 45+ | 280 | 134 | 43.4 | 37.0-50.1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.5 | 137 | 53.6 | 46.9-60.2 | 8 | 2.5 | 1.1- 5.2 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 287 | 111 | 29.3 | 23.2-36.2 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.1 | 170 | 69.3 | 62.3-75.5 | 4 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.7 |
| Some College + | 171 | 46 | 20.1 | 14.6-27.1 | 3 | 3.4 | 1.0-10.9 | 117 | 74.3 | 66.4-80.9 | 5 | 2.2 | 0.8- 5.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 277 | 101 | 28.0 | 21.8-35.1 | 4 | 2.1 | 0.7- 6.0 | 166 | 68.9 | 61.6-75.4 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.4 |
| $50,000+ | 115 | 32 | 22.8 | 15.7-31.8 | 1 | 1.7 | 0.2-11.1 | 80 | 73.9 | 64.3-81.7 | 2 | 1.6 | 0.4- 6.4 |
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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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