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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 |
| -Durham County | 465 | 124 | 21.1 | 17.1-25.6 | 4 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.3 | 326 | 75.3 | 70.5-79.6 | 11 | 2.8 | 1.5- 5.3 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 157 | 40 | 20.0 | 14.0-27.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 111 | 75.9 | 67.7-82.6 | 6 | 4.1 | 1.8- 9.2 |
| Female | 308 | 84 | 22.0 | 17.4-27.5 | 4 | 1.6 | 0.6- 4.5 | 215 | 74.8 | 69.0-79.8 | 5 | 1.6 | 0.6- 4.0 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 260 | 73 | 22.5 | 17.7-28.1 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 3.9 | 179 | 73.1 | 66.9-78.6 | 7 | 3.9 | 1.7- 8.3 |
| Other | 202 | 50 | 19.7 | 14.0-26.9 | 3 | 1.1 | 0.3- 3.6 | 145 | 77.4 | 69.9-83.5 | 4 | 1.9 | 0.6- 5.6 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 229 | 27 | 10.9 | 7.1-16.4 | 3 | 1.1 | 0.3- 3.6 | 194 | 85.5 | 79.5-89.9 | 5 | 2.5 | 1.0- 6.2 |
| 45+ | 235 | 97 | 37.3 | 30.2-45.1 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.9 | 131 | 58.9 | 51.1-66.4 | 6 | 3.3 | 1.3- 7.9 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 149 | 51 | 24.1 | 16.9-33.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.0 | 95 | 74.6 | 65.5-81.9 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.3- 4.2 |
| Some College + | 316 | 73 | 19.1 | 14.8-24.1 | 3 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.8 | 231 | 75.8 | 70.1-80.7 | 9 | 4.0 | 2.0- 7.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 231 | 62 | 20.9 | 15.4-27.8 | 3 | 1.3 | 0.4- 4.2 | 163 | 76.2 | 69.0-82.1 | 3 | 1.6 | 0.4- 5.7 |
| $50,000+ | 173 | 38 | 20.2 | 14.4-27.6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.2 | 126 | 73.7 | 65.8-80.4 | 8 | 5.6 | 2.7-11.3 |
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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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