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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 |
| -Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 528 | 223 | 37.0 | 31.8-42.5 | 4 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.3 | 294 | 60.5 | 54.9-65.8 | 7 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.3 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 163 | 65 | 36.1 | 27.1-46.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 94 | 61.9 | 51.7-71.1 | 4 | 2.1 | 0.6- 6.4 |
| Female | 365 | 158 | 37.7 | 32.3-43.5 | 4 | 2.1 | 0.7- 5.9 | 200 | 59.4 | 53.5-65.0 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.2- 2.9 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 346 | 129 | 32.0 | 26.2-38.3 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.3- 5.0 | 209 | 65.3 | 58.8-71.2 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.6- 3.6 |
| Other | 181 | 94 | 46.1 | 36.0-56.5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.2- 3.8 | 84 | 51.8 | 41.3-62.1 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.2- 8.1 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 183 | 40 | 22.1 | 14.9-31.5 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.7 | 138 | 75.5 | 66.1-83.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.2- 4.1 |
| 45+ | 341 | 181 | 49.9 | 43.6-56.2 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 6.1 | 154 | 47.4 | 41.2-53.8 | 5 | 1.8 | 0.6- 5.1 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 283 | 134 | 41.2 | 33.7-49.2 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.3- 5.0 | 145 | 56.7 | 48.7-64.4 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 4.6 |
| Some College + | 244 | 89 | 31.1 | 25.0-37.9 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.3- 5.0 | 148 | 65.7 | 58.6-72.1 | 5 | 2.1 | 0.8- 5.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 331 | 144 | 36.4 | 29.9-43.5 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.2- 4.7 | 182 | 61.4 | 54.3-68.1 | 3 | 1.1 | 0.3- 4.2 |
| $50,000+ | 118 | 36 | 30.4 | 21.8-40.7 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.2- 9.7 | 80 | 66.8 | 56.4-75.8 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.2- 8.6 |
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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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