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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 |
| -Forsyth County | 457 | 168 | 31.4 | 26.6-36.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 285 | 68.0 | 62.7-72.9 | 4 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.8 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 149 | 56 | 28.5 | 21.2-37.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 91 | 70.6 | 62.0-78.0 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.8 |
| Female | 308 | 112 | 33.8 | 27.7-40.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 194 | 65.8 | 59.1-71.9 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.7 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 341 | 120 | 28.2 | 23.2-33.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 218 | 71.1 | 65.4-76.2 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.4 |
| Other | 114 | 47 | 39.6 | 28.7-51.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 66 | 59.9 | 48.0-70.8 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.4 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 152 | 17 | 9.5 | 4.9-17.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 135 | 90.5 | 82.3-95.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 45+ | 303 | 151 | 51.2 | 44.8-57.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 148 | 47.6 | 41.4-54.0 | 4 | 1.1 | 0.4- 3.4 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 161 | 79 | 42.5 | 33.0-52.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 81 | 57.1 | 47.0-66.7 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.0- 2.5 |
| Some College + | 296 | 89 | 24.7 | 19.5-30.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 204 | 74.5 | 68.4-79.8 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 225 | 103 | 39.2 | 31.5-47.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 121 | 60.6 | 52.2-68.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.5 |
| $50,000+ | 164 | 37 | 21.2 | 14.6-29.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 126 | 78.1 | 69.5-84.7 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 5.1 |
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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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