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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 |
| -Gaston County | 448 | 166 | 31.3 | 26.4-36.7 | 4 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.3 | 276 | 67.6 | 62.1-72.6 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.1 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 151 | 62 | 34.5 | 25.6-44.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 89 | 65.5 | 55.4-74.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Female | 297 | 104 | 28.7 | 23.6-34.4 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.6- 4.1 | 187 | 69.3 | 63.5-74.5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.1 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 390 | 143 | 30.9 | 25.7-36.7 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.3- 2.6 | 242 | 67.9 | 62.1-73.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.2 |
| Other | 58 | 23 | 33.8 | 21.1-49.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 34 | 65.3 | 49.8-78.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1- 6.7 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 144 | 26 | 15.8 | 10.0-24.0 | 3 | 1.3 | 0.4- 4.0 | 114 | 82.6 | 74.3-88.6 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.1 |
| 45+ | 301 | 140 | 44.6 | 38.4-51.1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.3 | 159 | 54.6 | 48.2-60.9 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 1.9 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 231 | 102 | 37.2 | 29.6-45.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.4 | 128 | 62.3 | 54.0-69.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Some College + | 216 | 64 | 24.8 | 19.0-31.7 | 3 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.8 | 147 | 73.4 | 66.3-79.4 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.2- 2.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 253 | 102 | 31.1 | 24.8-38.2 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.6 | 147 | 67.7 | 60.5-74.2 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.2 |
| $50,000+ | 122 | 41 | 35.0 | 25.8-45.4 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.5 | 80 | 64.2 | 53.9-73.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
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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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