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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 |
| -Guilford County | 470 | 179 | 31.3 | 26.6-36.4 | 7 | 1.7 | 0.7- 3.9 | 277 | 65.6 | 60.4-70.6 | 7 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.1 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 169 | 68 | 31.5 | 24.1-39.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 97 | 66.7 | 58.2-74.3 | 4 | 1.8 | 0.6- 5.2 |
| Female | 301 | 111 | 31.1 | 25.6-37.2 | 7 | 3.3 | 1.4- 7.6 | 180 | 64.6 | 58.2-70.5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.1 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 337 | 125 | 29.2 | 24.0-35.0 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.4- 4.8 | 202 | 67.5 | 61.4-73.1 | 6 | 1.8 | 0.7- 4.3 |
| Other | 132 | 53 | 35.4 | 26.4-45.6 | 3 | 2.1 | 0.6- 6.6 | 75 | 62.0 | 51.7-71.3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.6 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 167 | 27 | 12.8 | 8.2-19.5 | 6 | 3.0 | 1.2- 7.5 | 133 | 83.5 | 76.3-88.9 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.4 |
| 45+ | 300 | 150 | 49.0 | 42.5-55.6 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.4 | 143 | 48.5 | 42.0-55.1 | 6 | 2.1 | 0.9- 5.0 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 179 | 83 | 40.3 | 31.8-49.5 | 3 | 2.4 | 0.6- 8.3 | 91 | 56.5 | 47.2-65.4 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.1 |
| Some College + | 289 | 95 | 25.5 | 20.4-31.5 | 4 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.6 | 185 | 71.5 | 65.2-77.0 | 5 | 1.8 | 0.7- 4.5 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 245 | 98 | 31.8 | 25.2-39.2 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.8- 4.9 | 139 | 65.3 | 57.8-72.2 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.8 |
| $50,000+ | 144 | 38 | 22.6 | 16.0-31.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 1.9 | 103 | 75.9 | 67.4-82.7 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.2- 6.1 |
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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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