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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 |
| -Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 768 | 265 | 28.7 | 24.9-32.8 | 7 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.6 | 484 | 69.0 | 64.7-72.9 | 12 | 1.6 | 0.8- 3.2 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 269 | 95 | 28.6 | 22.6-35.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 169 | 69.4 | 62.3-75.6 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.8- 5.3 |
| Female | 499 | 170 | 28.8 | 24.2-33.9 | 7 | 1.3 | 0.6- 2.8 | 315 | 68.6 | 63.4-73.4 | 7 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.3 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 683 | 241 | 29.7 | 25.7-34.1 | 6 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.7 | 427 | 67.9 | 63.4-72.0 | 9 | 1.7 | 0.8- 3.5 |
| Other | 85 | 24 | 21.3 | 11.8-35.4 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.7 | 57 | 76.8 | 62.7-86.7 | 3 | 1.3 | 0.3- 5.8 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 252 | 32 | 11.5 | 7.5-17.2 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.7- 3.3 | 209 | 86.5 | 80.8-90.8 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.1- 1.6 |
| 45+ | 513 | 232 | 44.2 | 39.1-49.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 273 | 53.1 | 47.8-58.3 | 8 | 2.7 | 1.2- 5.7 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 368 | 140 | 27.9 | 22.7-33.9 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.8 | 221 | 70.7 | 64.7-76.1 | 4 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.5 |
| Some College + | 400 | 125 | 29.5 | 24.2-35.3 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.5 | 263 | 67.1 | 61.1-72.6 | 8 | 2.5 | 1.1- 5.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 484 | 173 | 28.9 | 24.2-34.1 | 5 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.8 | 300 | 69.4 | 64.1-74.2 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.3- 2.7 |
| $50,000+ | 161 | 38 | 23.9 | 16.6-33.1 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.2 | 118 | 72.4 | 62.7-80.3 | 4 | 3.1 | 1.0- 9.4 |
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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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