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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 |
| -Mecklenburg County | 882 | 294 | 26.7 | 23.6-30.2 | 10 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.1 | 563 | 70.4 | 66.8-73.7 | 15 | 1.8 | 0.9- 3.4 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 314 | 99 | 24.8 | 20.1-30.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 204 | 72.0 | 66.3-77.1 | 11 | 3.2 | 1.5- 6.4 |
| Female | 568 | 195 | 28.6 | 24.7-32.9 | 10 | 2.1 | 1.1- 4.1 | 359 | 68.8 | 64.4-72.9 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.3 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 602 | 191 | 25.4 | 21.8-29.4 | 6 | 0.8 | 0.3- 1.9 | 393 | 71.4 | 67.2-75.3 | 12 | 2.3 | 1.1- 4.8 |
| Other | 276 | 103 | 29.5 | 23.7-36.1 | 4 | 1.6 | 0.5- 4.4 | 166 | 68.1 | 61.4-74.2 | 3 | 0.8 | 0.2- 2.6 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 347 | 49 | 12.5 | 9.2-16.8 | 8 | 1.8 | 0.9- 3.8 | 287 | 84.9 | 80.4-88.5 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.3 |
| 45+ | 526 | 241 | 42.8 | 38.1-47.6 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.8 | 271 | 54.0 | 49.1-58.8 | 12 | 3.1 | 1.5- 6.3 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 232 | 108 | 30.5 | 24.1-37.9 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.3- 5.1 | 119 | 66.4 | 58.6-73.4 | 3 | 1.8 | 0.4- 8.3 |
| Some College + | 648 | 185 | 25.2 | 21.6-29.1 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.5- 2.0 | 443 | 72.0 | 68.0-75.7 | 12 | 1.8 | 1.0- 3.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 362 | 150 | 32.0 | 26.5-38.0 | 3 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.8 | 203 | 65.5 | 59.3-71.2 | 6 | 1.4 | 0.5- 3.3 |
| $50,000+ | 385 | 104 | 23.5 | 19.2-28.5 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.3 | 270 | 73.3 | 68.0-77.9 | 7 | 2.4 | 0.9- 5.9 |
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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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