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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 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | |||||||||||||
Alamance | 460 | 149 | 26.6 | 22.2-31.6 | 6 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.1 | 292 | 69.6 | 64.4-74.4 | 13 | 2.4 | 1.2- 4.7 |
Buncombe | 452 | 135 | 23.5 | 18.8-29.0 | 3 | 0.8 | 0.2- 2.5 | 302 | 73.2 | 67.6-78.1 | 12 | 2.5 | 1.3- 4.8 |
Cabarrus | 423 | 145 | 28.5 | 23.7-33.9 | 4 | 1.3 | 0.4- 3.9 | 268 | 69.0 | 63.4-74.0 | 6 | 1.2 | 0.5- 3.0 |
Catawba | 447 | 158 | 29.4 | 24.6-34.6 | 5 | 1.1 | 0.4- 2.8 | 275 | 67.6 | 62.3-72.6 | 9 | 1.9 | 0.9- 3.9 |
Cumberland | 455 | 175 | 31.7 | 26.9-36.8 | 4 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.3 | 271 | 66.8 | 61.6-71.6 | 5 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.1 |
Davidson | 458 | 157 | 26.2 | 21.7-31.2 | 5 | 1.7 | 0.6- 4.3 | 287 | 71.0 | 65.8-75.7 | 9 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.4 |
Durham | 465 | 124 | 21.1 | 17.1-25.6 | 4 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.3 | 326 | 75.3 | 70.5-79.6 | 11 | 2.8 | 1.5- 5.3 |
Forsyth | 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 |
Gaston | 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 |
Guilford | 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 |
Iredell | 405 | 137 | 27.0 | 22.3-32.2 | 5 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.3 | 259 | 71.2 | 65.9-76.0 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.5 |
Johnston | 389 | 137 | 28.4 | 23.3-34.2 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.3 | 244 | 69.5 | 63.6-74.8 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.6- 3.4 |
Mecklenburg | 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 |
New Hanover | 449 | 163 | 31.1 | 26.4-36.2 | 5 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.5 | 275 | 66.6 | 61.4-71.5 | 6 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.2 |
Onslow | 396 | 134 | 23.6 | 19.3-28.5 | 11 | 2.4 | 1.3- 4.3 | 249 | 73.6 | 68.5-78.2 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.8 |
Orange | 421 | 116 | 23.8 | 18.7-29.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 295 | 73.8 | 67.8-79.0 | 10 | 2.5 | 1.3- 4.6 |
Pitt | 442 | 161 | 29.0 | 24.4-34.1 | 5 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.6 | 268 | 68.8 | 63.6-73.6 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.7- 3.3 |
Randolph | 458 | 166 | 29.9 | 25.5-34.8 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.4 | 281 | 68.0 | 62.9-72.6 | 8 | 1.7 | 0.7- 3.9 |
Robeson | 447 | 181 | 31.8 | 27.0-37.2 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.2 | 261 | 67.2 | 61.8-72.2 | 3 | 0.6 | 0.2- 2.1 |
Rowan | 475 | 182 | 33.3 | 28.4-38.6 | 6 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.2 | 283 | 64.4 | 59.0-69.5 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.5 |
Union | 383 | 128 | 25.5 | 21.1-30.5 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.6 | 246 | 72.7 | 67.6-77.2 | 5 | 0.9 | 0.4- 2.3 |
Wake | 861 | 216 | 21.0 | 17.9-24.3 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.3 | 619 | 76.3 | 72.8-79.5 | 22 | 2.3 | 1.4- 3.6 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 471 | 171 | 31.1 | 26.0-36.6 | 5 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.4 | 283 | 66.3 | 60.7-71.5 | 12 | 2.1 | 1.1- 3.7 |
Northeast Partnership II | 512 | 208 | 35.0 | 30.3-40.0 | 4 | 0.7 | 0.2- 1.8 | 288 | 62.5 | 57.5-67.4 | 12 | 1.8 | 1.0- 3.4 |
Northeast Partnership I | 519 | 245 | 42.5 | 37.2-48.0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.5 | 264 | 56.1 | 50.6-61.4 | 9 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.4 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 425 | 178 | 33.3 | 28.1-38.9 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.7 | 241 | 65.4 | 59.7-70.6 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.3- 3.0 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 528 | 223 | 37.0 | 31.8-42.5 | 4 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.3 | 294 | 60.5 | 54.9-65.8 | 7 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.3 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 430 | 170 | 35.1 | 30.0-40.4 | 5 | 1.1 | 0.4- 2.6 | 248 | 62.2 | 56.7-67.4 | 7 | 1.7 | 0.7- 3.9 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 478 | 160 | 28.9 | 24.4-33.9 | 4 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.8 | 303 | 68.5 | 63.4-73.2 | 11 | 2.0 | 1.0- 3.6 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 526 | 177 | 29.2 | 24.9-33.9 | 6 | 1.6 | 0.7- 3.5 | 336 | 68.4 | 63.5-72.8 | 7 | 0.9 | 0.4- 2.0 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 651 | 244 | 29.3 | 25.3-33.7 | 5 | 1.1 | 0.4- 2.6 | 391 | 67.8 | 63.1-72.2 | 11 | 1.8 | 0.6- 5.6 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 470 | 188 | 33.6 | 28.8-38.7 | 6 | 1.4 | 0.5- 3.7 | 267 | 62.7 | 57.4-67.7 | 9 | 2.3 | 1.1- 4.6 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 409 | 136 | 26.6 | 22.1-31.5 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.7 | 266 | 71.5 | 66.4-76.2 | 6 | 1.7 | 0.7- 3.8 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 509 | 203 | 32.6 | 28.0-37.5 | 10 | 2.4 | 1.2- 4.8 | 290 | 63.8 | 58.7-68.7 | 6 | 1.2 | 0.5- 2.8 |
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 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | |||||||||||||
Yes | 1,190 | 516 | 37.2 | 33.7-40.8 | 5 | 0.4 | 0.2- 0.9 | 645 | 60.8 | 57.2-64.3 | 24 | 1.6 | 1.0- 2.5 |
No | 16,049 | 5,623 | 28.7 | 27.9-29.6 | 155 | 1.0 | 0.8- 1.2 | 10,012 | 68.7 | 67.8-69.6 | 259 | 1.6 | 1.4- 1.8 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 5,561 | 2,161 | 33.0 | 31.4-34.6 | 54 | 0.9 | 0.6- 1.2 | 3,260 | 64.7 | 63.1-66.3 | 86 | 1.4 | 1.1- 1.8 |
Piedmont | 9,675 | 3,297 | 27.6 | 26.5-28.7 | 87 | 0.9 | 0.7- 1.2 | 6,127 | 69.8 | 68.7-71.0 | 164 | 1.7 | 1.4- 2.0 |
Western NC | 2,003 | 681 | 28.2 | 25.8-30.7 | 19 | 1.0 | 0.6- 1.7 | 1,270 | 69.1 | 66.6-71.6 | 33 | 1.7 | 1.1- 2.5 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | |||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 1,220 | 400 | 27.0 | 24.0-30.3 | 10 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.4 | 786 | 70.3 | 67.0-73.5 | 24 | 1.9 | 1.2- 3.1 |
Northwest | 3,279 | 1,186 | 30.5 | 28.6-32.5 | 35 | 1.3 | 0.8- 1.9 | 2,016 | 67.1 | 65.1-69.1 | 42 | 1.1 | 0.8- 1.6 |
Charlotte | 2,553 | 897 | 27.9 | 25.8-30.0 | 26 | 1.1 | 0.7- 1.7 | 1,598 | 69.8 | 67.6-71.9 | 32 | 1.3 | 0.8- 2.0 |
Greensboro | 2,224 | 774 | 30.0 | 27.6-32.6 | 19 | 1.0 | 0.6- 1.8 | 1,383 | 66.7 | 64.1-69.3 | 48 | 2.2 | 1.5- 3.3 |
Southern Regional | 1,792 | 683 | 31.9 | 29.0-35.0 | 15 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.2 | 1,071 | 66.0 | 62.9-69.0 | 23 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.7 |
Coastal | 877 | 334 | 34.1 | 30.4-37.9 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.5- 1.9 | 520 | 63.4 | 59.5-67.1 | 13 | 1.6 | 0.9- 2.9 |
Wake | 2,423 | 724 | 23.2 | 21.2-25.4 | 14 | 0.5 | 0.3- 1.0 | 1,634 | 74.1 | 71.9-76.3 | 51 | 2.1 | 1.5- 2.9 |
Area L | 703 | 313 | 36.8 | 32.5-41.3 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.3 | 380 | 61.8 | 57.2-66.2 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.5 |
Eastern | 2,168 | 828 | 32.7 | 30.2-35.2 | 28 | 0.9 | 0.6- 1.4 | 1,269 | 64.7 | 62.1-67.2 | 43 | 1.7 | 1.2- 2.4 |
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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, Edgecombe, 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.
*** 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.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson,
Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
****Learn about the NC Area Health Education Centers Program
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