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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 |
| -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 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 183 | 86 | 43.0 | 34.3-52.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 95 | 56.6 | 47.5-65.3 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.8 |
| Female | 336 | 159 | 42.1 | 36.2-48.2 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 3.0 | 169 | 55.5 | 49.3-61.5 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.9- 4.3 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 238 | 85 | 30.1 | 23.6-37.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.3 | 147 | 68.1 | 60.6-74.8 | 5 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.2 |
| Other | 276 | 157 | 52.5 | 45.2-59.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 115 | 46.3 | 39.1-53.7 | 4 | 1.1 | 0.4- 3.2 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 142 | 36 | 22.4 | 15.2-31.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 105 | 77.2 | 67.8-84.5 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.9 |
| 45+ | 375 | 209 | 54.5 | 48.3-60.6 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.4 | 157 | 43.4 | 37.4-49.7 | 8 | 1.7 | 0.8- 3.5 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 322 | 175 | 45.2 | 38.1-52.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 140 | 53.5 | 46.1-60.6 | 7 | 1.4 | 0.6- 2.9 |
| Some College + | 195 | 69 | 38.0 | 30.1-46.6 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.0 | 123 | 60.5 | 51.9-68.5 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 4.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 334 | 169 | 44.6 | 37.6-51.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 161 | 54.7 | 47.5-61.7 | 4 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.9 |
| $50,000+ | 92 | 29 | 34.7 | 24.4-46.6 | 1 | 1.1 | 0.2- 7.7 | 61 | 63.4 | 51.6-73.9 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.2 |
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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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