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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 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 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 171 | 65 | 32.9 | 25.4-41.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 101 | 65.4 | 56.8-73.1 | 5 | 1.7 | 0.7- 4.3 |
| Female | 341 | 143 | 36.8 | 31.3-42.7 | 4 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.4 | 187 | 60.0 | 54.0-65.8 | 7 | 1.9 | 0.8- 4.4 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 322 | 111 | 28.2 | 23.3-33.7 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.9 | 200 | 68.6 | 62.9-73.8 | 9 | 2.4 | 1.2- 4.8 |
| Other | 188 | 95 | 42.6 | 34.2-51.5 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.2- 2.4 | 88 | 55.7 | 46.8-64.2 | 3 | 1.1 | 0.3- 3.9 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 151 | 27 | 16.4 | 10.8-24.2 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.0 | 120 | 81.9 | 74.1-87.7 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.2- 4.0 |
| 45+ | 357 | 180 | 48.1 | 41.9-54.4 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.5 | 165 | 48.8 | 42.6-55.1 | 10 | 2.4 | 1.2- 4.8 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 290 | 141 | 39.6 | 33.1-46.4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 1.9 | 141 | 58.8 | 52.0-65.4 | 6 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.6 |
| Some College + | 222 | 67 | 28.4 | 21.8-36.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.2- 3.8 | 147 | 67.9 | 60.1-74.8 | 6 | 2.8 | 1.2- 6.5 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 309 | 138 | 38.4 | 32.0-45.1 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.3 | 159 | 58.6 | 51.8-65.2 | 9 | 2.2 | 1.1- 4.6 |
| $50,000+ | 118 | 31 | 26.2 | 18.2-36.3 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 6.3 | 83 | 70.9 | 60.8-79.3 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.6- 6.6 |
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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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