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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 |
| -New Hanover County | 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 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 160 | 59 | 32.2 | 24.7-40.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 99 | 66.5 | 57.9-74.1 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.3- 5.3 |
| Female | 289 | 104 | 30.0 | 24.5-36.2 | 5 | 1.8 | 0.7- 4.8 | 176 | 66.7 | 60.3-72.5 | 4 | 1.4 | 0.5- 4.1 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 379 | 137 | 30.5 | 25.6-36.0 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.9 | 233 | 67.0 | 61.4-72.2 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.6- 3.8 |
| Other | 70 | 26 | 33.4 | 21.6-47.7 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 6.2 | 42 | 64.8 | 50.5-76.8 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 6.3 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 149 | 16 | 10.2 | 5.8-17.4 | 3 | 1.7 | 0.5- 5.4 | 128 | 86.7 | 79.3-91.7 | 2 | 1.4 | 0.3- 5.4 |
| 45+ | 298 | 147 | 49.3 | 42.8-55.7 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.2 | 145 | 49.0 | 42.6-55.5 | 4 | 1.4 | 0.5- 4.0 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 147 | 64 | 34.7 | 26.3-44.3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.2 | 79 | 63.1 | 53.5-71.8 | 3 | 1.7 | 0.5- 5.7 |
| Some College + | 301 | 98 | 28.8 | 23.5-34.9 | 4 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.8 | 196 | 68.7 | 62.5-74.3 | 3 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 219 | 88 | 28.3 | 22.4-35.2 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.0- 2.5 | 126 | 69.3 | 62.2-75.5 | 4 | 2.1 | 0.7- 5.6 |
| $50,000+ | 163 | 45 | 29.7 | 22.4-38.4 | 3 | 1.2 | 0.3- 4.2 | 114 | 68.3 | 59.6-75.8 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 5.8 |
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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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