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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 |
| -Onslow County | 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 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 135 | 46 | 23.1 | 16.3-31.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 88 | 76.3 | 67.7-83.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.3 |
| Female | 261 | 88 | 24.1 | 19.1-29.8 | 11 | 4.5 | 2.4- 8.1 | 161 | 71.2 | 65.0-76.7 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.6 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 307 | 104 | 22.2 | 17.6-27.6 | 8 | 2.2 | 1.1- 4.5 | 194 | 75.2 | 69.5-80.1 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.6 |
| Other | 87 | 30 | 29.0 | 19.1-41.3 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.9- 9.5 | 53 | 67.5 | 54.9-77.9 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.1 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 199 | 24 | 10.2 | 6.5-15.5 | 7 | 2.5 | 1.1- 5.2 | 167 | 87.0 | 81.2-91.1 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 3.0 |
| 45+ | 195 | 109 | 51.6 | 43.6-59.5 | 4 | 2.2 | 0.8- 5.9 | 81 | 45.8 | 38.0-53.8 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.6 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 175 | 65 | 25.8 | 18.9-34.0 | 3 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.7 | 106 | 72.5 | 64.0-79.6 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.3 |
| Some College + | 221 | 69 | 21.6 | 16.5-27.8 | 8 | 3.4 | 1.7- 6.9 | 143 | 74.7 | 68.1-80.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 241 | 98 | 29.3 | 23.2-36.2 | 5 | 1.7 | 0.7- 4.1 | 138 | 69.0 | 62.0-75.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| $50,000+ | 110 | 21 | 15.0 | 9.4-23.1 | 6 | 5.1 | 2.2-11.4 | 81 | 78.3 | 69.3-85.2 | 2 | 1.6 | 0.4- 6.8 |
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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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