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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 |
| -Orange County | 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 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 159 | 46 | 25.6 | 17.6-35.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 109 | 72.1 | 62.2-80.3 | 4 | 2.3 | 0.8- 6.2 |
| Female | 262 | 70 | 22.0 | 16.5-28.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 186 | 75.4 | 68.5-81.2 | 6 | 2.6 | 1.1- 5.8 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 350 | 93 | 21.8 | 17.3-27.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 248 | 75.5 | 70.1-80.3 | 9 | 2.7 | 1.4- 5.2 |
| Other | 68 | 20 | 29.2 | 15.1-48.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 47 | 69.1 | 49.8-83.4 | 1 | 1.8 | 0.2-11.7 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 166 | 19 | 12.9 | 6.7-23.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 145 | 85.9 | 75.6-92.3 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.3- 4.9 |
| 45+ | 252 | 96 | 37.1 | 30.4-44.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 148 | 58.9 | 51.6-65.8 | 8 | 4.0 | 2.0- 8.0 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 91 | 32 | 29.2 | 17.1-45.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 58 | 70.1 | 54.3-82.2 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 5.0 |
| Some College + | 329 | 84 | 21.8 | 17.1-27.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 236 | 75.1 | 69.2-80.1 | 9 | 3.1 | 1.6- 6.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 166 | 46 | 24.8 | 16.0-36.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 114 | 71.4 | 60.0-80.6 | 6 | 3.8 | 1.6- 8.6 |
| $50,000+ | 193 | 51 | 22.6 | 16.8-29.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 138 | 75.6 | 68.5-81.6 | 4 | 1.8 | 0.7- 4.9 |
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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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