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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 |
-Piedmont NC | 9,675 | 3,297 | 27.6 | 26.5-28.7 | 87 | 0.9 | 0.7- 1.2 | 6,127 | 69.8 | 68.7-71.0 | 164 | 1.7 | 1.4- 2.0 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Male | 3,528 | 1,189 | 26.2 | 24.5-28.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2,257 | 71.6 | 69.8-73.4 | 82 | 2.2 | 1.7- 2.8 |
Female | 6,147 | 2,108 | 28.9 | 27.5-30.3 | 87 | 1.8 | 1.4- 2.4 | 3,870 | 68.1 | 66.6-69.5 | 82 | 1.2 | 0.9- 1.5 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
White | 7,513 | 2,530 | 27.5 | 26.2-28.7 | 69 | 1.0 | 0.7- 1.3 | 4,788 | 69.9 | 68.5-71.1 | 126 | 1.7 | 1.4- 2.1 |
African American | 1,576 | 665 | 35.5 | 32.5-38.6 | 12 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.5 | 864 | 61.4 | 58.2-64.5 | 35 | 2.2 | 1.4- 3.5 |
Other Minorities | 546 | 87 | 13.0 | 9.9-16.9 | 5 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.2 | 453 | 86.0 | 82.0-89.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.2 |
HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
Hispanic | 555 | 79 | 11.7 | 9.0-15.2 | 5 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.1 | 466 | 87.0 | 83.4-89.9 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.2 |
Non-Hispanic | 9,114 | 3,216 | 29.3 | 28.1-30.5 | 82 | 1.0 | 0.7- 1.2 | 5,657 | 67.9 | 66.7-69.1 | 159 | 1.8 | 1.5- 2.2 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-24 | 439 | 37 | 8.1 | 5.5-11.7 | 10 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.5 | 392 | 90.7 | 87.0-93.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
25-34 | 1,359 | 132 | 9.7 | 7.9-11.8 | 35 | 2.2 | 1.5- 3.2 | 1,182 | 87.1 | 84.8-89.2 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.5- 2.1 |
35-44 | 1,889 | 334 | 18.3 | 16.2-20.6 | 25 | 1.0 | 0.6- 1.6 | 1,505 | 79.4 | 77.0-81.6 | 25 | 1.2 | 0.8- 2.0 |
45-54 | 1,843 | 575 | 30.3 | 27.8-33.0 | 12 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.1 | 1,215 | 66.4 | 63.6-69.0 | 41 | 2.7 | 1.8- 4.0 |
55-64 | 1,730 | 810 | 47.3 | 44.5-50.2 | 3 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.5 | 877 | 49.5 | 46.7-52.4 | 40 | 3.0 | 2.1- 4.4 |
65-74 | 1,300 | 759 | 58.1 | 54.9-61.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0- 0.2 | 515 | 39.8 | 36.7-43.0 | 25 | 2.0 | 1.3- 3.2 |
75+ | 1,067 | 632 | 60.6 | 57.0-64.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.6 | 411 | 37.0 | 33.5-40.6 | 23 | 2.3 | 1.4- 3.7 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 1,511 | 656 | 32.4 | 29.2-35.7 | 12 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.6 | 826 | 66.2 | 62.8-69.4 | 17 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.2 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,755 | 1,078 | 32.2 | 30.0-34.4 | 28 | 1.2 | 0.7- 2.0 | 1,613 | 65.1 | 62.7-67.4 | 36 | 1.5 | 1.0- 2.4 |
Some Post-H.S. | 2,300 | 740 | 25.0 | 22.9-27.2 | 24 | 1.0 | 0.6- 1.6 | 1,488 | 71.9 | 69.5-74.1 | 48 | 2.2 | 1.5- 3.1 |
College Graduate | 3,090 | 814 | 23.1 | 21.3-24.9 | 23 | 0.7 | 0.5- 1.2 | 2,191 | 74.3 | 72.4-76.1 | 62 | 1.9 | 1.4- 2.6 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 1,044 | 522 | 39.1 | 35.1-43.4 | 7 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.9 | 502 | 59.4 | 55.2-63.5 | 13 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.1 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,641 | 636 | 28.8 | 26.0-31.7 | 17 | 1.2 | 0.7- 2.1 | 957 | 68.6 | 65.5-71.6 | 31 | 1.4 | 0.9- 2.3 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 1,138 | 391 | 29.9 | 26.6-33.4 | 10 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.6 | 724 | 68.0 | 64.4-71.4 | 13 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.8 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,265 | 375 | 25.4 | 22.6-28.5 | 10 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.5 | 861 | 72.0 | 68.9-75.0 | 19 | 1.7 | 1.1- 2.9 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,312 | 353 | 23.5 | 20.7-26.5 | 14 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.5 | 917 | 73.2 | 70.0-76.1 | 28 | 2.5 | 1.6- 4.1 |
$75,000+ | 1,810 | 430 | 21.7 | 19.6-24.1 | 20 | 1.0 | 0.6- 1.6 | 1,320 | 75.1 | 72.6-77.4 | 40 | 2.2 | 1.5- 3.1 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
Yes | 2,840 | 1,415 | 44.0 | 41.5-46.4 | 19 | 0.8 | 0.5- 1.4 | 1,356 | 53.3 | 50.7-55.8 | 50 | 2.0 | 1.3- 2.9 |
No | 6,565 | 1,814 | 22.3 | 21.1-23.5 | 64 | 0.9 | 0.7- 1.3 | 4,576 | 75.2 | 73.9-76.5 | 111 | 1.6 | 1.3- 2.0 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
Veteran | 1,151 | 492 | 39.0 | 35.4-42.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.5 | 626 | 57.9 | 54.1-61.5 | 32 | 3.1 | 2.1- 4.5 |
Non-Veteran | 8,512 | 2,804 | 26.1 | 25.0-27.3 | 86 | 1.0 | 0.8- 1.4 | 5,490 | 71.4 | 70.1-72.5 | 132 | 1.5 | 1.2- 1.9 |
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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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