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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 |
| -Pitt County | 442 | 161 | 29.0 | 24.4-34.1 | 5 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.6 | 268 | 68.8 | 63.6-73.6 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.7- 3.3 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 165 | 57 | 25.4 | 18.9-33.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 104 | 72.6 | 64.5-79.3 | 4 | 2.1 | 0.8- 5.7 |
| Female | 277 | 104 | 32.9 | 26.9-39.6 | 5 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.3 | 164 | 64.8 | 58.1-71.0 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.7 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 288 | 96 | 26.7 | 21.5-32.6 | 3 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.9 | 183 | 70.7 | 64.7-76.1 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.8- 4.9 |
| Other | 154 | 65 | 32.4 | 24.0-42.1 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.2- 3.2 | 85 | 66.0 | 56.2-74.6 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.7 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 177 | 29 | 12.4 | 8.0-18.7 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.4 | 146 | 87.1 | 80.7-91.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 45+ | 262 | 131 | 47.9 | 40.9-54.9 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.3 | 121 | 48.3 | 41.3-55.4 | 8 | 3.3 | 1.5- 7.1 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 177 | 87 | 36.1 | 27.7-45.4 | 4 | 1.3 | 0.4- 3.6 | 84 | 62.0 | 52.5-70.7 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.2- 2.6 |
| Some College + | 263 | 74 | 23.8 | 18.6-30.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 1.0 | 182 | 73.8 | 67.5-79.3 | 6 | 2.2 | 0.9- 5.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 243 | 97 | 30.9 | 24.8-37.7 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.8 | 141 | 67.6 | 60.7-73.9 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.8 |
| $50,000+ | 142 | 38 | 25.2 | 17.9-34.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 99 | 71.5 | 62.3-79.2 | 5 | 3.3 | 1.2- 8.7 |
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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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