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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 |
| -Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 651 | 244 | 29.3 | 25.3-33.7 | 5 | 1.1 | 0.4- 2.6 | 391 | 67.8 | 63.1-72.2 | 11 | 1.8 | 0.6- 5.6 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 238 | 87 | 27.4 | 21.3-34.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 147 | 69.9 | 62.1-76.7 | 4 | 2.7 | 0.6-11.4 |
| Female | 413 | 157 | 31.3 | 26.5-36.5 | 5 | 2.2 | 0.9- 5.2 | 244 | 65.7 | 60.3-70.7 | 7 | 0.9 | 0.4- 1.9 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 404 | 142 | 26.5 | 21.8-31.9 | 4 | 1.4 | 0.5- 3.8 | 253 | 71.3 | 65.8-76.3 | 5 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.8 |
| Other | 244 | 101 | 34.2 | 27.3-41.8 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.2 | 136 | 61.6 | 53.4-69.3 | 6 | 3.7 | 0.8-15.4 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 244 | 43 | 13.2 | 9.2-18.5 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.8- 4.9 | 192 | 82.3 | 75.4-87.5 | 4 | 2.5 | 0.5-11.2 |
| 45+ | 402 | 199 | 47.4 | 41.7-53.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 196 | 51.6 | 45.9-57.3 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.5- 2.2 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 377 | 146 | 28.8 | 23.8-34.4 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.0 | 225 | 68.7 | 62.6-74.3 | 5 | 2.2 | 0.5- 9.4 |
| Some College + | 274 | 98 | 30.1 | 23.7-37.4 | 4 | 2.4 | 0.9- 6.3 | 166 | 66.3 | 58.7-73.2 | 6 | 1.2 | 0.5- 2.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 423 | 165 | 30.7 | 25.9-35.9 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.5- 3.9 | 249 | 67.2 | 61.8-72.1 | 5 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.7 |
| $50,000+ | 134 | 42 | 30.9 | 22.4-40.9 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 5.8 | 87 | 67.0 | 57.0-75.7 | 4 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.6 |
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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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