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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 |
| -Rowan County | 475 | 182 | 33.3 | 28.4-38.6 | 6 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.2 | 283 | 64.4 | 59.0-69.5 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.5 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 167 | 62 | 33.0 | 25.0-42.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 103 | 65.9 | 56.8-74.1 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.3- 4.0 |
| Female | 308 | 120 | 33.5 | 28.0-39.6 | 6 | 2.6 | 1.1- 6.0 | 180 | 63.0 | 56.8-68.9 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.5 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 393 | 155 | 36.5 | 30.9-42.5 | 5 | 1.4 | 0.5- 3.6 | 230 | 61.1 | 55.0-66.8 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.0 |
| Other | 79 | 25 | 19.9 | 12.4-30.4 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.2- 8.3 | 52 | 78.1 | 67.2-86.1 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.4 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 155 | 21 | 13.2 | 7.9-21.4 | 3 | 1.6 | 0.5- 5.0 | 131 | 85.2 | 77.0-90.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 45+ | 320 | 161 | 52.0 | 45.7-58.2 | 3 | 1.2 | 0.3- 4.1 | 152 | 45.1 | 38.9-51.3 | 4 | 1.8 | 0.7- 4.7 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 263 | 114 | 38.0 | 30.9-45.6 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.3- 4.2 | 145 | 60.0 | 52.3-67.3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.2- 3.8 |
| Some College + | 212 | 68 | 27.7 | 21.3-35.0 | 4 | 1.7 | 0.6- 5.1 | 138 | 69.7 | 62.2-76.3 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 308 | 128 | 35.4 | 29.3-42.0 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.6 | 176 | 63.2 | 56.5-69.4 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.7 |
| $50,000+ | 99 | 22 | 22.9 | 14.9-33.5 | 3 | 3.3 | 1.0- 9.9 | 72 | 72.1 | 61.2-80.8 | 2 | 1.8 | 0.4- 7.2 |
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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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