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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 |
| -Union County | 383 | 128 | 25.5 | 21.1-30.5 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.6 | 246 | 72.7 | 67.6-77.2 | 5 | 0.9 | 0.4- 2.3 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 155 | 45 | 21.2 | 15.4-28.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 109 | 78.2 | 70.8-84.2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.7 |
| Female | 228 | 83 | 30.2 | 24.1-37.1 | 4 | 1.9 | 0.7- 5.4 | 137 | 66.5 | 59.5-72.9 | 4 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.7 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 321 | 111 | 25.9 | 21.2-31.2 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.3- 3.0 | 203 | 72.3 | 66.9-77.2 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.4 |
| Other | 60 | 15 | 22.5 | 12.8-36.3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1- 6.6 | 43 | 75.4 | 61.6-85.4 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.2- 8.2 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 166 | 18 | 9.9 | 6.0-16.0 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.8 | 146 | 89.3 | 83.3-93.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 45+ | 213 | 109 | 45.8 | 38.4-53.4 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.3- 5.3 | 97 | 50.9 | 43.3-58.4 | 5 | 2.1 | 0.8- 5.4 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 161 | 62 | 30.6 | 23.2-39.2 | 3 | 1.7 | 0.5- 5.8 | 93 | 66.7 | 58.0-74.4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.0 |
| Some College + | 221 | 65 | 21.6 | 16.5-27.8 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.3 | 153 | 77.1 | 70.9-82.4 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 181 | 72 | 30.1 | 23.1-38.2 | 3 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.7 | 102 | 67.3 | 59.1-74.6 | 4 | 1.4 | 0.5- 3.9 |
| $50,000+ | 149 | 33 | 17.5 | 12.1-24.5 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 5.9 | 114 | 81.0 | 73.7-86.6 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.5 |
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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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