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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 |
| -Wake County | 861 | 216 | 21.0 | 17.9-24.3 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.3 | 619 | 76.3 | 72.8-79.5 | 22 | 2.3 | 1.4- 3.6 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 331 | 76 | 18.8 | 14.4-24.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 242 | 78.3 | 72.8-82.9 | 13 | 2.9 | 1.6- 5.3 |
| Female | 530 | 140 | 23.2 | 19.4-27.6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.3- 2.6 | 377 | 74.2 | 69.8-78.2 | 9 | 1.6 | 0.8- 3.2 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 639 | 161 | 21.9 | 18.4-25.9 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.4 | 458 | 75.2 | 71.1-78.9 | 18 | 2.5 | 1.5- 4.1 |
| Other | 213 | 53 | 18.7 | 13.5-25.4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.7 | 155 | 78.9 | 71.9-84.5 | 4 | 1.8 | 0.6- 5.3 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 419 | 56 | 13.2 | 9.6-17.8 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.8 | 355 | 85.4 | 80.7-89.1 | 5 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.3 |
| 45+ | 440 | 160 | 33.5 | 28.8-38.5 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.4 | 262 | 61.6 | 56.4-66.5 | 17 | 4.6 | 2.7- 7.5 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 216 | 68 | 23.0 | 16.9-30.5 | 3 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.9 | 143 | 75.4 | 67.8-81.7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.0 |
| Some College + | 643 | 146 | 20.0 | 16.7-23.8 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.3 | 476 | 76.8 | 72.8-80.3 | 20 | 3.0 | 1.9- 4.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 348 | 98 | 22.2 | 17.4-28.0 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.5 | 244 | 76.5 | 70.7-81.5 | 4 | 0.7 | 0.3- 2.0 |
| $50,000+ | 398 | 83 | 19.0 | 14.9-23.9 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.1 | 296 | 76.4 | 71.2-80.9 | 17 | 4.1 | 2.5- 6.7 |
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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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