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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 |
| -Western NC | 2,003 | 681 | 28.2 | 25.8-30.7 | 19 | 1.0 | 0.6- 1.7 | 1,270 | 69.1 | 66.6-71.6 | 33 | 1.7 | 1.1- 2.5 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 714 | 250 | 28.1 | 24.3-32.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 448 | 69.7 | 65.4-73.7 | 16 | 2.2 | 1.3- 3.7 |
| Female | 1,289 | 431 | 28.2 | 25.4-31.2 | 19 | 1.9 | 1.1- 3.2 | 822 | 68.6 | 65.5-71.6 | 17 | 1.2 | 0.7- 2.2 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 1,783 | 617 | 28.7 | 26.3-31.3 | 18 | 1.1 | 0.7- 1.9 | 1,121 | 68.5 | 65.8-71.0 | 27 | 1.7 | 1.1- 2.6 |
| African American | 94 | 37 | 40.7 | 26.4-56.7 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.7 | 53 | 56.4 | 40.7-70.8 | 3 | 2.3 | 0.7- 7.2 |
| Other Minorities | 125 | 27 | 14.6 | 8.7-23.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 95 | 84.2 | 75.1-90.4 | 3 | 1.2 | 0.2- 6.2 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 79 | 10 | 8.6 | 3.9-17.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 69 | 91.4 | 82.2-96.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,922 | 670 | 29.8 | 27.3-32.3 | 19 | 1.1 | 0.6- 1.8 | 1,200 | 67.3 | 64.7-69.9 | 33 | 1.8 | 1.2- 2.7 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 102 | 6 | 6.6 | 2.2-18.0 | 3 | 1.7 | 0.4- 7.4 | 93 | 91.8 | 80.8-96.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 25-34 | 267 | 32 | 14.0 | 9.6-20.0 | 7 | 1.9 | 0.9- 4.1 | 226 | 84.0 | 78.0-88.6 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.3 |
| 35-44 | 312 | 54 | 17.1 | 12.7-22.5 | 7 | 2.1 | 1.0- 4.4 | 244 | 78.4 | 72.6-83.2 | 7 | 2.5 | 1.1- 5.3 |
| 45-54 | 349 | 101 | 31.3 | 25.6-37.5 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.8 | 242 | 66.5 | 60.2-72.3 | 5 | 2.1 | 0.8- 5.2 |
| 55-64 | 380 | 168 | 41.0 | 35.3-47.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.0 | 204 | 55.5 | 49.4-61.3 | 7 | 3.2 | 1.4- 7.5 |
| 65-74 | 308 | 165 | 52.2 | 45.7-58.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 135 | 45.3 | 39.0-51.8 | 8 | 2.5 | 1.2- 5.0 |
| 75+ | 277 | 153 | 55.5 | 48.6-62.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 121 | 42.9 | 36.3-49.8 | 3 | 1.6 | 0.5- 5.1 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 347 | 153 | 33.1 | 26.8-40.2 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 1.8 | 188 | 65.4 | 58.3-71.9 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 611 | 224 | 28.7 | 24.5-33.2 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.3- 3.2 | 375 | 69.3 | 64.7-73.6 | 8 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.3 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 481 | 152 | 26.9 | 22.4-32.0 | 5 | 1.1 | 0.4- 2.6 | 315 | 70.3 | 65.1-75.1 | 9 | 1.7 | 0.8- 3.5 |
| College Graduate | 555 | 148 | 24.9 | 21.0-29.3 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.7- 3.1 | 387 | 70.6 | 66.0-74.9 | 12 | 2.9 | 1.5- 5.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 282 | 136 | 34.6 | 28.1-41.8 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.4- 9.1 | 143 | 63.0 | 55.5-69.9 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.3 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 414 | 149 | 28.7 | 23.6-34.3 | 4 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.6 | 259 | 70.7 | 65.0-75.8 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 270 | 80 | 26.5 | 20.9-32.9 | 5 | 1.6 | 0.6- 4.1 | 179 | 69.9 | 63.3-75.8 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.8- 4.6 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 295 | 79 | 24.5 | 19.1-30.8 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.4 | 206 | 71.6 | 65.0-77.4 | 9 | 3.4 | 1.7- 6.9 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 215 | 60 | 26.3 | 19.6-34.2 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.2 | 148 | 70.8 | 62.7-77.8 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.5- 4.6 |
| $75,000+ | 226 | 54 | 22.9 | 17.4-29.7 | 3 | 1.3 | 0.4- 4.1 | 163 | 72.0 | 64.7-78.3 | 6 | 3.8 | 1.4- 9.4 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 675 | 310 | 39.3 | 34.6-44.1 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.2 | 356 | 59.1 | 54.2-63.8 | 7 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.1 |
| No | 1,276 | 355 | 23.6 | 20.8-26.5 | 17 | 1.4 | 0.8- 2.3 | 878 | 73.2 | 70.1-76.1 | 26 | 1.9 | 1.2- 2.9 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 266 | 133 | 48.5 | 41.4-55.5 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 1.0 | 126 | 47.4 | 40.4-54.6 | 6 | 4.0 | 1.7- 9.2 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,736 | 547 | 25.2 | 22.8-27.8 | 18 | 1.1 | 0.7- 1.9 | 1,144 | 72.3 | 69.6-74.8 | 27 | 1.3 | 0.9- 2.0 |
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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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