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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | Yes, female told during pregnancy | No | Told borderline 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 | 5,409 | 4,340 | 78.6 | 76.9-80.2 | 12 | 0.3 | 0.1- 0.5 | 1,018 | 20.1 | 18.6-21.8 | 39 | 1.0 | 0.6- 1.7 |
| -Eastern NC | 1,898 | 1,504 | 78.5 | 76.0-80.9 | 6 | 0.3 | 0.1- 0.6 | 376 | 20.1 | 17.9-22.6 | 12 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.2 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 651 | 508 | 77.5 | 73.2-81.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.6 | 136 | 20.6 | 16.9-24.8 | 6 | 1.8 | 0.7- 4.5 |
| Female | 1,247 | 996 | 79.4 | 76.5-82.0 | 5 | 0.4 | 0.2- 1.1 | 240 | 19.8 | 17.2-22.7 | 6 | 0.4 | 0.2- 1.0 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 1,206 | 959 | 78.8 | 75.6-81.7 | 3 | 0.3 | 0.1- 0.9 | 235 | 19.7 | 16.9-22.7 | 9 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.2 |
| African American | 552 | 440 | 79.0 | 74.2-83.1 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.0- 0.8 | 109 | 20.3 | 16.2-25.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.5 |
| Other Minorities | 133 | 98 | 72.6 | 62.1-81.0 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.3 | 32 | 25.1 | 17.0-35.5 | 2 | 1.7 | 0.4- 7.0 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 45 | 32 | 69.5 | 51.5-83.0 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.2- 8.7 | 11 | 26.9 | 14.2-45.0 | 1 | 2.3 | 0.3-14.9 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,841 | 1,461 | 78.6 | 76.1-81.0 | 5 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.6 | 364 | 20.1 | 17.8-22.6 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.5- 2.3 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 7 | 4 | 63.0 | 25.1-89.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 37.0 | 10.3-74.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 25-34 | 72 | 47 | 66.3 | 52.4-77.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 24 | 29.7 | 19.2-42.8 | 1 | 4.0 | 0.6-23.3 |
| 35-44 | 135 | 101 | 73.4 | 63.0-81.7 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.8 | 30 | 23.1 | 15.4-33.3 | 3 | 3.1 | 0.8-10.7 |
| 45-54 | 332 | 254 | 76.6 | 70.8-81.6 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.6 | 72 | 21.6 | 16.8-27.3 | 5 | 1.4 | 0.5- 4.3 |
| 55-64 | 545 | 450 | 84.0 | 80.1-87.2 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.3 | 91 | 15.3 | 12.1-19.0 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.0 |
| 65-74 | 465 | 391 | 83.5 | 79.0-87.2 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.5 | 72 | 16.1 | 12.5-20.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 75+ | 335 | 251 | 77.6 | 72.1-82.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 83 | 22.3 | 17.6-27.8 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.7 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 391 | 315 | 79.9 | 74.3-84.5 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.6 | 73 | 19.4 | 14.9-24.9 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 672 | 528 | 77.8 | 73.4-81.6 | 3 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.0 | 139 | 21.4 | 17.6-25.7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.7 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 451 | 354 | 77.8 | 72.2-82.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 93 | 21.2 | 16.6-26.7 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.9 |
| College Graduate | 380 | 303 | 79.2 | 73.3-84.1 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.4 | 71 | 17.9 | 13.6-23.2 | 4 | 2.4 | 0.7- 7.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 307 | 255 | 84.6 | 79.3-88.7 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.3 | 50 | 14.5 | 10.5-19.6 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 384 | 296 | 76.1 | 70.2-81.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 85 | 23.4 | 18.4-29.3 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.1- 1.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 240 | 181 | 72.9 | 64.5-80.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.2 | 57 | 25.5 | 18.6-33.9 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.2- 8.1 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 245 | 191 | 78.9 | 71.6-84.7 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.0 | 51 | 17.4 | 12.6-23.5 | 2 | 3.1 | 0.7-12.2 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 211 | 168 | 77.8 | 70.0-84.1 | 3 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.6 | 39 | 20.1 | 14.1-27.8 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.2- 8.2 |
| $75,000+ | 224 | 181 | 80.6 | 73.3-86.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 41 | 18.9 | 13.3-26.2 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.2 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 976 | 807 | 83.6 | 80.5-86.3 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.6 | 162 | 15.6 | 13.0-18.6 | 5 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.0 |
| No | 899 | 682 | 73.7 | 69.7-77.3 | 3 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.1 | 207 | 24.5 | 21.0-28.4 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.5- 3.9 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 352 | 272 | 75.3 | 68.9-80.8 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.4 | 77 | 23.9 | 18.5-30.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.3 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,546 | 1,232 | 79.4 | 76.7-81.9 | 4 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.5 | 299 | 19.1 | 16.7-21.7 | 11 | 1.3 | 0.6- 2.8 |
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*Asked only of those who report having high blood pressure
^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.
** 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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