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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | Yes, female told during pregnancy | No | Told borderline or pre-hypertensive | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| COUNTY/REGIONS | |||||||||||||
| Alamance | 116 | 95 | 82.6 | 73.1-89.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 20 | 17.0 | 10.4-26.5 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.7 |
| Buncombe | 125 | 104 | 86.2 | 78.9-91.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 21 | 13.8 | 8.8-21.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Cabarrus | 121 | 98 | 75.0 | 62.8-84.1 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.7 | 22 | 24.7 | 15.5-36.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Catawba | 152 | 132 | 81.1 | 69.2-89.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 18 | 16.9 | 9.2-28.9 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.4- 9.7 |
| Cumberland | 148 | 113 | 69.4 | 58.6-78.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 33 | 28.3 | 19.6-39.1 | 2 | 2.3 | 0.5- 9.4 |
| Davidson | 134 | 104 | 72.2 | 60.9-81.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.4 | 29 | 27.4 | 18.4-38.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Durham | 118 | 92 | 75.8 | 65.3-83.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 24 | 21.5 | 14.0-31.7 | 2 | 2.7 | 0.6-10.4 |
| Forsyth | 135 | 103 | 79.8 | 71.4-86.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 31 | 19.4 | 13.1-27.7 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.7 |
| Gaston | 149 | 122 | 77.6 | 65.6-86.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 26 | 22.0 | 13.4-34.0 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.7 |
| Guilford | 145 | 118 | 82.2 | 72.7-88.9 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.2- 9.0 | 26 | 16.5 | 10.1-25.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Iredell | 137 | 106 | 72.2 | 58.5-82.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 31 | 27.8 | 17.3-41.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Johnston | 154 | 117 | 74.3 | 64.3-82.3 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.8 | 35 | 24.4 | 16.6-34.4 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.1 |
| Mecklenburg | 211 | 162 | 68.9 | 58.6-77.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 45 | 26.9 | 19.0-36.6 | 4 | 4.2 | 0.9-17.5 |
| New Hanover | 145 | 109 | 77.2 | 67.4-84.6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.8 | 34 | 21.8 | 14.5-31.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.4 |
| Onslow | 133 | 102 | 74.0 | 60.9-83.9 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.4 | 30 | 25.5 | 15.7-38.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Orange | 104 | 83 | 74.6 | 61.1-84.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 21 | 25.4 | 15.5-38.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Pitt | 151 | 121 | 79.3 | 70.8-85.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 29 | 20.4 | 13.9-28.9 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.2 |
| Randolph | 141 | 118 | 81.2 | 71.8-88.0 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.2- 9.6 | 21 | 15.1 | 9.4-23.4 | 1 | 2.3 | 0.3-14.2 |
| Robeson | 185 | 151 | 79.6 | 71.1-86.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 32 | 19.2 | 12.9-27.7 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.3- 4.7 |
| Rowan | 151 | 120 | 76.5 | 65.8-84.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 31 | 23.5 | 15.3-34.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Union | 118 | 96 | 79.0 | 68.2-86.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 18 | 16.6 | 9.7-27.0 | 4 | 4.3 | 1.5-11.8 |
| Wake | 176 | 146 | 84.0 | 77.0-89.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 3.9 | 28 | 15.2 | 10.1-22.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.5 |
| Wayne | 157 | 127 | 81.3 | 71.6-88.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 30 | 18.7 | 11.7-28.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| NC REGIONS | |||||||||||||
| 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 |
| Piedmont | 2,441 | 1,951 | 77.7 | 75.1-80.1 | 5 | 0.3 | 0.1- 0.8 | 467 | 21.0 | 18.6-23.5 | 18 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.4 |
| Western NC | 1,070 | 885 | 82.3 | 79.2-85.1 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.3 | 175 | 16.9 | 14.2-19.9 | 9 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.2 |
| AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC) | |||||||||||||
| Mountain AHEC | 697 | 577 | 82.7 | 78.9-85.9 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.1 | 112 | 16.3 | 13.1-20.0 | 7 | 0.8 | 0.3- 1.6 |
| Northwest | 1,130 | 911 | 78.7 | 75.2-81.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0- 0.2 | 212 | 20.5 | 17.4-24.0 | 6 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.8 |
| Charlotte | 697 | 553 | 72.7 | 66.5-78.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0- 0.3 | 134 | 25.0 | 19.8-31.0 | 9 | 2.3 | 0.7- 7.5 |
| Greensboro | 571 | 470 | 83.5 | 78.7-87.3 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.6 | 97 | 15.4 | 11.7-19.9 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.0 |
| Southern Regional | 543 | 427 | 74.7 | 69.4-79.5 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.9 | 110 | 23.3 | 18.8-28.5 | 5 | 1.8 | 0.6- 5.4 |
| Coastal | 309 | 254 | 83.4 | 77.9-87.7 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.3- 3.0 | 51 | 15.5 | 11.3-20.9 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.4 |
| Wake | 530 | 412 | 78.3 | 73.4-82.4 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.7 | 112 | 20.8 | 16.7-25.6 | 4 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.7 |
| Area L | 174 | 130 | 76.9 | 68.5-83.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 41 | 20.5 | 14.3-28.5 | 3 | 2.6 | 0.7- 8.6 |
| Eastern | 758 | 606 | 80.7 | 77.0-84.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.5 | 149 | 19.1 | 15.9-22.8 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.4 |
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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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