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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 |
| -Piedmont NC | 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 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 891 | 694 | 75.8 | 71.1-79.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 189 | 22.6 | 18.7-27.1 | 8 | 1.6 | 0.5- 4.8 |
| Female | 1,550 | 1,257 | 79.4 | 76.5-82.0 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.6 | 278 | 19.5 | 16.9-22.3 | 10 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.3 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 1,923 | 1,558 | 79.8 | 77.0-82.4 | 3 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.4 | 347 | 19.2 | 16.7-22.0 | 15 | 0.8 | 0.5- 1.5 |
| African American | 452 | 349 | 75.8 | 70.3-80.6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.4 | 100 | 23.4 | 18.7-28.8 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.4 |
| Other Minorities | 61 | 41 | 58.5 | 39.2-75.6 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.2-10.0 | 18 | 31.5 | 16.5-51.7 | 1 | 8.5 | 1.2-40.4 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 43 | 35 | 65.7 | 40.0-84.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 7 | 23.1 | 8.6-49.0 | 1 | 11.2 | 1.7-48.5 |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,394 | 1,913 | 78.1 | 75.6-80.5 | 5 | 0.3 | 0.1- 0.9 | 459 | 20.9 | 18.6-23.4 | 17 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.2 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 15 | 7 | 34.9 | 13.9-64.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 7 | 62.6 | 33.7-84.6 | 1 | 2.5 | 0.3-16.7 |
| 25-34 | 55 | 37 | 68.4 | 50.2-82.4 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.2- 9.0 | 17 | 30.2 | 16.6-48.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 35-44 | 190 | 146 | 73.5 | 63.9-81.3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1- 6.9 | 38 | 20.8 | 14.5-28.9 | 5 | 4.6 | 1.2-16.7 |
| 45-54 | 445 | 354 | 81.3 | 76.6-85.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.4 | 87 | 18.0 | 14.1-22.6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.6 |
| 55-64 | 607 | 506 | 82.0 | 77.8-85.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 98 | 17.6 | 14.0-21.7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.1- 1.6 |
| 65-74 | 617 | 497 | 79.9 | 75.5-83.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 117 | 19.7 | 16.0-24.2 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.2 |
| 75+ | 495 | 392 | 78.1 | 72.9-82.5 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.5 | 98 | 20.9 | 16.6-26.0 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.2 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 418 | 351 | 80.9 | 74.0-86.3 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.5 | 65 | 19.0 | 13.5-25.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 788 | 613 | 72.4 | 66.9-77.3 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.5 | 167 | 26.6 | 21.8-32.1 | 6 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.5 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 613 | 497 | 82.6 | 78.5-86.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.4 | 108 | 15.7 | 12.5-19.6 | 7 | 1.2 | 0.5- 2.7 |
| College Graduate | 621 | 490 | 77.4 | 72.3-81.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 126 | 20.4 | 16.6-24.9 | 5 | 2.2 | 0.5- 8.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 319 | 272 | 84.7 | 78.1-89.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 42 | 14.0 | 9.2-20.5 | 5 | 1.4 | 0.5- 3.6 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 418 | 346 | 82.4 | 77.0-86.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 71 | 17.5 | 13.2-22.9 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.8 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 265 | 203 | 71.3 | 61.0-79.8 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.2- 6.8 | 57 | 23.7 | 16.5-32.8 | 3 | 3.8 | 0.7-18.7 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 347 | 278 | 79.0 | 73.0-84.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.5 | 66 | 19.9 | 15.1-25.8 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 3.0 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 313 | 240 | 73.2 | 64.2-80.6 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.1 | 70 | 25.8 | 18.4-34.9 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.8 |
| $75,000+ | 404 | 320 | 79.7 | 74.5-84.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 79 | 18.9 | 14.7-24.1 | 5 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.4 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,152 | 980 | 83.8 | 80.5-86.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0- 0.2 | 164 | 15.6 | 12.8-18.9 | 7 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.4 |
| No | 1,251 | 940 | 72.8 | 68.8-76.4 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.1- 1.5 | 296 | 25.3 | 21.8-29.1 | 11 | 1.5 | 0.5- 4.1 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 418 | 333 | 77.7 | 71.3-83.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 80 | 19.0 | 14.7-24.1 | 5 | 3.3 | 0.9-12.2 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,022 | 1,617 | 77.7 | 74.8-80.4 | 5 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.0 | 387 | 21.4 | 18.7-24.3 | 13 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.1 |
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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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