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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 |
| -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 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 408 | 338 | 81.2 | 75.9-85.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 66 | 18.2 | 13.8-23.5 | 4 | 0.7 | 0.2- 1.8 |
| Female | 662 | 547 | 83.4 | 79.6-86.5 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.0- 2.5 | 109 | 15.7 | 12.6-19.4 | 5 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.4 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 996 | 825 | 82.2 | 78.9-85.1 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.4 | 161 | 16.9 | 14.1-20.2 | 9 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.3 |
| African American | 45 | 36 | 80.4 | 63.6-90.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 9 | 19.6 | 9.4-36.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Other Minorities | 25 | 21 | 90.6 | 73.0-97.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 9.4 | 2.8-27.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 11 | 11 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,058 | 873 | 82.0 | 78.9-84.8 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.3 | 175 | 17.2 | 14.4-20.3 | 9 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.2 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 6 | 2 | 29.2 | 6.6-70.7 | 1 | 11.7 | 1.5-53.7 | 3 | 59.1 | 21.3-88.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 25-34 | 17 | 14 | 81.1 | 53.3-94.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 18.9 | 5.8-46.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 35-44 | 68 | 55 | 82.8 | 71.0-90.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 13 | 17.2 | 9.6-29.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 45-54 | 151 | 129 | 87.2 | 79.4-92.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 22 | 12.8 | 7.7-20.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 55-64 | 273 | 232 | 82.0 | 75.2-87.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 38 | 17.1 | 11.9-23.9 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.9 |
| 65-74 | 316 | 257 | 81.2 | 75.8-85.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 57 | 18.3 | 13.9-23.7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.0 |
| 75+ | 232 | 191 | 84.9 | 79.4-89.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 37 | 13.4 | 9.4-18.7 | 4 | 1.7 | 0.6- 4.6 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 206 | 171 | 83.4 | 76.5-88.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 33 | 15.6 | 10.6-22.4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.3- 4.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 358 | 304 | 85.5 | 80.3-89.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 51 | 14.1 | 10.1-19.2 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.1- 1.5 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 276 | 230 | 83.0 | 76.7-87.9 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.2 | 43 | 15.8 | 11.1-22.0 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 1.9 |
| College Graduate | 228 | 178 | 75.5 | 67.3-82.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 48 | 23.8 | 17.1-32.0 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 171 | 147 | 85.6 | 78.3-90.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 24 | 14.4 | 9.3-21.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 242 | 199 | 84.0 | 77.5-88.9 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.7 | 42 | 15.2 | 10.4-21.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 115 | 100 | 85.2 | 73.1-92.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 11 | 12.7 | 5.9-25.3 | 4 | 2.1 | 0.8- 5.8 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 156 | 131 | 84.3 | 76.8-89.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 23 | 14.5 | 9.3-22.0 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.3- 4.6 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 117 | 94 | 79.3 | 68.2-87.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 22 | 20.2 | 12.3-31.3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.6 |
| $75,000+ | 124 | 99 | 78.2 | 67.4-86.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 24 | 21.1 | 13.2-32.0 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.5 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 559 | 471 | 85.1 | 81.2-88.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 83 | 14.4 | 11.2-18.3 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.3 |
| No | 493 | 399 | 79.7 | 74.6-84.0 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.6 | 89 | 19.2 | 15.0-24.3 | 4 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.9 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 204 | 175 | 86.4 | 80.5-90.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 25 | 11.9 | 7.8-17.7 | 4 | 1.7 | 0.6- 4.5 |
| Non-Veteran | 866 | 710 | 81.4 | 77.8-84.6 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.6 | 150 | 18.0 | 14.9-21.6 | 5 | 0.4 | 0.1- 0.9 |
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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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