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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 | 5,046 | 4,089 | 78.4 | 76.3-80.4 | 5 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.8 | 924 | 20.8 | 18.9-22.9 | 28 | 0.5 | 0.3- 0.8 |
| -Eastern NC | 1,485 | 1,206 | 78.2 | 74.2-81.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.4 | 273 | 21.5 | 18.0-25.5 | 5 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.5 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 529 | 423 | 77.9 | 71.0-83.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 103 | 21.8 | 16.2-28.7 | 3 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.1 |
| Female | 956 | 783 | 78.4 | 73.6-82.6 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.8 | 170 | 21.3 | 17.1-26.2 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.5 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 976 | 788 | 78.5 | 73.7-82.6 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.7 | 183 | 21.1 | 17.0-25.9 | 4 | 0.3 | 0.1- 0.8 |
| African American | 398 | 328 | 76.7 | 67.7-83.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 69 | 23.2 | 16.2-32.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 1.0 |
| Other Minorities | 100 | 80 | 80.9 | 66.9-89.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 20 | 19.1 | 10.1-33.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 23 | 16 | 61.4 | 31.9-84.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 7 | 38.6 | 15.6-68.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,460 | 1,188 | 78.5 | 74.4-82.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.4 | 266 | 21.2 | 17.7-25.3 | 5 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.6 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 7 | 4 | 81.3 | 39.5-96.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 18.7 | 3.4-60.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 25-34 | 40 | 28 | 66.0 | 42.9-83.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 12 | 34.0 | 16.6-57.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 35-44 | 117 | 81 | 70.0 | 54.8-81.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 33 | 28.9 | 17.3-44.2 | 3 | 1.1 | 0.3- 3.5 |
| 45-54 | 268 | 224 | 77.8 | 68.7-84.8 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 1.9 | 43 | 22.0 | 15.0-31.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 55-64 | 383 | 330 | 87.1 | 81.0-91.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 51 | 12.7 | 8.4-18.8 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.9 |
| 65+ | 658 | 529 | 77.2 | 71.1-82.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 129 | 22.8 | 17.7-28.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 251 | 211 | 76.8 | 63.6-86.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 39 | 23.1 | 13.7-36.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.1 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 492 | 398 | 79.4 | 72.3-85.0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.2 | 93 | 20.4 | 14.8-27.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Some Post-H.S. | 407 | 333 | 78.2 | 70.7-84.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 74 | 21.8 | 15.8-29.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| College Graduate | 332 | 261 | 77.4 | 69.7-83.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 67 | 21.7 | 15.6-29.4 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 246 | 213 | 85.3 | 75.7-91.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 33 | 14.7 | 8.4-24.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 293 | 238 | 75.8 | 63.9-84.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 55 | 24.2 | 15.3-36.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 146 | 115 | 80.8 | 67.0-89.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 31 | 19.2 | 10.3-33.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 175 | 140 | 76.5 | 65.6-84.7 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.7 | 34 | 23.0 | 14.8-33.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| $50,000-74,999 | 185 | 157 | 84.3 | 73.6-91.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 28 | 15.7 | 8.8-26.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| $75,000+ | 227 | 174 | 71.3 | 61.0-79.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 49 | 27.6 | 19.1-38.0 | 4 | 1.1 | 0.4- 3.1 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 753 | 635 | 82.9 | 77.8-87.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.9 | 115 | 16.8 | 12.7-21.9 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.5 |
| No | 707 | 551 | 74.6 | 68.3-79.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 153 | 25.1 | 19.8-31.3 | 3 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 261 | 215 | 79.8 | 71.2-86.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 44 | 19.8 | 13.4-28.4 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.6 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,088 | 880 | 76.9 | 71.8-81.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.6 | 204 | 22.8 | 18.4-27.9 | 3 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.7 |
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*Asked only of those who report having high blood pressure
^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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