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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 |
| -Piedmont NC | 2,495 | 2,018 | 77.9 | 75.0-80.6 | 4 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.4 | 453 | 21.0 | 18.3-23.8 | 20 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.3 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 962 | 747 | 72.7 | 67.6-77.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 204 | 26.2 | 21.6-31.3 | 11 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.4 |
| Female | 1,533 | 1,271 | 82.9 | 79.9-85.4 | 4 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.6 | 249 | 16.0 | 13.6-18.8 | 9 | 0.4 | 0.2- 0.8 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 1,952 | 1,587 | 80.5 | 77.8-83.0 | 3 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.8 | 344 | 18.4 | 16.0-21.1 | 18 | 0.8 | 0.5- 1.5 |
| African American | 450 | 361 | 75.4 | 68.2-81.5 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 5.9 | 86 | 23.1 | 17.2-30.2 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 3.9 |
| Other Minorities | 81 | 63 | 60.4 | 40.4-77.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 18 | 39.6 | 22.6-59.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 55 | 38 | 52.2 | 33.6-70.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 17 | 47.8 | 29.8-66.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,431 | 1,974 | 79.2 | 76.3-81.8 | 4 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.4 | 433 | 19.7 | 17.1-22.5 | 20 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.4 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 16 | 9 | 53.0 | 25.7-78.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 7 | 47.0 | 21.4-74.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 25-34 | 64 | 43 | 62.5 | 43.2-78.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 20 | 36.6 | 20.7-56.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1- 6.8 |
| 35-44 | 166 | 110 | 69.6 | 59.9-77.8 | 2 | 2.2 | 0.4-11.8 | 51 | 26.5 | 19.2-35.4 | 3 | 1.7 | 0.4- 7.8 |
| 45-54 | 409 | 335 | 81.8 | 76.2-86.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 72 | 17.7 | 13.2-23.2 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.4 |
| 55-64 | 630 | 529 | 81.4 | 76.2-85.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.9 | 91 | 17.3 | 13.1-22.4 | 9 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.5 |
| 65+ | 1,186 | 971 | 81.3 | 77.6-84.5 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.1 | 209 | 18.2 | 15.1-21.9 | 5 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.4 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 417 | 339 | 75.8 | 66.9-83.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 76 | 23.9 | 16.8-32.8 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 782 | 637 | 81.2 | 76.1-85.3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.2- 4.3 | 138 | 17.2 | 13.3-22.0 | 5 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 615 | 500 | 76.2 | 69.3-81.9 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.9 | 106 | 22.3 | 16.7-29.2 | 8 | 1.4 | 0.5- 3.7 |
| College Graduate | 677 | 538 | 76.7 | 71.7-81.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.7 | 133 | 22.6 | 18.3-27.6 | 5 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 302 | 253 | 80.7 | 72.0-87.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 47 | 19.2 | 12.7-27.8 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.0- 0.7 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 423 | 346 | 81.1 | 74.4-86.4 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.2- 9.5 | 75 | 17.4 | 12.6-23.6 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 282 | 221 | 72.4 | 60.9-81.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 57 | 26.8 | 17.8-38.4 | 4 | 0.8 | 0.2- 2.4 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 318 | 263 | 81.3 | 74.8-86.4 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.6 | 49 | 15.3 | 10.9-21.0 | 5 | 2.6 | 0.8- 7.8 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 315 | 251 | 74.2 | 64.3-82.1 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.6 | 60 | 24.2 | 16.4-34.3 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.5 |
| $75,000+ | 425 | 346 | 77.8 | 71.1-83.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 1.0 | 74 | 21.6 | 16.1-28.2 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.5 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,128 | 965 | 86.3 | 83.2-88.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 159 | 13.4 | 10.8-16.5 | 4 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.1 |
| No | 1,318 | 1,016 | 71.8 | 67.4-75.9 | 4 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.4 | 282 | 26.4 | 22.4-30.8 | 16 | 1.1 | 0.6- 2.1 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 369 | 293 | 79.4 | 73.1-84.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 73 | 19.9 | 14.8-26.1 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 3.0 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,916 | 1,558 | 77.1 | 73.6-80.3 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.1- 1.7 | 337 | 21.6 | 18.5-25.1 | 17 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.6 |
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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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