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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 |
| -Western NC | 1,066 | 865 | 81.3 | 78.1-84.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 198 | 18.5 | 15.7-21.7 | 3 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.9 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 438 | 355 | 79.3 | 74.1-83.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 81 | 20.4 | 16.0-25.6 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.8 |
| Female | 628 | 510 | 83.4 | 79.7-86.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 117 | 16.5 | 13.4-20.2 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.6 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 979 | 795 | 81.9 | 78.7-84.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 182 | 17.9 | 15.1-21.1 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.0 |
| African American | 39 | 29 | 64.8 | 43.0-81.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 10 | 35.2 | 18.3-57.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Other Minorities | 44 | 37 | 81.5 | 61.9-92.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 6 | 16.8 | 6.6-36.8 | 1 | 1.7 | 0.2-11.2 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 7 | 4 | 50.7 | 14.8-85.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 49.3 | 14.1-85.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,058 | 860 | 81.5 | 78.3-84.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 195 | 18.3 | 15.5-21.5 | 3 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.9 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 5 | 3 | 84.9 | 46.1-97.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 15.1 | 2.6-53.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 25-34 | 18 | 13 | 68.1 | 39.4-87.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 31.9 | 12.5-60.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 35-44 | 70 | 54 | 75.8 | 62.6-85.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 16 | 24.2 | 14.7-37.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 45-54 | 152 | 123 | 83.3 | 75.9-88.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 28 | 16.4 | 11.0-23.9 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.6 |
| 55-64 | 273 | 233 | 84.0 | 77.7-88.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 39 | 15.4 | 10.7-21.6 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.1 |
| 65+ | 543 | 436 | 81.7 | 77.6-85.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 106 | 18.2 | 14.7-22.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.7 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 195 | 154 | 82.8 | 75.5-88.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 41 | 17.2 | 11.7-24.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 396 | 323 | 80.3 | 74.7-84.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 72 | 19.3 | 14.7-24.9 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.7 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 244 | 197 | 80.4 | 72.7-86.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 46 | 19.4 | 13.5-27.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.3 |
| College Graduate | 230 | 191 | 82.7 | 76.3-87.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 38 | 17.1 | 12.1-23.6 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 191 | 159 | 81.9 | 73.3-88.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 32 | 18.1 | 11.8-26.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 204 | 165 | 81.5 | 73.9-87.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 39 | 18.5 | 12.7-26.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 139 | 110 | 81.5 | 73.0-87.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 29 | 18.5 | 12.3-27.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 122 | 107 | 84.1 | 70.4-92.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 15 | 15.9 | 7.8-29.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| $50,000-74,999 | 125 | 99 | 79.5 | 69.9-86.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 24 | 19.2 | 12.3-28.8 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.3- 6.0 |
| $75,000+ | 121 | 101 | 85.1 | 76.8-90.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 20 | 14.9 | 9.3-23.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 545 | 455 | 83.0 | 78.6-86.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 89 | 16.7 | 13.1-21.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.1 |
| No | 500 | 392 | 79.5 | 74.6-83.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 106 | 20.3 | 16.2-25.2 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.0- 0.6 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 168 | 138 | 81.5 | 73.6-87.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 30 | 18.5 | 12.6-26.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Non-Veteran | 810 | 660 | 81.6 | 77.8-84.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 148 | 18.3 | 15.1-22.1 | 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 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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