Core State Preconception Health Indicators
Women Aged 18 to 44
I3 Percentage of women who have ever been told by a health care provider that they had hypertension including hypertension during pregnancy

  Total Yes No
  N % N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total   844 100.0 143 17.9 14.9- 21.3 701 82.1 78.7- 85.1
Race / Ethnicity                  
  White, Non-Hispanic 459 100.0 66 15.4 11.8- 20.0 393 84.6 80.0- 88.2
  African American, Non-Hispanic 200 100.0 43 22.8 16.3- 31.0 157 77.2 69.0- 83.7
  American Indian, Non-Hispanic 27 100.0 7 42.6 17.8- 71.7 20 57.4 28.3- 82.2
  Other Race, Non-Hispanic 58 100.0 13 19.6 10.2- 34.4 45 80.4 65.6- 89.8
  Latino/Hispanic 100 100.0 14 15.4 8.5- 26.3 86 84.6 73.7- 91.5
Education                  
  No Schooling through Grade 8 (Elementary) 19 100.0 7 49.1 24.8- 73.9 12 50.9 26.1- 75.2
  Grades 9 through 11 (Some High School) 44 100.0 8 15.2 6.8- 30.5 36 84.8 69.5- 93.2
  Grades 12 or GED (High School Graduate) 177 100.0 37 19.9 13.9- 27.7 140 80.1 72.3- 86.1
  College 1 year to 3 years (Some College or Technical school) 268 100.0 50 18.8 13.6- 25.3 218 81.2 74.7- 86.4
  College 4 years or more (College Graduate) 339 100.0 41 12.8 9.1- 17.6 298 87.2 82.4- 90.9
Age                  
  18-24 180 100.0 14 9.4 5.3- 16.0 166 90.6 84.0- 94.7
  25-30 192 100.0 18 11.3 6.9- 18.0 174 88.7 82.0- 93.1
  31-40 356 100.0 77 24.6 19.3- 30.9 279 75.4 69.1- 80.7
  41-44 122 100.0 35 24.3 16.4- 34.4 87 75.7 65.6- 83.6

Source: 2017 North Carolina BRFSS
PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010 and earlier years.