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   771 100.0 129 16.9 14.1- 20.2 642 83.1 79.8- 85.9
Race / Ethnicity                  
  White, Non-Hispanic 395 100.0 49 14.2 10.5- 18.9 346 85.8 81.1- 89.5
  African American, Non-Hispanic 189 100.0 49 24.3 18.1- 31.7 140 75.7 68.3- 81.9
  American Indian, Non-Hispanic 21 100.0 7 30.2 13.6- 54.4 14 69.8 45.6- 86.4
  Other Race, Non-Hispanic 36 100.0 5 11.1 4.1- 27.0 31 88.9 73.0- 95.9
  Latino/Hispanic 130 100.0 19 15.3 9.5- 23.9 111 84.7 76.1- 90.5
Education                  
  No Schooling through Grade 8 (Elementary) 29 100.0 6 28.4 13.3- 50.5 23 71.6 49.5- 86.7
  Grades 9 through 11 (Some High School) 38 100.0 7 15.1 6.8- 30.2 31 84.9 69.8- 93.2
  Grades 12 or GED (High School Graduate) 150 100.0 29 17.0 11.3- 24.8 121 83.0 75.2- 88.7
  College 1 year to 3 years (Some College or Technical school) 232 100.0 42 17.7 12.7- 24.1 190 82.3 75.9- 87.3
  College 4 years or more (College Graduate) 330 100.0 46 14.6 10.8- 19.4 284 85.4 80.6- 89.2
Age                  
  18-24 155 100.0 12 8.2 4.6- 14.4 143 91.8 85.6- 95.4
  25-30 165 100.0 21 12.7 8.0- 19.7 144 87.3 80.3- 92.0
  31-40 339 100.0 62 18.1 13.9- 23.3 277 81.9 76.7- 86.1
  41-44 120 100.0 35 36.0 26.1- 47.3 85 64.0 52.7- 73.9

Source: 2019 North Carolina BRFSS
PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2019 are NOT comparable to 2010 and earlier years.