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   874 100.0 139 13.5 11.0- 16.3 735 86.5 83.7- 89.0
Race / Ethnicity                  
  White, Non-Hispanic 472 100.0 68 13.0 9.9- 17.0 404 87.0 83.0- 90.1
  African American, Non-Hispanic 180 100.0 38 16.3 11.3- 23.1 142 83.7 76.9- 88.7
  American Indian, Non-Hispanic 17 100.0 9 34.0 13.2- 63.7 8 66.0 36.3- 86.8
  Other Race, Non-Hispanic 42 100.0 8 18.5 7.5- 38.6 34 81.5 61.4- 92.5
  Latino/Hispanic 163 100.0 16 7.8 4.3- 13.6 147 92.2 86.4- 95.7
Education                  
  No Schooling through Grade 8 (Elementary) 39 100.0 4 12.1 4.5- 28.9 35 87.9 71.1- 95.5
  Grades 9 through 11 (Some High School) 37 100.0 5 13.8 5.3- 31.3 32 86.2 68.7- 94.7
  Grades 12 or GED (High School Graduate) 170 100.0 30 13.1 8.3- 20.2 140 86.9 79.8- 91.7
  College 1 year to 3 years (Some College or Technical school) 238 100.0 39 12.8 8.8- 18.3 199 87.2 81.7- 91.2
  College 4 years or more (College Graduate) 399 100.0 61 13.8 10.5- 18.0 338 86.2 82.0- 89.5
Age                  
  18-24 141 100.0 7 3.5 1.5- 7.7 134 96.5 92.3- 98.5
  25-30 195 100.0 22 13.9 8.3- 22.5 173 86.1 77.5- 91.7
  31-40 391 100.0 71 17.0 13.1- 21.9 320 83.0 78.1- 86.9
  41-44 157 100.0 40 20.8 14.8- 28.5 117 79.2 71.5- 85.2

Source: 2021 North Carolina BRFSS
PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010 and earlier years.