NC PRAMS 2007~` : (HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE HYPERTENSION (INCLUDING PREGNANCY-INDUCED HYPERTENSION [PIH], PREECLAMPSIA, OR TOXEMIA))

2007 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

MORBIDITY-MATERNAL

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE HYPERTENSION (INCLUDING PREGNANCY-INDUCED HYPERTENSION [PIH], PREECLAMPSIA, OR TOXEMIA)

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	1658	1379	88.4	86.4-90.2	279	11.6	9.8-13.6
Age
< 20 years	196	163	88.0	81.0-92.6	33	12.0	7.4-19.0
20-24 years	396	340	91.9	88.2-94.5	56	8.1	5.5-11.8
25-34 years	836	699	88.3	85.4-90.7	137	11.7	9.3-14.6
35+ years	230	177	82.4	75.5-87.6	53	17.6	12.4-24.5
Race
White	1144	965	89.1	86.8-91.1	179	10.9	8.9-13.2
Black	443	348	85.1	80.1-88.9	95	14.9	11.1-19.9
Other	71	66	94.6	83.2-98.4	5	5.4	1.6-16.8
Hispanic origin
Yes	208	188	92.8	87.5-95.9	20	7.2	4.1-12.5
No	1447	1188	87.6	85.3-89.5	259	12.4	10.5-14.7
Education
< High School	329	292	92.9	88.7-95.6	37	7.1	4.4-11.3
High School	452	371	86.7	82.3-90.1	81	13.3	9.9-17.7
> High School	871	710	87.4	84.5-89.8	161	12.6	10.2-15.5
Marital Status
Married	1009	843	88.5	86.0-90.7	166	11.5	9.3-14.0
Other	649	536	88.2	84.8-91.0	113	11.8	9.0-15.2
Income
14,999 or less	444	369	88.6	84.3-91.8	75	11.4	8.2-15.7
15,000-24,999	256	208	88.4	82.8-92.4	48	11.6	7.6-17.2
25,000-49,999	304	252	88.4	83.4-92.1	52	11.6	7.9-16.6
50,000 or more	542	450	87.6	83.9-90.5	92	12.4	9.5-16.1
WIC recipient
No	946	792	89.1	86.5-91.2	154	10.9	8.8-13.5
Yes	699	578	88.0	84.7-90.7	121	12.0	9.3-15.3
Medicaid recipient
No	787	647	87.1	84.0-89.7	140	12.9	10.3-16.0
Yes	871	732	89.5	86.7-91.8	139	10.5	8.2-13.3
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	765	580	76.2	73.2-79.0	185	23.8	21.0-26.8
2500+ grams	893	799	89.5	87.3-91.4	94	10.5	8.6-12.7

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50.
N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
The percentages shown are weighted percentages, designed to reflect the entire population of North Carolina women having a live birth.

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