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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes Yes, during pregnancy No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,307 1,381 28.4 26.7-30.2 70 1.6 1.2- 2.2 2,856 70.0 68.2-71.7
GENDER
Male 1,663 540 28.2 25.5-31.0 0 0.0 . - . 1,123 71.8 69.0-74.5
Female 2,644 841 28.7 26.5-30.9 70 3.0 2.2- 4.1 1,733 68.3 65.9-70.6
RACE
White 3,250 978 26.4 24.6-28.3 46 1.2 0.8- 1.7 2,226 72.4 70.4-74.2
African American 922 369 36.3 32.1-40.7 23 3.0 1.8- 5.0 530 60.7 56.2-65.0
Other Minorities 94 13 12.7 6.8-22.4 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1 80 87.2 77.5-93.1
HISPANIC
Yes 92 14 10.2 5.2-19.0 0 0.0 . - . 78 89.8 81.0-94.8
No 4,149 1,337 28.9 27.1-30.7 70 1.7 1.2- 2.3 2,742 69.4 67.6-71.2
AGE
18-24 300 18 4.9 2.7- 8.6 11 3.2 1.5- 6.5 271 92.0 87.6-94.9
25-34 709 80 11.4 8.8-14.6 20 2.3 1.4- 3.9 609 86.3 82.9-89.1
35-44 843 145 18.1 14.9-21.8 16 1.7 1.0- 3.0 682 80.2 76.4-83.5
45-54 851 286 33.2 29.1-37.5 11 1.0 0.4- 2.2 554 65.9 61.5-70.0
55-64 694 334 49.2 44.4-54.0 6 0.7 0.2- 2.3 354 50.1 45.3-55.0
65+ 883 512 57.5 53.4-61.5 6 0.9 0.4- 2.0 365 41.6 37.6-45.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 658 314 39.8 34.6-45.3 8 1.1 0.4- 2.7 336 59.1 53.6-64.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,359 456 30.1 26.9-33.4 27 2.0 1.2- 3.3 876 67.9 64.5-71.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,075 326 26.2 23.2-29.5 17 1.6 0.9- 3.0 732 72.2 68.8-75.3
College Graduate 1,212 283 22.6 19.9-25.6 18 1.4 0.8- 2.3 911 76.0 73.0-78.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 568 276 43.6 37.7-49.7 12 1.5 0.7- 2.9 280 54.9 48.8-60.9
$15,000- 24,999 763 248 29.0 24.8-33.6 14 1.6 0.8- 3.1 501 69.4 64.8-73.7
$25,000- 34,999 558 181 26.9 22.6-31.7 10 1.9 0.9- 4.2 367 71.2 66.3-75.7
$35,000- 49,999 698 203 26.9 22.9-31.4 12 1.8 1.0- 3.3 483 71.3 66.8-75.4
$50,000+ 1,193 278 22.3 19.5-25.3 15 0.9 0.5- 1.6 900 76.8 73.8-79.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Appalachia I 182 66 35.9 28.4-44.1 3 2.5 0.8- 7.5 113 61.6 53.3-69.3
Appalachia II 364 106 26.6 21.9-31.9 9 2.3 1.2- 4.6 249 71.1 65.7-75.9
Appalachia III 258 83 29.0 23.3-35.4 4 1.1 0.4- 2.9 171 69.9 63.5-75.7
Catawba 199 68 27.0 20.6-34.5 3 1.0 0.3- 3.3 128 72.0 64.4-78.5
Edisto 89 31 31.3 21.4-43.3 1 0.5 0.1- 3.8 57 68.2 56.2-78.1
Low Country 182 59 30.6 23.6-38.5 2 2.3 0.4-11.3 121 67.2 58.9-74.5
Palmetto 466 137 27.1 22.7-32.0 6 0.8 0.4- 1.8 323 72.1 67.2-76.5
Pee Dee 1,285 433 29.8 26.7-33.2 17 1.2 0.7- 2.0 835 69.0 65.6-72.2
Savannah 152 55 36.2 27.5-45.7 3 1.3 0.4- 4.3 94 62.5 53.0-71.2
Trident 402 99 23.2 18.8-28.4 9 2.4 1.2- 4.7 294 74.4 69.1-79.0
Upper Savannah 283 98 30.0 23.5-37.4 9 3.7 1.4- 9.5 176 66.2 58.5-73.2
Waccamaw 254 87 28.1 22.2-35.0 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 166 71.6 64.8-77.6
Wateree 145 45 28.3 20.4-37.9 2 1.7 0.4- 6.8 98 70.0 60.4-78.1

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Appalachia 1: Anderson,Oconee
Appalachia 2: Greenville,Pickens
Appalachia 3: Cherokee,Spartanburg,Union
Catawba: Chester,Lancaster,York
Edisto: Bamberg,Calhoun,Orangeburg
Low Country: Beaufort,Colleton,Hampton,Jasper
Savannah: Aiken,Allendale,Barnwell
Palmetto: Fairfield,Lexington,Newberry,Richland
Pee Dee: Chesterfield,Darlington,Dillon,Florence,Marion,Marlboro
Trident: Berkeley,Charleston,Dorchester
Upper Savannah: Abbeville,Edgefield,Greenwood,Laurens,McCormick,Saluda
Waccamaw: Georgetown,Horry,Williamsburg
Wateree: Clarendon,Kershaw,Lee,Sumter

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