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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Mecklenburg County

Hypertension Screening

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  Total
Respond.#
1-12 months 1-2 years 2-5 years 5 or more years Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,916 5,569 92.8 91.6-93.8 196 4.0 3.2- 4.8 84 1.8 1.3- 2.6 58 1.4 0.9- 2.0 9 0.1 0.0- 0.2
Mecklenburg County 414 382 91.4 87.6-94.2 23 6.0 3.8- 9.3 5 1.3 0.5- 3.3 4 1.3 0.4- 4.1 0 0.0 . - .
GENDER
Male 167 149 89.3 83.1-93.4 12 6.3 3.5-11.2 3 2.0 0.6- 6.0 3 2.4 0.7- 8.0 0 0.0 . - .
Female 247 233 93.6 88.1-96.6 11 5.6 2.7-11.2 2 0.6 0.1- 2.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 292 268 90.7 85.9-94.0 16 5.7 3.3- 9.6 4 1.8 0.7- 4.6 4 1.9 0.6- 5.8 0 0.0 . - .
Other 113 106 92.9 84.3-97.0 6 6.8 2.8-15.5 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 230 208 88.6 82.7-92.7 15 7.8 4.5-13.2 5 2.2 0.9- 5.4 2 1.4 0.3- 6.5 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 181 171 95.5 91.1-97.8 8 3.3 1.5- 7.1 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.2 0.2- 5.7 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 133 120 87.4 78.4-93.0 8 7.7 3.6-15.6 1 1.0 0.1- 6.9 4 3.9 1.2-11.8 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 279 260 93.4 89.3-96.0 15 5.2 2.9- 9.0 4 1.4 0.5- 4.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 183 169 91.6 85.2-95.4 8 4.5 2.1- 9.5 2 0.7 0.2- 3.3 4 3.1 1.0- 9.5 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000+ 160 150 93.9 88.5-96.9 8 4.4 2.1- 9.1 2 1.7 0.4- 6.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 403 377 91.6 87.4-94.5 16 5.4 3.1- 9.1 8 2.5 1.1- 5.4 2 0.6 0.1- 2.3 0 0.0 . - .
Cumberland 414 401 97.1 94.6-98.5 7 1.4 0.6- 3.0 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1 5 1.3 0.5- 3.8 0 0.0 . - .
Durham 384 364 93.9 90.3-96.2 9 2.4 1.2- 4.8 8 2.2 1.0- 4.6 2 0.9 0.2- 3.4 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6
Forsyth 442 427 96.7 94.4-98.1 9 2.0 1.0- 3.9 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4 3 0.8 0.2- 2.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1
Gaston 443 422 94.9 92.0-96.7 14 3.3 1.9- 5.8 0 0.0 . - . 5 1.4 0.6- 3.5 2 0.4 0.1- 2.0
Guilford 392 364 92.4 88.4-95.0 14 4.2 2.3- 7.5 6 1.1 0.5- 2.6 7 2.1 0.8- 5.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7
New Hanover 390 358 85.7 75.7-92.0 20 6.0 3.6- 9.7 6 1.9 0.7- 4.6 5 6.2 1.7-20.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6
Onslow 417 393 91.1 82.1-95.8 11 5.6 1.8-16.4 8 2.6 1.1- 5.9 4 0.6 0.2- 1.7 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8
Wake 405 385 93.6 89.1-96.4 10 2.9 1.4- 5.8 8 3.2 1.2- 7.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.3 0.1- 1.3
Western NC 588 559 95.1 92.5-96.8 13 2.1 1.0- 4.3 7 1.2 0.5- 2.6 9 1.7 0.8- 3.4 0 0.0 . - .
Piedmont NC 641 596 93.1 90.4-95.1 26 4.0 2.6- 6.2 14 1.9 0.9- 3.9 5 1.0 0.4- 2.6 0 0.0 . - .
Eastern NC 583 541 90.6 87.0-93.2 24 5.0 3.2- 7.7 11 2.5 1.3- 5.0 7 1.9 0.8- 4.1 0 0.0 . - .

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#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.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
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