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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

Hypertension Awareness

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes Yes, during pregnancy No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,446 3,188 28.6 27.3-30.0 104 1.1 0.8- 1.4 6,154 70.3 68.9-71.7
-Eastern NC 3,320 1,262 31.2 28.8-33.8 32 0.9 0.6- 1.5 2,026 67.8 65.3-70.3
GENDER
Male 1,167 447 29.3 25.4-33.5 0 0.0 . - . 720 70.7 66.5-74.6
Female 2,153 815 33.0 30.0-36.1 32 1.8 1.1- 2.8 1,306 65.3 62.1-68.4
RACE
White 2,070 728 29.8 26.8-33.1 25 1.3 0.7- 2.2 1,317 68.9 65.6-72.0
African American 983 464 39.9 35.1-45.0 7 0.4 0.2- 0.9 512 59.7 54.6-64.5
Other Minorities 248 69 18.7 12.8-26.4 0 0.0 . - . 179 81.3 73.6-87.2
AGE
18-24 202 17 8.7 3.8-19.0 6 1.6 0.6- 4.7 179 89.7 79.8-95.0
25-34 494 60 10.2 7.0-14.8 13 2.7 1.3- 5.4 421 87.1 82.2-90.8
35-44 597 125 17.8 13.5-23.0 9 0.9 0.4- 1.8 463 81.4 76.2-85.7
45-54 646 261 41.3 35.2-47.8 2 0.2 0.0- 0.7 383 58.5 52.1-64.6
55-64 569 318 55.5 49.1-61.7 1 0.0 0.0- 0.4 250 44.5 38.3-50.9
65-74 462 265 57.9 50.9-64.6 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4 196 42.0 35.4-49.0
75+ 329 207 58.0 49.6-66.0 0 0.0 . - . 122 42.0 34.0-50.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 660 361 43.3 37.2-49.6 4 0.6 0.1- 2.8 295 56.1 49.8-62.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,113 421 31.1 27.0-35.5 10 0.9 0.4- 1.9 682 68.1 63.6-72.2
Some Post-H.S. 851 288 28.0 23.1-33.5 10 0.8 0.3- 2.2 553 71.2 65.6-76.2
College Graduate 690 190 25.5 20.8-30.7 8 1.4 0.6- 3.3 492 73.1 67.8-77.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 471 264 49.8 41.8-57.7 5 0.6 0.3- 1.6 202 49.6 41.6-57.6
$15,000- 24,999 659 259 33.1 27.5-39.1 7 1.0 0.3- 3.2 393 66.0 59.9-71.6
$25,000- 34,999 382 140 34.0 26.7-42.2 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 241 65.6 57.4-73.0
$35,000- 49,999 425 116 24.8 19.2-31.4 5 1.5 0.4- 4.6 304 73.7 67.0-79.5
$50,000-74,999 333 99 29.1 20.9-39.1 6 2.5 0.9- 6.6 228 68.3 58.5-76.8
$75,000+ 291 73 24.2 17.7-32.1 2 0.4 0.1- 1.5 216 75.5 67.5-82.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 454 161 30.3 25.8-35.1 6 1.2 0.4- 3.2 287 68.6 63.6-73.1
Guilford 446 134 28.0 23.3-33.1 9 1.8 0.9- 3.6 303 70.2 65.0-75.0
Mecklenburg 448 126 24.9 20.3-30.2 4 0.9 0.3- 2.4 318 74.2 68.9-78.9
Orange 452 96 14.3 11.1-18.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 355 85.5 81.7-88.7
Wake 453 108 20.5 16.6-25.1 8 1.4 0.6- 2.9 337 78.1 73.4-82.1
Chatham/Lee 399 139 30.5 25.3-36.4 3 0.4 0.1- 1.3 257 69.1 63.2-74.4
Nash/Wilson 380 156 37.0 31.6-42.7 4 1.6 0.5- 4.7 220 61.4 55.6-66.9
Craven/Pamlico 456 170 32.4 27.7-37.5 2 0.4 0.1- 1.6 284 67.2 62.1-71.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 437 138 30.8 25.2-37.1 6 0.9 0.3- 2.2 293 68.3 62.1-73.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 454 149 26.4 21.8-31.6 6 1.4 0.6- 3.3 299 72.2 67.0-77.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 479 183 37.3 28.9-46.6 3 0.4 0.1- 1.3 293 62.3 53.0-70.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 425 136 23.9 18.1-30.8 2 0.4 0.1- 1.9 287 75.7 68.8-81.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 476 185 34.3 29.6-39.2 5 1.0 0.4- 2.4 286 64.7 59.8-69.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 420 173 35.0 29.3-41.2 6 1.5 0.6- 3.3 241 63.5 57.3-69.3
Northeast NC I 460 186 35.8 30.4-41.5 5 0.9 0.3- 2.3 269 63.4 57.6-68.8
Northeast NC II 513 201 35.1 30.4-40.1 5 0.7 0.3- 1.8 307 64.2 59.1-68.9
Northeastern Partnership 973 387 35.4 31.7-39.1 10 0.8 0.4- 1.5 576 63.9 60.1-67.5
Mountain AHEC 1,307 429 27.8 24.6-31.4 12 0.8 0.4- 1.5 866 71.4 67.9-74.7
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont 4,050 1,237 27.2 25.3-29.2 48 1.1 0.7- 1.6 2,765 71.7 69.7-73.6
Western NC 2,076 689 28.8 26.0-31.9 24 1.3 0.7- 2.2 1,363 69.9 66.8-72.8

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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