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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Hypertension Awareness

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 77,030 60,771 75.5 74.8-76.1 16,259 24.5 23.9-25.2
Alabama 1,245 1,018 78.6 75.7-81.3 227 21.4 18.7-24.3
Alaska 627 374 59.8 54.3-65.0 253 40.2 35.0-45.7
Arizona 920 713 70.6 65.5-75.2 207 29.4 24.8-34.5
Arkansas 1,430 1,146 76.0 73.1-78.6 284 24.0 21.4-26.9
California 1,135 808 66.5 62.9-69.8 327 33.5 30.2-37.1
Colorado 907 652 69.2 65.6-72.5 255 30.8 27.5-34.4
Connecticut 1,343 1,025 74.4 71.6-77.0 318 25.6 23.0-28.4
Delaware 1,215 982 80.5 77.3-83.3 233 19.5 16.7-22.7
District of Columbia 487 373 73.2 67.4-78.3 114 26.8 21.7-32.6
Florida 1,664 1,368 80.2 77.0-83.1 296 19.8 16.9-23.0
Georgia 2,558 2,077 75.8 73.1-78.3 481 24.2 21.7-26.9
Hawaii 1,504 1,297 87.1 84.9-89.1 207 12.9 10.9-15.1
Idaho 1,325 989 72.0 68.8-75.0 336 28.0 25.0-31.2
Illinois 1,377 1,076 75.2 71.8-78.3 301 24.8 21.7-28.2
Indiana 1,617 1,287 76.7 74.2-79.1 330 23.3 20.9-25.8
Iowa 1,451 1,170 77.6 74.5-80.3 281 22.4 19.7-25.5
Kansas 1,240 1,010 79.1 76.1-81.8 230 20.9 18.2-23.9
Kentucky 2,843 2,408 81.3 78.7-83.7 435 18.7 16.3-21.3
Louisiana 1,652 1,389 81.0 78.5-83.3 263 19.0 16.7-21.5
Maine 660 503 73.7 69.5-77.5 157 26.3 22.5-30.5
Maryland 1,207 966 78.6 75.5-81.4 241 21.4 18.6-24.5
Massachusetts 1,854 1,449 77.5 74.9-80.0 405 22.5 20.0-25.1
Michigan 1,094 856 74.5 71.0-77.6 238 25.5 22.4-29.0
Minnesota 975 770 76.6 73.3-79.5 205 23.4 20.5-26.7
Mississippi 1,662 1,358 78.1 75.5-80.5 304 21.9 19.5-24.5
Missouri 1,354 1,072 74.9 71.2-78.2 282 25.1 21.8-28.8
Montana 1,045 801 74.7 70.8-78.3 244 25.3 21.7-29.2
Nebraska 1,343 1,081 76.8 73.8-79.6 262 23.2 20.4-26.2
Nevada 814 564 66.7 61.8-71.3 250 33.3 28.7-38.2
New Hampshire 1,246 966 75.9 73.0-78.6 280 24.1 21.4-27.0
New Jersey 3,169 2,509 76.5 74.6-78.3 660 23.5 21.7-25.4
New Mexico 1,377 1,045 72.7 69.8-75.5 332 27.3 24.5-30.2
New York 1,501 1,166 75.6 72.8-78.2 335 24.4 21.8-27.2
North Carolina 3,185 2,579 76.0 73.3-78.5 606 24.0 21.5-26.7
North Dakota 842 674 78.3 74.9-81.3 168 21.7 18.7-25.1
Ohio 1,085 866 76.8 73.1-80.1 219 23.2 19.9-26.9
Oklahoma 2,500 2,059 78.4 76.3-80.3 441 21.6 19.7-23.7
Oregon 1,071 792 71.4 68.1-74.5 279 28.6 25.5-31.9
Pennsylvania 1,051 864 80.1 77.1-82.7 187 19.9 17.3-22.9
Rhode Island 1,251 978 76.9 73.9-79.6 273 23.1 20.4-26.1
South Carolina 1,854 1,558 81.9 79.6-84.0 296 18.1 16.0-20.4
South Dakota 1,562 1,259 78.0 75.4-80.4 303 22.0 19.6-24.6
Tennessee 873 743 82.9 79.5-85.8 130 17.1 14.2-20.5
Texas 1,656 1,285 74.5 71.9-76.9 371 25.5 23.1-28.1
Utah 942 673 68.3 64.0-72.4 269 31.7 27.6-36.0
Vermont 1,096 848 76.0 73.0-78.8 248 24.0 21.2-27.0
Virginia 1,579 1,271 76.8 73.9-79.6 308 23.2 20.4-26.1
Washington 5,120 3,754 68.1 66.4-69.9 1,366 31.9 30.1-33.6
West Virginia 1,250 1,016 77.7 74.8-80.3 234 22.3 19.7-25.2
Wisconsin 1,090 836 73.4 70.0-76.6 254 26.6 23.4-30.0
Wyoming 1,061 792 71.3 67.9-74.5 269 28.7 25.5-32.1
Guam 179 117 64.5 56.2-72.0 62 35.5 28.0-43.8
Puerto Rico 1,394 1,150 80.2 77.2-83.0 244 19.8 17.0-22.8
Virgin Islands 548 389 67.9 62.4-73.0 159 32.1 27.0-37.6

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

*This question is asked only if the respondent reported being diagnosed with high blood pressure.

#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 and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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