BRFSS 2005 - Alamance County: (About how long has it been since you last had your blood pressure taken by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional?)

	Total Respond.^	Within the past 6 months	6 to 12 months ago	1 to 2 years ago	3 to 5 years ago	5 or more years ago or never
North Carolina	17,099	13,943	77.8	76.8-78.7	1,822	11.9	11.2-12.7	712	5.2	4.7- 5.8	333	2.6	2.3- 3.1	289	2.5	2.1- 2.9
-Alamance County	461	368	78.4	73.2-82.9	53	11.4	8.2-15.5	23	5.5	3.4- 8.9	10	2.0	1.0- 4.0	7	2.6	1.0- 6.5
GENDER
Male	147	108	72.3	62.2-80.6	19	12.4	7.4-20.2	12	8.2	4.2-15.6	3	1.7	0.5- 5.2	5	5.4	1.9-14.1
Female	314	260	83.0	77.4-87.5	34	10.6	7.0-15.7	11	3.5	1.8- 6.7	7	2.3	0.9- 5.3	2	0.6	0.1- 2.6
RACE
White	347	277	79.3	73.5-84.2	39	10.8	7.3-15.5	19	6.9	4.0-11.5	8	2.0	1.0- 4.3	4	1.0	0.3- 3.0
Other	112	90	76.7	64.8-85.4	14	12.9	7.0-22.5	4	2.7	0.9- 7.8	1	1.4	0.2- 9.6	3	6.3	1.9-18.6
AGE
18-44	175	135	75.7	66.9-82.7	26	13.9	8.9-21.0	6	4.4	1.7-10.6	4	2.0	0.7- 5.7	4	4.1	1.4-11.2
45+	285	232	81.7	76.1-86.2	27	8.4	5.5-12.7	17	7.0	4.2-11.3	6	2.0	0.8- 4.7	3	0.9	0.3- 3.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	222	174	74.7	66.2-81.6	26	12.7	7.9-19.6	12	4.9	2.7- 9.0	6	3.2	1.4- 7.3	4	4.5	1.5-12.4
Some College +	236	191	81.7	74.8-87.0	27	10.3	6.6-15.8	11	6.2	3.0-12.4	4	0.9	0.3- 2.5	3	0.9	0.2- 3.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	265	207	76.2	68.7-82.3	33	12.6	8.3-18.6	14	4.9	2.7- 8.7	5	1.8	0.7- 4.5	6	4.5	1.7-11.5
$50,000+	116	98	82.5	71.9-89.6	10	8.4	4.1-16.3	7	8.9	3.9-19.3	1	0.3	0.0- 1.9	0	0.0	. - .

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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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): 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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	Total Respond.^	Within the past 6 months			6 to 12 months ago			1 to 2 years ago			3 to 5 years ago			5 or more years ago or never
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,099	13,943	77.8	76.8-78.7	1,822	11.9	11.2-12.7	712	5.2	4.7- 5.8	333	2.6	2.3- 3.1	289	2.5	2.1- 2.9
-Alamance County	461	368	78.4	73.2-82.9	53	11.4	8.2-15.5	23	5.5	3.4- 8.9	10	2.0	1.0- 4.0	7	2.6	1.0- 6.5
GENDER
Male	147	108	72.3	62.2-80.6	19	12.4	7.4-20.2	12	8.2	4.2-15.6	3	1.7	0.5- 5.2	5	5.4	1.9-14.1
Female	314	260	83.0	77.4-87.5	34	10.6	7.0-15.7	11	3.5	1.8- 6.7	7	2.3	0.9- 5.3	2	0.6	0.1- 2.6
RACE
White	347	277	79.3	73.5-84.2	39	10.8	7.3-15.5	19	6.9	4.0-11.5	8	2.0	1.0- 4.3	4	1.0	0.3- 3.0
Other	112	90	76.7	64.8-85.4	14	12.9	7.0-22.5	4	2.7	0.9- 7.8	1	1.4	0.2- 9.6	3	6.3	1.9-18.6
AGE
18-44	175	135	75.7	66.9-82.7	26	13.9	8.9-21.0	6	4.4	1.7-10.6	4	2.0	0.7- 5.7	4	4.1	1.4-11.2
45+	285	232	81.7	76.1-86.2	27	8.4	5.5-12.7	17	7.0	4.2-11.3	6	2.0	0.8- 4.7	3	0.9	0.3- 3.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	222	174	74.7	66.2-81.6	26	12.7	7.9-19.6	12	4.9	2.7- 9.0	6	3.2	1.4- 7.3	4	4.5	1.5-12.4
Some College +	236	191	81.7	74.8-87.0	27	10.3	6.6-15.8	11	6.2	3.0-12.4	4	0.9	0.3- 2.5	3	0.9	0.2- 3.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	265	207	76.2	68.7-82.3	33	12.6	8.3-18.6	14	4.9	2.7- 8.7	5	1.8	0.7- 4.5	6	4.5	1.7-11.5
$50,000+	116	98	82.5	71.9-89.6	10	8.4	4.1-16.3	7	8.9	3.9-19.3	1	0.3	0.0- 1.9	0	0.0	. - .

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alamance County

Hypertension

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