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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Hypertension

About how long has it been since you last had your blood pressure taken by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional?

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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
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
-Buncombe County 450 347 72.5 66.3-78.0 71 18.8 13.9-24.8 16 4.3 2.4- 7.6 9 2.8 1.4- 5.4 7 1.7 0.7- 4.1
GENDER
Male 161 115 66.3 55.7-75.4 29 22.3 14.3-33.1 7 4.8 2.0-11.3 7 4.3 2.0- 9.1 3 2.2 0.6- 7.7
Female 289 232 78.8 72.5-84.0 42 15.2 10.7-21.0 9 3.7 1.8- 7.5 2 1.2 0.3- 4.7 4 1.1 0.4- 3.0
RACE
White 382 296 73.3 67.4-78.6 59 18.2 13.7-23.8 11 2.9 1.6- 5.5 9 3.4 1.8- 6.6 7 2.1 0.8- 5.1
Other 68 51 69.1 48.0-84.4 12 21.1 8.1-44.9 5 9.8 3.4-25.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 168 117 65.4 55.4-74.1 31 22.8 15.1-32.9 7 4.7 2.0-10.7 9 4.9 2.5- 9.5 4 2.2 0.7- 6.8
45+ 280 228 81.5 76.1-85.9 40 13.7 10.0-18.6 9 3.8 1.9- 7.3 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.0 0.3- 3.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 178 137 71.0 59.1-80.5 27 18.9 10.6-31.5 7 4.5 1.9- 9.9 3 2.9 0.9- 8.8 4 2.8 0.8- 9.1
Some College + 269 208 73.7 66.5-79.8 43 18.5 13.3-25.1 9 4.2 1.9- 9.2 6 2.7 1.2- 6.0 3 0.9 0.3- 3.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 259 197 71.1 63.2-77.9 41 18.5 13.0-25.6 11 5.3 2.6-10.8 5 2.9 1.2- 6.9 5 2.2 0.7- 6.4
$50,000+ 122 96 76.4 67.1-83.8 20 17.4 11.2-26.1 2 2.1 0.5- 8.2 3 3.7 1.2-10.8 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2

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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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