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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Chatham/Lee/Moore Counties

Hypertension

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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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore 525 425 77.1 72.1-81.5 62 13.8 10.4-18.1 18 4.3 2.5- 7.3 8 1.5 0.7- 3.1 12 3.4 1.7- 6.7
GENDER
Male 187 145 71.9 63.1-79.3 25 16.6 10.9-24.4 8 5.7 2.6-11.8 2 1.0 0.2- 4.4 7 4.8 1.9-11.8
Female 338 280 81.8 76.6-86.1 37 11.3 8.0-15.7 10 3.0 1.4- 6.1 6 1.9 0.8- 4.4 5 2.0 0.8- 5.0
RACE
White 438 357 77.6 72.3-82.1 54 15.8 11.8-20.8 14 3.2 1.8- 5.8 7 1.7 0.7- 3.8 6 1.7 0.7- 3.8
Other 84 66 77.2 63.9-86.6 7 5.7 2.4-12.6 4 7.7 2.8-19.4 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3 6 8.6 3.1-21.7
AGE
18-44 153 104 67.8 58.3-76.0 27 17.7 11.7-25.8 10 6.7 3.3-12.9 6 2.8 1.2- 6.5 6 5.1 1.9-12.8
45+ 369 318 84.3 79.1-88.4 35 10.8 7.4-15.5 8 2.4 1.0- 5.8 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7 6 2.0 0.9- 4.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 223 174 74.5 66.3-81.3 24 11.8 7.4-18.3 9 5.5 2.6-11.3 7 2.9 1.3- 6.2 9 5.3 2.2-11.9
Some College + 300 249 79.5 73.0-84.7 38 15.8 11.1-21.9 9 3.1 1.4- 6.7 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9 3 1.6 0.5- 4.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 287 229 75.7 68.6-81.6 34 14.6 9.9-21.0 12 5.6 2.9-10.6 6 1.7 0.7- 3.9 6 2.4 1.0- 5.8
$50,000+ 156 129 80.6 72.3-86.9 21 15.5 9.9-23.6 2 1.1 0.3- 4.5 1 1.1 0.2- 7.7 3 1.6 0.5- 4.8

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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: 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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