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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

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
-Durham County 460 354 76.4 71.1-80.9 73 14.9 11.3-19.4 22 5.4 3.3- 8.7 5 1.0 0.4- 2.6 6 2.4 0.9- 5.8
GENDER
Male 153 113 73.6 64.0-81.4 18 11.0 5.9-19.5 14 9.2 5.1-16.1 3 1.4 0.4- 4.8 5 4.7 1.8-12.0
Female 307 241 78.7 73.0-83.4 55 18.3 13.8-23.7 8 2.0 1.0- 4.3 2 0.7 0.2- 2.7 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3
RACE
White 258 196 77.4 71.4-82.4 44 15.3 11.2-20.5 13 5.0 2.8- 8.9 3 1.1 0.3- 3.5 2 1.2 0.3- 5.0
Other 199 155 75.3 66.4-82.4 29 14.6 9.2-22.4 9 5.7 2.6-11.9 2 1.0 0.2- 4.0 4 3.4 1.1-10.2
AGE
18-44 225 163 73.4 65.7-79.9 40 16.3 11.2-23.1 14 5.5 2.9-10.0 2 0.9 0.2- 3.5 6 3.9 1.6- 9.5
45+ 234 190 80.7 73.8-86.1 33 12.8 8.8-18.2 8 5.3 2.4-11.3 3 1.3 0.4- 4.3 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 144 108 72.2 60.9-81.2 21 14.9 8.4-25.1 6 5.5 2.1-13.6 4 2.1 0.7- 5.9 5 5.4 1.9-14.1
Some College + 316 246 78.8 73.4-83.4 52 14.9 11.2-19.6 16 5.3 3.1- 9.0 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 229 177 75.6 67.2-82.4 34 14.0 8.9-21.3 8 4.1 1.7- 9.9 4 1.7 0.6- 4.7 6 4.6 1.8-10.9
$50,000+ 172 129 75.2 67.5-81.6 32 16.9 11.8-23.6 11 7.9 4.2-14.2 0 0.0 . - . 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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