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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 422 356 77.8 71.0-83.3 33 9.4 6.4-13.6 16 4.7 2.6- 8.5 11 5.2 2.2-11.8 6 3.0 1.0- 8.2
GENDER
Male 155 118 68.9 58.2-78.0 15 11.3 6.6-18.6 7 5.4 2.2-12.6 10 9.3 3.9-20.7 5 5.1 1.7-14.6
Female 267 238 88.1 82.7-92.0 18 7.2 4.2-11.9 9 3.9 1.9- 7.7 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3
RACE
White 289 245 79.3 71.0-85.7 19 7.3 4.3-12.0 12 5.3 2.6-10.7 9 6.1 2.3-15.4 4 2.0 0.6- 6.2
Other 132 110 74.2 61.4-83.9 14 14.1 7.9-24.1 4 3.3 1.2- 9.1 2 3.2 0.6-15.4 2 5.2 1.0-23.3
AGE
18-44 151 119 72.1 60.8-81.2 17 12.0 7.0-19.8 8 6.3 2.7-14.0 6 8.1 2.8-21.6 1 1.5 0.2- 9.8
45+ 270 236 83.1 75.5-88.7 16 6.9 4.1-11.6 8 3.2 1.5- 6.6 5 2.3 0.9- 5.7 5 4.4 1.3-14.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 231 191 73.8 63.6-82.0 19 10.2 6.1-16.5 11 6.2 2.9-12.6 6 6.4 2.0-18.5 4 3.5 0.9-12.7
Some College + 191 165 83.1 75.3-88.8 14 8.4 4.6-14.7 5 2.7 1.1- 6.8 5 3.5 1.4- 8.5 2 2.3 0.5-10.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 226 188 73.5 63.0-81.9 19 11.3 6.7-18.2 8 3.6 1.7- 7.8 7 7.7 2.7-20.3 4 3.9 1.0-13.8
$50,000+ 126 109 84.1 74.0-90.8 8 6.1 2.9-12.3 5 6.5 2.1-17.8 4 3.4 1.2- 8.8 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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