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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth 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
-Forsyth County 455 384 80.6 75.1-85.1 42 11.0 7.4-15.9 23 6.0 3.8- 9.4 3 1.0 0.3- 3.6 3 1.4 0.4- 4.5
GENDER
Male 148 122 80.6 70.9-87.6 11 7.9 3.4-17.1 9 6.1 2.9-12.2 3 2.3 0.6- 8.0 3 3.2 1.0- 9.8
Female 307 262 80.6 73.9-85.9 31 13.4 8.9-19.8 14 6.0 3.4-10.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 339 288 80.0 73.2-85.5 31 12.4 7.9-19.0 15 4.9 2.8- 8.6 3 1.4 0.4- 5.1 2 1.2 0.3- 4.6
Other 114 94 81.4 71.2-88.5 11 7.6 4.0-14.0 8 8.9 4.2-17.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.1 0.3-13.5
AGE
18-44 150 113 71.4 61.0-79.9 19 14.5 8.1-24.5 13 9.4 5.3-16.2 2 1.7 0.4- 7.8 3 3.1 1.0- 9.4
45+ 303 269 88.5 84.1-91.8 23 7.9 5.2-11.9 10 3.1 1.6- 5.9 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 160 137 80.4 70.3-87.6 11 9.8 4.6-19.3 8 6.2 2.9-12.9 3 2.8 0.8- 9.5 1 0.9 0.1- 6.0
Some College + 295 247 80.7 73.8-86.1 31 11.7 7.4-17.9 15 5.9 3.4-10.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.7 0.4- 6.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 224 192 81.4 73.6-87.3 17 8.2 4.7-13.9 11 6.3 3.2-12.1 2 1.7 0.4- 7.6 2 2.3 0.6- 8.8
$50,000+ 164 136 83.7 76.6-88.9 19 10.6 6.6-16.7 8 5.2 2.5-10.6 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5 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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