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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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
-Gaston County 443 372 80.9 76.0-85.1 39 10.1 7.2-14.0 18 5.4 3.2- 9.2 10 2.6 1.3- 5.4 4 0.9 0.2- 3.5
GENDER
Male 147 117 76.0 66.6-83.4 14 10.1 5.6-17.4 8 7.4 3.3-15.4 7 5.1 2.2-11.5 1 1.4 0.2- 9.5
Female 296 255 84.6 79.0-88.8 25 10.1 6.7-15.1 10 4.0 2.0- 7.9 3 0.8 0.2- 2.6 3 0.5 0.2- 1.5
RACE
White 386 328 83.4 78.6-87.3 36 10.3 7.3-14.5 10 3.0 1.6- 5.9 9 2.9 1.3- 6.1 3 0.3 0.1- 1.0
Other 57 44 66.6 49.1-80.5 3 8.8 2.6-25.5 8 19.2 8.7-37.2 1 1.3 0.2- 8.8 1 4.1 0.6-23.8
AGE
18-44 142 106 70.6 61.1-78.6 18 14.1 8.7-22.2 11 9.8 5.1-17.8 5 3.8 1.4-10.0 2 1.7 0.3- 8.6
45+ 298 263 88.6 84.0-92.0 21 7.1 4.5-11.0 7 2.2 1.0- 5.0 5 1.7 0.6- 4.8 2 0.3 0.1- 1.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 226 193 82.5 75.3-87.9 16 7.2 4.2-12.0 11 7.2 3.6-13.9 3 1.6 0.5- 5.1 3 1.5 0.3- 6.8
Some College + 216 178 79.2 71.7-85.0 23 13.3 8.6-20.1 7 3.5 1.6- 7.5 7 3.8 1.5- 9.2 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 250 209 78.7 71.2-84.7 21 10.9 6.8-17.1 10 5.9 2.8-12.1 6 2.7 1.0- 7.1 4 1.7 0.4- 6.5
$50,000+ 123 104 84.4 76.1-90.2 14 10.5 6.0-17.7 4 3.5 1.3- 9.3 1 1.6 0.2-10.3 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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