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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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
-Guilford County 466 371 74.5 68.5-79.8 59 14.4 10.7-19.1 21 6.3 3.7-10.7 10 3.7 1.4- 9.2 5 1.0 0.3- 3.1
GENDER
Male 168 125 69.1 59.0-77.6 19 14.2 8.5-22.7 13 8.4 4.5-15.1 7 6.5 2.3-17.2 4 1.9 0.6- 6.2
Female 298 246 79.9 73.4-85.2 40 14.6 10.7-19.8 8 4.3 1.5-11.7 3 1.0 0.3- 3.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1
RACE
White 336 273 77.7 70.8-83.3 36 11.8 7.9-17.4 17 8.1 4.4-14.3 6 1.7 0.7- 3.8 4 0.8 0.2- 2.3
Other 129 97 67.8 55.8-77.9 23 19.9 12.9-29.5 4 2.7 0.9- 7.4 4 8.0 2.2-25.0 1 1.6 0.2-10.5
AGE
18-44 166 121 67.4 57.0-76.3 29 18.9 12.5-27.5 7 6.0 2.3-15.0 7 6.1 2.0-17.2 2 1.6 0.4- 6.5
45+ 298 248 81.3 75.6-86.0 30 10.1 7.0-14.5 14 6.6 3.8-11.4 3 1.4 0.4- 4.2 3 0.5 0.2- 1.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 177 142 73.7 63.9-81.7 19 13.3 7.8-21.7 9 7.7 3.6-15.9 4 3.0 1.0- 9.1 3 2.2 0.6- 8.0
Some College + 288 228 75.0 67.0-81.5 40 15.2 10.6-21.2 12 5.4 2.5-11.4 6 4.1 1.2-13.7 2 0.3 0.1- 1.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 245 191 66.6 57.1-74.9 31 17.2 11.4-25.1 14 9.0 4.6-16.9 5 5.5 1.7-16.5 4 1.8 0.5- 5.9
$50,000+ 144 112 80.4 72.6-86.3 22 13.3 8.5-20.1 6 4.2 1.7-10.0 3 1.8 0.6- 5.5 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4

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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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