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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County 870 712 78.3 74.3-81.8 94 12.2 9.6-15.3 34 4.5 2.8- 7.1 14 2.1 1.0- 4.0 16 3.0 1.7- 5.2
GENDER
Male 308 238 73.9 67.0-79.8 38 13.0 8.9-18.6 14 5.8 2.9-11.2 6 2.4 0.9- 6.6 12 4.9 2.6- 9.2
Female 562 474 82.4 78.3-85.9 56 11.4 8.6-14.9 20 3.3 1.9- 5.5 8 1.7 0.8- 3.7 4 1.2 0.4- 3.2
RACE
White 597 491 78.7 74.0-82.7 68 13.3 10.1-17.5 25 4.9 3.0- 7.8 4 0.7 0.2- 2.2 9 2.4 1.2- 4.9
Other 269 219 77.8 70.0-84.0 25 9.9 6.4-15.0 8 3.6 1.1-11.2 10 4.6 2.0-10.1 7 4.1 1.7- 9.5
AGE
18-44 341 256 71.9 65.3-77.7 48 14.7 10.6-20.1 20 6.6 3.7-11.6 8 2.9 1.2- 6.6 9 3.9 1.9- 8.0
45+ 521 448 85.2 81.3-88.3 46 9.5 7.0-12.8 14 2.2 1.2- 3.8 6 1.2 0.5- 3.0 7 2.0 0.9- 4.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 228 182 73.3 63.7-81.1 24 11.1 6.5-18.2 9 6.0 2.3-15.0 6 3.9 1.4-10.8 7 5.7 2.4-12.8
Some College + 640 529 80.6 76.6-84.1 69 12.4 9.5-16.0 25 3.9 2.5- 6.1 8 1.3 0.6- 2.7 9 1.9 1.0- 3.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 356 285 75.3 68.1-81.3 34 9.4 6.2-14.0 18 7.1 3.6-13.4 10 3.8 1.6- 8.7 9 4.5 2.1- 9.2
$50,000+ 383 332 85.3 80.7-89.0 35 10.0 7.1-14.0 12 3.3 1.7- 6.3 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 3 1.0 0.3- 3.1

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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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