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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Hypertension Awareness-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes Yes, during pregnancy No Borderline high or pre-hypertensive
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,036 1,397 39.8 37.5-42.2 25 0.8 0.5- 1.2 1,558 57.6 55.2-60.0 56 1.8 1.3- 2.6
GENDER
Male 915 396 36.7 32.8-40.7 0 0.0 . - . 496 61.1 57.0-65.0 23 2.2 1.3- 3.8
Female 2,121 1,001 42.6 39.9-45.2 25 1.4 0.9- 2.2 1,062 54.6 51.9-57.3 33 1.4 0.9- 2.2
AGE
18-24 184 16 9.6 4.7-18.5 8 1.7 0.8- 3.6 160 88.7 80.2-93.9 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 475 76 15.8 12.1-20.3 9 1.9 0.9- 3.9 384 80.5 75.6-84.7 6 1.8 0.6- 5.2
35-44 622 186 30.9 26.5-35.8 3 0.4 0.1- 1.4 427 67.9 63.0-72.4 6 0.8 0.3- 2.3
45-54 650 343 51.1 46.0-56.1 3 0.3 0.1- 0.9 290 46.2 41.2-51.2 14 2.5 1.2- 5.2
55-64 530 365 68.9 63.8-73.6 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1 147 27.2 22.8-32.1 17 3.7 2.1- 6.7
65-74 346 263 74.5 68.4-79.7 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 74 22.6 17.6-28.4 8 2.9 1.3- 6.4
75+ 213 145 69.8 62.1-76.6 0 0.0 . - . 64 28.9 22.2-36.7 4 1.3 0.5- 3.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 618 401 56.1 49.7-62.4 3 0.2 0.1- 0.7 207 42.7 36.4-49.2 7 1.0 0.4- 2.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,073 492 38.0 34.4-41.8 6 0.4 0.1- 1.0 557 59.6 55.7-63.4 18 1.9 1.0- 3.8
Some Post-H.S. 725 262 31.3 27.1-35.8 10 1.4 0.7- 2.9 435 64.7 60.1-69.2 18 2.5 1.4- 4.6
College Graduate 613 239 36.4 31.7-41.3 6 1.2 0.5- 2.7 356 61.1 56.1-65.8 12 1.4 0.7- 2.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 614 346 49.6 44.3-54.8 3 0.3 0.1- 1.1 258 49.6 44.3-54.9 7 0.5 0.2- 1.1
$15,000- 24,999 715 326 41.6 37.0-46.4 8 1.1 0.4- 2.5 366 55.2 50.3-59.9 15 2.2 1.1- 4.3
$25,000- 34,999 448 185 37.1 31.4-43.1 5 1.1 0.4- 2.9 250 60.5 54.4-66.2 8 1.4 0.6- 3.2
$35,000- 49,999 341 126 30.2 24.4-36.7 2 0.6 0.1- 2.4 210 68.1 61.5-74.1 3 1.1 0.3- 3.5
$50,000-74,999 247 99 38.1 30.2-46.7 2 0.4 0.1- 1.8 138 58.4 49.7-66.6 8 3.1 1.2- 7.9
$75,000+ 220 78 31.1 24.1-39.0 3 1.3 0.4- 4.2 130 63.9 55.8-71.2 9 3.7 1.8- 7.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,087 696 60.4 56.3-64.3 5 0.6 0.2- 1.5 365 36.8 32.9-40.8 21 2.3 1.2- 4.4
No 1,805 653 30.5 27.7-33.4 20 0.9 0.5- 1.5 1,099 67.0 64.0-69.8 33 1.6 1.1- 2.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 320 149 46.1 39.5-52.9 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0 160 51.2 44.4-57.8 9 2.2 1.0- 4.7
Non-Veteran 2,704 1,245 39.0 36.6-41.6 23 0.8 0.5- 1.3 1,389 58.4 55.9-61.0 47 1.7 1.2- 2.6

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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.

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