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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Hypertension-AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALES

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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%)
TOTAL 2,102 1,818 84.6 82.4-86.7 189 10.2 8.6-12.1 56 2.3 1.7- 3.2 27 1.8 1.1- 2.8 12 1.1 0.4- 2.9
GENDER
Female 2,102 1,818 84.6 82.4-86.7 189 10.2 8.6-12.1 56 2.3 1.7- 3.2 27 1.8 1.1- 2.8 12 1.1 0.4- 2.9
RACE
African American 2,102 1,818 84.6 82.4-86.7 189 10.2 8.6-12.1 56 2.3 1.7- 3.2 27 1.8 1.1- 2.8 12 1.1 0.4- 2.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 39 27 65.0 39.0-84.4 7 13.1 5.3-28.5 3 5.5 1.5-18.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 16.4 2.9-56.2
-English Speaking 11 8 73.1 37.2-92.6 1 3.2 0.4-21.2 2 23.6 5.7-61.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
-Spanish Speaking 28 19 63.0 32.9-85.5 6 15.5 5.9-34.9 1 1.0 0.1- 7.3 0 0.0 . - . 2 20.5 3.7-63.3
Non-Hispanic 2,063 1,791 85.3 83.2-87.2 182 10.1 8.5-12.0 53 2.2 1.6- 3.0 27 1.8 1.1- 2.9 10 0.5 0.2- 1.1
AGE
18-24 123 100 79.5 70.0-86.6 15 14.4 8.5-23.3 3 1.4 0.4- 4.4 5 4.7 1.8-11.7 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 338 270 78.7 71.4-84.5 41 12.4 8.7-17.4 15 2.8 1.6- 4.8 7 2.1 0.8- 5.1 5 4.1 1.1-14.7
35-44 443 368 80.9 75.6-85.3 55 13.3 9.6-18.2 13 3.2 1.7- 5.8 5 2.1 0.8- 5.7 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9
45-54 434 380 88.2 84.1-91.3 37 8.7 6.0-12.4 13 2.3 1.2- 4.4 3 0.5 0.1- 1.4 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9
55-64 358 327 90.9 86.4-94.0 21 5.8 3.6- 9.1 5 1.9 0.6- 6.2 3 0.7 0.2- 2.3 2 0.8 0.1- 4.3
65-74 235 219 92.1 86.4-95.5 8 4.2 1.8- 9.3 5 2.8 1.0- 7.2 1 0.7 0.1- 4.5 2 0.3 0.1- 1.3
75+ 157 143 90.0 82.8-94.4 10 7.6 3.8-14.8 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4 3 1.9 0.6- 5.6 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 407 354 84.4 79.2-88.5 35 10.8 7.4-15.6 6 1.4 0.6- 3.3 5 1.7 0.6- 4.5 7 1.7 0.7- 4.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 723 614 81.3 76.4-85.3 65 11.4 8.5-15.2 27 3.0 1.9- 4.8 13 2.2 1.1- 4.5 4 2.1 0.5- 8.2
Some Post-H.S. 526 458 86.0 81.8-89.4 47 9.3 6.6-12.9 15 2.4 1.3- 4.3 6 2.3 0.9- 5.4 0 0.0 . - .
College Graduate 442 389 88.8 84.9-91.7 41 8.7 6.2-12.3 8 2.0 0.9- 4.2 3 0.5 0.1- 1.6 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 457 408 87.5 82.9-91.0 27 6.1 3.9- 9.5 9 1.9 0.9- 3.9 7 2.7 1.1- 6.7 6 1.7 0.7- 4.3
$15,000- 24,999 507 433 84.2 79.4-88.1 50 11.6 8.2-16.1 13 1.7 0.8- 3.2 8 2.0 0.8- 5.0 3 0.5 0.1- 2.2
$25,000- 34,999 313 259 79.0 72.3-84.5 34 13.8 9.3-20.1 13 4.1 2.1- 7.8 6 2.6 1.0- 6.3 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4
$35,000- 49,999 218 189 86.1 79.5-90.8 23 10.5 6.5-16.5 4 2.1 0.7- 5.9 2 1.3 0.2- 6.6 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000-74,999 162 149 93.2 87.9-96.3 12 6.4 3.4-11.7 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 132 115 86.5 78.3-92.0 13 10.4 5.8-18.1 3 2.8 0.9- 9.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 751 691 90.6 87.5-93.0 39 6.5 4.5- 9.2 8 1.0 0.4- 2.0 9 1.6 0.7- 3.8 4 0.3 0.1- 0.9
No 1,260 1,049 81.5 78.3-84.3 140 12.0 9.8-14.6 47 3.2 2.3- 4.5 18 2.0 1.1- 3.4 6 1.3 0.4- 4.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 72 68 96.3 89.2-98.8 2 2.1 0.4-10.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.6 0.4- 6.4 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Veteran 2,025 1,745 84.2 81.8-86.3 187 10.5 8.9-12.4 56 2.4 1.8- 3.3 25 1.8 1.1- 2.9 12 1.1 0.4- 3.0

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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.

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