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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Hypertension Awareness

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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 17,239 6,139 29.2 28.4-30.1 160 0.9 0.8- 1.1 10,657 68.3 67.4-69.1 283 1.6 1.4- 1.8
GENDER
Male 6,175 2,176 28.0 26.7-29.4 0 0.0 . - . 3,864 70.0 68.5-71.4 135 2.0 1.6- 2.5
Female 11,064 3,963 30.3 29.3-31.4 160 1.8 1.5- 2.2 6,793 66.7 65.6-67.8 148 1.2 1.0- 1.4
RACE
White 13,006 4,473 28.3 27.3-29.3 126 1.0 0.8- 1.3 8,193 69.0 68.0-70.0 214 1.7 1.4- 2.0
African American 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
Asian 115 17 11.1 6.3-18.6 0 0.0 . - . 96 87.8 80.1-92.8 2 1.2 0.2- 5.8
Native American 295 109 33.9 27.4-41.0 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8 177 63.6 56.4-70.3 7 1.8 0.6- 5.5
Other Minorities 728 121 13.8 11.0-17.3 6 0.7 0.3- 1.8 599 85.4 81.9-88.3 2 0.1 0.0- 0.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 879 136 12.2 9.9-15.0 9 0.7 0.3- 1.5 727 86.7 83.8-89.1 7 0.4 0.2- 0.8
-English Speaking 268 78 24.4 18.9-31.0 3 0.7 0.2- 2.1 181 73.7 67.1-79.4 6 1.2 0.5- 2.9
-Spanish Speaking 611 58 8.7 6.4-11.8 6 0.7 0.3- 1.8 546 90.4 87.2-92.9 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8
Non-Hispanic 16,345 5,995 30.9 30.0-31.8 151 1.0 0.8- 1.2 9,923 66.5 65.5-67.4 276 1.7 1.5- 2.0
AGE
18-24 816 70 8.9 6.7-11.9 19 1.2 0.7- 2.1 727 89.9 86.9-92.2 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 2,401 252 10.5 9.1-12.2 58 2.0 1.5- 2.7 2,071 86.5 84.8-88.1 20 0.9 0.5- 1.6
35-44 3,194 620 19.8 18.1-21.6 46 1.2 0.9- 1.7 2,483 77.6 75.7-79.3 45 1.5 1.1- 2.1
45-54 3,332 1,120 32.4 30.5-34.4 23 0.6 0.4- 1.1 2,122 64.6 62.6-66.6 67 2.3 1.7- 3.2
55-64 3,151 1,533 48.3 46.2-50.4 7 0.2 0.1- 0.4 1,542 48.9 46.7-51.0 69 2.7 2.0- 3.6
65-74 2,376 1,398 58.4 56.1-60.8 5 0.1 0.0- 0.3 929 39.5 37.2-41.9 44 1.9 1.4- 2.7
75+ 1,882 1,116 59.8 57.1-62.5 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3 728 38.0 35.4-40.7 37 2.1 1.5- 3.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 2,727 1,277 35.5 33.0-38.0 21 0.8 0.5- 1.3 1,397 63.0 60.4-65.5 32 0.8 0.5- 1.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 5,200 2,045 32.2 30.6-33.9 41 0.9 0.6- 1.3 3,037 65.5 63.8-67.2 77 1.5 1.1- 2.0
Some Post-H.S. 4,199 1,399 27.0 25.3-28.7 53 1.2 0.9- 1.6 2,671 70.0 68.3-71.7 76 1.8 1.4- 2.4
College Graduate 5,075 1,400 24.3 22.9-25.7 45 0.9 0.6- 1.2 3,533 72.9 71.4-74.3 97 2.0 1.5- 2.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 2,082 1,065 41.1 38.3-44.1 15 1.0 0.5- 2.0 977 57.2 54.2-60.1 25 0.7 0.4- 1.1
$15,000- 24,999 3,088 1,214 29.9 27.8-32.1 33 1.1 0.7- 1.6 1,797 68.0 65.7-70.1 44 1.1 0.7- 1.6
$25,000- 34,999 2,119 753 30.3 27.7-32.9 19 1.0 0.6- 1.8 1,315 67.4 64.7-70.0 32 1.3 0.9- 1.9
$35,000- 49,999 2,348 723 26.7 24.6-29.0 19 0.8 0.5- 1.2 1,566 70.5 68.2-72.7 40 2.0 1.4- 2.9
$50,000-74,999 2,244 643 25.8 23.6-28.2 24 0.9 0.6- 1.5 1,533 71.2 68.8-73.5 44 2.1 1.4- 3.0
$75,000+ 2,790 683 22.7 20.9-24.6 34 1.1 0.7- 1.5 2,013 74.0 72.0-75.9 60 2.2 1.7- 3.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 5,405 2,758 45.0 43.2-46.9 32 0.7 0.4- 1.0 2,526 52.6 50.8-54.5 89 1.7 1.3- 2.2
No 11,353 3,232 23.3 22.3-24.3 122 1.0 0.8- 1.3 7,809 74.1 73.0-75.1 190 1.6 1.3- 1.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,319 997 39.7 37.2-42.3 4 0.1 0.1- 0.4 1,265 57.6 55.0-60.2 53 2.5 1.8- 3.5
Non-Veteran 14,890 5,131 27.6 26.7-28.5 156 1.1 0.9- 1.3 9,373 69.9 69.0-70.8 230 1.4 1.2- 1.7

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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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