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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Hypertension Awareness

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 6,132 5,125 77.4 75.8-79.0 1,007 22.6 21.0-24.2
GENDER
Male 2,171 1,753 73.8 71.0-76.4 418 26.2 23.6-29.0
Female 3,961 3,372 80.6 78.7-82.3 589 19.4 17.7-21.3
RACE
White 4,468 3,778 78.8 76.9-80.6 690 21.2 19.4-23.1
African American 1,396 1,171 78.8 75.3-82.0 225 21.2 18.0-24.7
Asian 17 10 47.9 23.2-73.7 7 52.1 26.3-76.8
Native American 109 88 79.1 67.6-87.3 21 20.9 12.7-32.4
Other Minorities 121 58 40.0 29.3-51.9 63 60.0 48.1-70.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 136 69 39.6 30.2-49.8 67 60.4 50.2-69.8
-English Speaking 78 56 66.6 52.6-78.2 22 33.4 21.8-47.4
-Spanish Speaking 58 13 17.9 9.4-31.5 45 82.1 68.5-90.6
Non-Hispanic 5,988 5,048 78.9 77.2-80.4 940 21.1 19.6-22.8
AGE
18-24 70 8 9.8 4.5-20.2 62 90.2 79.8-95.5
25-34 252 103 39.5 32.2-47.2 149 60.5 52.8-67.8
35-44 620 388 61.2 56.3-65.9 232 38.8 34.1-43.7
45-54 1,120 895 77.0 73.7-80.0 225 23.0 20.0-26.3
55-64 1,533 1,350 87.4 85.1-89.5 183 12.6 10.5-14.9
65-74 1,397 1,311 93.0 91.1-94.5 86 7.0 5.5- 8.9
75+ 1,111 1,046 94.2 92.3-95.6 65 5.8 4.4- 7.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,274 1,104 77.9 73.7-81.6 170 22.1 18.4-26.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,044 1,719 78.7 75.7-81.4 325 21.3 18.6-24.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,399 1,145 75.0 71.6-78.2 254 25.0 21.8-28.4
College Graduate 1,397 1,141 77.4 74.3-80.2 256 22.6 19.8-25.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,065 925 81.6 77.4-85.2 140 18.4 14.8-22.6
$15,000- 24,999 1,212 998 75.9 72.3-79.2 214 24.1 20.8-27.7
$25,000- 34,999 753 630 78.7 73.5-83.1 123 21.3 16.9-26.5
$35,000- 49,999 721 589 76.1 71.6-80.2 132 23.9 19.8-28.4
$50,000-74,999 643 520 72.8 67.3-77.7 123 27.2 22.3-32.7
$75,000+ 683 558 76.9 72.5-80.8 125 23.1 19.2-27.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,752 2,382 81.8 79.5-83.9 370 18.2 16.1-20.5
No 3,232 2,624 74.3 72.0-76.6 608 25.7 23.4-28.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 994 859 80.5 76.2-84.3 135 19.5 15.7-23.8
Non-Veteran 5,127 4,256 76.7 74.9-78.4 871 23.3 21.6-25.1

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*This question is asked only if the respondent reported being diagnosed with high blood pressure.

^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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