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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 6,112 4,717 72.9 71.2-74.5 712 13.0 11.8-14.3 335 6.7 5.8- 7.7 174 3.7 3.0- 4.6 174 3.7 3.1- 4.5
Female 10,987 9,226 82.3 81.3-83.3 1,110 10.9 10.2-11.7 377 3.8 3.3- 4.4 159 1.7 1.4- 2.0 115 1.3 1.0- 1.6
RACE
White 12,917 10,556 78.6 77.5-79.6 1,377 12.0 11.2-12.9 540 5.1 4.5- 5.7 244 2.3 2.0- 2.7 200 2.0 1.6- 2.4
African American 3,012 2,536 81.0 78.8-83.1 292 11.3 9.7-13.1 103 3.9 3.0- 5.2 50 2.3 1.6- 3.4 31 1.5 0.9- 2.5
Asian 111 77 67.3 55.7-77.1 18 14.4 8.4-23.8 10 11.4 5.6-21.9 3 4.7 1.3-16.3 3 2.1 0.5- 7.8
Native American 293 245 84.9 79.4-89.1 29 8.3 5.4-12.7 8 2.9 1.4- 6.1 8 2.9 1.3- 6.3 3 1.0 0.3- 3.8
Other Minorities 709 481 61.2 55.7-66.4 100 12.8 9.9-16.4 49 9.1 6.0-13.5 27 6.7 3.9-11.4 52 10.2 7.2-14.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 854 565 58.3 53.5-62.9 128 13.6 10.9-17.0 62 9.3 6.9-12.4 31 6.7 4.1-10.9 68 12.1 9.0-15.9
-English Speaking 262 202 77.7 71.1-83.2 38 12.7 8.8-17.9 14 6.0 3.2-11.0 3 0.8 0.3- 2.6 5 2.7 1.1- 6.8
-Spanish Speaking 592 363 52.7 47.1-58.2 90 13.9 10.6-18.0 48 10.2 7.4-14.1 28 8.4 5.1-13.6 63 14.7 10.9-19.5
Non-Hispanic 16,230 13,364 79.6 78.7-80.5 1,693 11.8 11.1-12.5 650 4.8 4.3- 5.4 302 2.3 2.0- 2.6 221 1.5 1.3- 1.8
AGE
18-24 793 603 70.3 65.7-74.6 101 14.5 11.4-18.3 38 6.2 4.1- 9.4 31 5.3 3.4- 8.0 20 3.7 2.2- 6.2
25-34 2,368 1,750 71.0 68.6-73.3 333 14.7 13.0-16.6 162 8.0 6.7- 9.6 67 2.9 2.2- 3.9 56 3.4 2.4- 4.6
35-44 3,182 2,378 72.8 70.7-74.8 466 14.6 13.1-16.2 173 5.7 4.7- 6.8 88 3.5 2.6- 4.8 77 3.4 2.6- 4.4
45-54 3,314 2,643 79.5 77.7-81.2 390 11.7 10.4-13.1 159 5.1 4.3- 6.2 62 1.7 1.3- 2.4 60 2.0 1.4- 2.8
55-64 3,138 2,652 83.5 81.8-85.1 283 9.0 7.9-10.3 109 4.2 3.3- 5.3 51 1.9 1.3- 2.7 43 1.4 0.9- 2.0
65-74 2,366 2,136 89.3 87.6-90.7 142 7.0 5.8- 8.4 49 2.0 1.4- 2.7 19 0.9 0.5- 1.5 20 0.9 0.5- 1.5
75+ 1,859 1,717 92.1 90.5-93.4 98 5.4 4.3- 6.8 18 1.0 0.6- 1.8 14 0.9 0.5- 1.6 12 0.6 0.3- 1.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 2,683 2,172 73.4 70.4-76.3 233 9.9 8.1-12.1 109 5.4 4.3- 6.9 81 5.4 3.9- 7.4 88 5.8 4.3- 7.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 5,154 4,165 76.6 74.8-78.4 538 11.9 10.6-13.2 229 6.0 4.9- 7.3 118 2.7 2.2- 3.4 104 2.8 2.2- 3.6
Some Post-H.S. 4,177 3,443 78.8 76.8-80.6 441 12.0 10.6-13.6 174 5.4 4.4- 6.5 71 2.3 1.7- 3.3 48 1.5 1.0- 2.2
College Graduate 5,052 4,136 80.7 79.3-82.0 605 13.1 11.9-14.3 199 4.1 3.5- 4.8 63 1.2 0.9- 1.6 49 1.0 0.7- 1.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 2,060 1,750 80.2 77.3-82.8 152 8.3 6.7-10.4 62 4.2 3.0- 5.9 46 3.5 2.3- 5.2 50 3.7 2.6- 5.3
$15,000- 24,999 3,053 2,427 71.2 68.4-73.8 314 12.3 10.6-14.3 132 6.7 5.3- 8.5 94 4.9 3.5- 6.8 86 4.9 3.7- 6.5
$25,000- 34,999 2,106 1,660 76.1 73.1-78.8 244 11.5 9.8-13.3 104 6.7 4.8- 9.3 53 2.8 2.0- 3.9 45 3.0 1.9- 4.9
$35,000- 49,999 2,337 1,899 79.7 77.5-81.8 272 11.8 10.2-13.6 93 4.2 3.3- 5.4 43 2.7 1.8- 4.0 30 1.6 1.0- 2.5
$50,000-74,999 2,241 1,849 81.4 79.0-83.5 255 12.0 10.1-14.1 96 4.7 3.7- 6.0 23 1.2 0.7- 2.0 18 0.7 0.4- 1.4
$75,000+ 2,784 2,281 80.2 78.3-82.0 332 12.5 11.1-14.1 119 5.1 4.1- 6.4 35 1.5 1.0- 2.1 17 0.6 0.3- 1.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 5,372 4,768 86.8 85.3-88.2 338 7.1 6.2- 8.2 128 3.0 2.2- 4.2 76 1.7 1.3- 2.4 62 1.3 1.0- 1.8
No 11,262 8,800 74.3 73.1-75.5 1,435 13.8 12.9-14.8 560 6.1 5.5- 6.8 248 2.9 2.4- 3.4 219 2.9 2.4- 3.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,311 1,978 84.4 82.4-86.2 184 8.4 7.1- 9.9 75 4.1 3.1- 5.4 37 1.5 1.0- 2.2 37 1.6 1.1- 2.4
Non-Veteran 14,760 11,941 76.7 75.7-77.8 1,636 12.5 11.7-13.3 635 5.4 4.8- 6.0 296 2.8 2.4- 3.4 252 2.6 2.2- 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.

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