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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Hypertension Awareness-FEMALES

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,961 3,372 80.6 78.7-82.3 589 19.4 17.7-21.3
RACE
White 2,796 2,399 81.6 79.3-83.6 397 18.4 16.4-20.7
African American 1,001 861 82.4 78.8-85.4 140 17.6 14.6-21.2
Asian 12 8 58.4 26.7-84.4 4 41.6 15.6-73.3
Native American 68 57 86.3 74.8-93.0 11 13.7 7.0-25.2
Other Minorities 70 34 41.7 28.5-56.2 36 58.3 43.8-71.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 91 50 44.6 32.6-57.3 41 55.4 42.7-67.4
-English Speaking 53 40 67.4 48.9-81.8 13 32.6 18.2-51.1
-Spanish Speaking 38 10 22.5 11.1-40.2 28 77.5 59.8-88.9
Non-Hispanic 3,863 3,315 82.1 80.3-83.8 548 17.9 16.2-19.7
AGE
18-24 44 7 16.0 7.0-32.5 37 84.0 67.5-93.0
25-34 150 61 39.2 30.1-49.2 89 60.8 50.8-69.9
35-44 382 252 65.1 59.2-70.5 130 34.9 29.5-40.8
45-54 710 586 80.5 76.6-83.9 124 19.5 16.1-23.4
55-64 939 828 87.1 84.0-89.7 111 12.9 10.3-16.0
65-74 922 870 93.4 91.0-95.2 52 6.6 4.8- 9.0
75+ 791 748 95.2 93.3-96.5 43 4.8 3.5- 6.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 834 739 83.0 78.7-86.5 95 17.0 13.5-21.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,371 1,178 82.3 79.2-85.0 193 17.7 15.0-20.8
Some Post-H.S. 939 784 78.6 74.5-82.3 155 21.4 17.7-25.5
College Graduate 804 659 77.4 73.2-81.1 145 22.6 18.9-26.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 788 690 83.4 78.4-87.3 98 16.6 12.7-21.6
$15,000- 24,999 841 694 75.3 70.6-79.5 147 24.7 20.5-29.4
$25,000- 34,999 474 401 81.8 76.9-85.8 73 18.2 14.2-23.1
$35,000- 49,999 421 351 80.3 74.9-84.8 70 19.7 15.2-25.1
$50,000-74,999 343 280 77.1 70.4-82.7 63 22.9 17.3-29.6
$75,000+ 323 271 80.5 74.5-85.3 52 19.5 14.7-25.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,811 1,584 83.9 81.4-86.1 227 16.1 13.9-18.6
No 2,059 1,714 78.3 75.5-80.8 345 21.7 19.2-24.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 55 43 59.7 41.1-75.8 12 40.3 24.2-58.9
Non-Veteran 3,898 3,322 80.8 79.0-82.6 576 19.2 17.4-21.0

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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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