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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Hypertension Awareness-MALES

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,171 1,753 73.8 71.0-76.4 418 26.2 23.6-29.0
RACE
White 1,672 1,379 75.7 72.5-78.6 293 24.3 21.4-27.5
African American 395 310 74.2 67.5-79.9 85 25.8 20.1-32.5
Asian 5 2 28.5 4.8-76.1 3 71.5 23.9-95.2
Native American 41 31 71.6 52.1-85.4 10 28.4 14.6-47.9
Other Minorities 51 24 38.6 23.0-56.9 27 61.4 43.1-77.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 45 19 32.3 18.8-49.5 26 67.7 50.5-81.2
-English Speaking 25 16 65.1 43.4-81.9 9 34.9 18.1-56.6
-Spanish Speaking 20 3 12.4 3.1-38.9 17 87.6 61.1-96.9
Non-Hispanic 2,125 1,733 75.2 72.4-77.8 392 24.8 22.2-27.6
AGE
18-24 26 1 3.8 0.5-22.9 25 96.2 77.1-99.5
25-34 102 42 39.6 29.1-51.2 60 60.4 48.8-70.9
35-44 238 136 57.8 50.2-65.1 102 42.2 34.9-49.8
45-54 410 309 73.2 67.7-78.1 101 26.8 21.9-32.3
55-64 594 522 87.8 84.1-90.7 72 12.2 9.3-15.9
65-74 475 441 92.5 89.3-94.8 34 7.5 5.2-10.7
75+ 320 298 92.2 87.5-95.2 22 7.8 4.8-12.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 440 365 71.7 64.1-78.3 75 28.3 21.7-35.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 673 541 74.2 68.8-79.0 132 25.8 21.0-31.2
Some Post-H.S. 460 361 70.3 64.6-75.5 99 29.7 24.5-35.4
College Graduate 593 482 77.4 72.8-81.5 111 22.6 18.5-27.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 277 235 78.4 70.2-84.9 42 21.6 15.1-29.8
$15,000- 24,999 371 304 76.8 70.8-81.8 67 23.2 18.2-29.2
$25,000- 34,999 279 229 75.5 66.1-83.0 50 24.5 17.0-33.9
$35,000- 49,999 300 238 72.2 64.8-78.5 62 27.8 21.5-35.2
$50,000-74,999 300 240 69.5 61.3-76.6 60 30.5 23.4-38.7
$75,000+ 360 287 74.8 68.6-80.1 73 25.2 19.9-31.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 941 798 79.2 75.0-82.8 143 20.8 17.2-25.0
No 1,173 910 70.1 66.2-73.8 263 29.9 26.2-33.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 939 816 81.4 76.9-85.2 123 18.6 14.8-23.1
Non-Veteran 1,229 934 69.1 65.5-72.6 295 30.9 27.4-34.5

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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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