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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

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%)
North Carolina 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
-Northeast Partnership I 514 442 82.0 77.2-86.0 41 9.5 6.6-13.5 12 2.6 1.4- 4.7 13 4.0 2.2- 7.1 6 1.8 0.7- 4.7
GENDER
Male 182 152 79.9 71.6-86.3 15 9.8 5.5-16.9 4 2.0 0.7- 5.7 7 5.0 2.3-10.7 4 3.1 1.0- 9.0
Female 332 290 84.1 78.5-88.5 26 9.2 6.0-14.0 8 3.1 1.5- 6.3 6 3.0 1.3- 7.0 2 0.6 0.1- 2.7
RACE
White 236 201 81.1 73.5-86.9 21 10.8 6.4-17.6 6 3.3 1.4- 7.4 7 4.4 1.9- 9.5 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4
Other 273 236 82.6 75.9-87.8 20 8.6 5.2-13.9 6 2.0 0.8- 4.7 6 3.8 1.6- 8.7 5 3.0 1.0- 8.3
AGE
18-44 140 108 73.8 63.7-81.9 17 13.6 7.9-22.4 8 5.4 2.6-10.9 5 5.2 2.0-12.6 2 2.1 0.5- 8.4
45+ 372 333 87.1 81.8-91.0 23 6.9 4.2-11.1 4 0.9 0.3- 2.6 8 3.4 1.6- 6.9 4 1.7 0.5- 6.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 319 277 82.7 76.2-87.7 17 6.8 3.8-12.0 10 3.3 1.7- 6.3 9 4.3 2.1- 8.6 6 2.9 1.1- 7.4
Some College + 194 165 81.2 73.2-87.2 23 13.8 8.7-21.1 2 1.4 0.3- 5.4 4 3.6 1.3- 9.6 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 331 288 83.0 76.8-87.9 22 8.4 5.0-13.7 8 2.8 1.3- 5.8 9 4.7 2.3- 9.3 4 1.1 0.4- 3.2
$50,000+ 92 73 77.3 66.0-85.6 15 17.9 10.5-28.8 1 1.0 0.1- 6.5 3 3.9 1.2-12.1 0 0.0 . - .

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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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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