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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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 II 508 414 76.9 71.3-81.6 52 12.6 9.3-16.8 21 5.1 2.7- 9.4 14 3.6 1.7- 7.5 7 1.9 0.8- 4.5
GENDER
Male 168 130 70.1 60.2-78.5 18 13.3 8.3-20.8 8 7.5 3.1-17.0 8 5.9 2.3-14.4 4 3.1 1.0- 9.1
Female 340 284 82.7 77.2-87.0 34 12.0 8.2-17.2 13 3.0 1.6- 5.4 6 1.6 0.7- 3.9 3 0.8 0.2- 2.3
RACE
White 320 260 79.8 74.0-84.6 31 11.1 7.5-16.1 16 4.2 2.4- 7.2 9 3.5 1.7- 6.9 4 1.4 0.4- 4.6
Other 186 152 73.1 62.9-81.3 21 14.6 9.2-22.3 5 6.1 2.1-16.7 5 3.8 1.0-14.0 3 2.4 0.7- 8.4
AGE
18-44 149 107 67.6 57.7-76.1 25 18.7 12.4-27.2 6 4.8 2.0-11.1 7 5.2 1.7-15.1 4 3.7 1.2-10.3
45+ 355 305 83.6 77.1-88.5 26 8.1 5.2-12.5 14 5.1 2.1-12.1 7 2.5 1.1- 5.7 3 0.6 0.2- 2.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 286 233 73.1 65.0-79.9 27 14.1 9.4-20.5 13 5.3 2.1-12.5 9 5.0 2.0-11.8 4 2.6 0.9- 7.3
Some College + 222 181 82.1 75.5-87.3 25 10.5 6.8-15.9 8 4.8 2.1-10.5 5 1.7 0.6- 4.2 3 0.9 0.3- 2.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 305 250 76.6 68.8-83.0 27 11.1 7.3-16.6 11 4.2 1.4-11.9 11 5.1 2.2-11.6 6 2.9 1.1- 7.4
$50,000+ 118 97 78.5 68.4-86.1 12 10.7 5.9-18.7 7 8.9 4.1-18.5 2 1.8 0.4- 8.7 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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