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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow County

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
-Onslow County 396 340 83.6 78.1-88.0 31 8.5 5.6-12.6 10 2.3 1.1- 4.7 6 2.4 1.0- 6.1 9 3.1 1.2- 7.6
GENDER
Male 134 109 82.0 72.4-88.7 13 9.0 4.9-16.0 3 1.4 0.4- 5.0 3 2.1 0.6- 7.2 6 5.5 1.9-15.0
Female 262 231 85.1 78.1-90.2 18 8.1 4.6-13.8 7 3.1 1.3- 7.2 3 2.7 0.7- 9.7 3 1.0 0.3- 3.7
RACE
White 306 265 84.3 77.8-89.1 20 7.5 4.4-12.3 9 2.8 1.3- 5.9 4 1.9 0.6- 5.7 8 3.5 1.3- 9.3
Other 88 73 81.2 68.5-89.5 11 12.5 6.5-22.9 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 2 4.4 0.8-19.8 1 1.5 0.2- 9.9
AGE
18-44 199 161 81.0 73.2-86.9 22 9.8 6.0-15.7 7 2.4 1.0- 5.8 5 3.5 1.3- 8.9 4 3.3 0.9-10.7
45+ 195 177 89.1 82.6-93.4 9 5.8 2.9-11.4 3 2.0 0.6- 6.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 5 2.8 1.0- 7.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 175 149 83.7 75.5-89.5 16 9.5 5.4-16.3 4 1.9 0.7- 5.3 4 3.5 1.1-10.7 2 1.3 0.3- 5.0
Some College + 221 191 83.6 75.4-89.4 15 7.6 4.2-13.5 6 2.6 1.0- 6.9 2 1.4 0.3- 6.9 7 4.7 1.6-13.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 240 209 84.2 76.5-89.7 15 6.2 3.4-11.1 5 2.0 0.8- 5.1 5 3.6 1.3- 9.6 6 4.0 1.3-11.8
$50,000+ 110 96 87.4 79.2-92.7 8 7.5 3.6-14.8 2 1.2 0.3- 4.7 1 1.1 0.2- 7.5 3 2.8 0.9- 9.0

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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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