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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange County

Hypertension

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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
-Orange County 416 318 71.9 65.7-77.3 63 15.8 11.9-20.6 26 8.9 5.7-13.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 8 3.2 1.3- 7.9
GENDER
Male 156 108 65.9 55.9-74.6 29 18.0 12.0-26.2 13 10.1 5.4-18.2 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 5 5.6 2.0-14.9
Female 260 210 77.8 70.5-83.6 34 13.6 9.3-19.4 13 7.7 4.2-14.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 0.9 0.3- 3.0
RACE
White 346 263 72.7 66.4-78.2 58 18.8 14.1-24.5 20 7.1 4.4-11.4 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 4 1.1 0.4- 3.0
Other 68 53 68.7 50.9-82.3 5 5.5 2.1-13.6 6 15.2 6.4-32.1 0 0.0 . - . 4 10.6 3.2-29.8
AGE
18-44 164 115 67.1 57.2-75.7 30 17.2 11.4-25.1 14 11.1 6.1-19.2 1 0.4 0.1- 2.5 4 4.2 1.3-13.2
45+ 250 201 77.2 70.4-82.9 33 14.3 10.0-20.1 12 6.4 3.4-11.7 0 0.0 . - . 4 2.0 0.6- 6.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 90 68 69.4 54.3-81.2 13 12.6 6.5-23.0 5 9.7 3.5-24.2 0 0.0 . - . 4 8.3 2.5-24.4
Some College + 325 249 72.7 66.2-78.4 50 17.1 12.5-22.8 21 8.7 5.4-13.6 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9 4 1.3 0.4- 4.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 164 128 71.9 60.8-80.8 20 10.2 6.1-16.4 13 12.7 6.8-22.7 0 0.0 . - . 3 5.2 1.5-16.6
$50,000+ 192 138 70.8 62.7-77.7 37 20.3 14.2-28.0 13 7.5 4.3-13.0 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 3 1.0 0.3- 3.3

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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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