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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties

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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly 642 530 80.3 75.3-84.5 62 10.6 7.3-15.0 26 4.7 2.9- 7.6 12 1.7 0.9- 3.3 12 2.7 1.3- 5.5
GENDER
Male 233 187 78.4 69.7-85.2 26 11.9 6.8-20.0 10 4.4 1.9- 9.6 5 2.0 0.7- 5.2 5 3.3 1.2- 9.0
Female 409 343 82.3 76.9-86.6 36 9.1 6.0-13.7 16 5.2 2.9- 8.9 7 1.4 0.6- 3.0 7 2.0 0.9- 4.8
RACE
White 399 331 79.9 73.0-85.5 40 11.5 7.2-18.1 14 4.5 2.3- 8.6 5 0.8 0.3- 2.0 9 3.2 1.4- 7.5
Other 240 197 81.3 74.3-86.7 21 8.4 5.1-13.7 12 5.3 2.7-10.2 7 3.3 1.4- 7.7 3 1.7 0.5- 5.8
AGE
18-44 239 180 74.6 65.9-81.7 30 13.6 8.1-21.7 16 7.0 3.8-12.3 8 2.0 0.9- 4.7 5 2.9 0.9- 8.6
45+ 399 346 86.5 82.0-89.9 32 7.4 5.0-10.8 10 2.4 1.1- 4.8 4 1.3 0.4- 3.9 7 2.5 1.1- 5.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 368 293 76.2 69.1-82.2 41 12.6 8.0-19.3 15 4.8 2.5- 9.2 7 1.9 0.8- 4.5 12 4.4 2.1- 8.8
Some College + 274 237 86.8 80.9-91.1 21 7.3 4.2-12.2 11 4.6 2.3- 8.9 5 1.3 0.5- 3.2 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 418 341 79.3 73.6-84.0 43 9.8 6.9-13.8 17 5.2 2.8- 9.5 8 1.6 0.7- 3.6 9 4.0 1.8- 8.5
$50,000+ 133 115 87.4 79.6-92.6 11 7.9 4.1-14.9 5 3.9 1.4-10.3 2 0.8 0.2- 3.1 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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