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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Robeson 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
-Robeson County 442 375 80.7 74.7-85.5 40 11.4 8.0-16.0 13 2.6 1.4- 4.9 9 4.1 1.5-10.6 5 1.3 0.5- 3.5
GENDER
Male 150 121 75.5 64.8-83.8 20 15.8 9.9-24.3 2 0.7 0.2- 2.7 5 6.4 1.9-19.8 2 1.7 0.4- 6.8
Female 292 254 85.7 80.3-89.9 20 7.0 4.4-11.1 11 4.6 2.3- 8.8 4 1.8 0.6- 5.0 3 0.9 0.3- 3.1
RACE
White 180 152 80.3 71.7-86.7 16 13.0 7.6-21.3 7 3.8 1.7- 8.5 3 1.9 0.5- 6.7 2 1.0 0.2- 4.9
Other 261 223 81.7 73.3-87.9 23 9.6 5.9-15.2 6 2.0 0.8- 5.0 6 5.3 1.6-15.8 3 1.4 0.4- 5.1
AGE
18-44 182 142 74.5 64.7-82.3 26 15.2 9.9-22.8 7 3.2 1.4- 7.3 4 5.3 1.3-18.5 3 1.8 0.5- 6.2
45+ 257 232 88.6 82.5-92.7 13 6.7 3.5-12.4 5 1.4 0.6- 3.6 5 2.7 1.0- 6.7 2 0.7 0.1- 3.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 259 223 83.4 76.5-88.5 20 10.5 6.2-17.0 6 1.7 0.7- 4.1 5 2.3 0.9- 5.6 5 2.2 0.8- 6.0
Some College + 182 151 76.8 65.5-85.2 20 12.7 7.8-20.2 7 4.0 1.7- 9.0 4 6.5 1.6-23.3 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 326 283 84.2 78.3-88.7 25 10.6 6.7-16.2 7 2.0 0.9- 4.5 7 2.2 1.0- 4.9 4 1.0 0.3- 2.9
$50,000+ 59 45 69.5 53.6-81.8 10 21.0 10.9-36.6 3 6.0 1.7-19.2 1 3.6 0.5-21.1 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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