BRFSS 2005 - Rowan County: (About how long has it been since you last had your blood pressure taken by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional?)

	Total 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
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
-Rowan County	470	379	80.5	75.8-84.5	59	12.8	9.5-17.0	18	3.7	2.2- 6.2	6	1.5	0.6- 3.5	8	1.5	0.7- 3.2
GENDER
Male	166	129	81.2	73.4-87.1	22	12.3	7.5-19.7	6	3.1	1.3- 7.0	3	1.3	0.4- 4.5	6	2.1	0.9- 5.0
Female	304	250	80.0	74.0-84.8	37	13.2	9.4-18.4	12	4.4	2.3- 8.1	3	1.6	0.5- 5.4	2	0.8	0.2- 4.3
RACE
White	391	319	82.2	77.5-86.1	46	11.4	8.3-15.5	14	3.6	2.0- 6.3	4	1.0	0.3- 3.0	8	1.8	0.8- 4.0
Other	77	58	73.6	58.9-84.5	13	18.5	9.5-33.0	4	4.4	1.4-12.8	2	3.4	0.8-12.9	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-44	153	114	78.4	70.1-84.9	25	14.3	9.0-21.9	9	4.7	2.3- 9.3	3	1.7	0.5- 6.0	2	0.9	0.2- 3.8
45+	317	265	82.6	77.2-86.9	34	11.4	8.0-16.1	9	2.9	1.4- 5.8	3	1.2	0.3- 4.0	6	1.9	0.8- 4.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	262	208	78.3	71.7-83.7	34	13.5	9.4-19.1	10	3.6	1.7- 7.2	5	2.5	1.0- 6.3	5	2.1	0.8- 5.3
Some College +	208	171	83.3	76.0-88.6	25	11.9	7.3-18.9	8	4.0	1.9- 8.0	1	0.2	0.0- 1.4	3	0.6	0.2- 2.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	305	240	79.0	72.8-84.1	44	14.4	10.2-20.1	9	2.4	1.1- 5.1	6	2.3	0.9- 5.5	6	1.9	0.8- 4.6
$50,000+	99	83	82.0	71.7-89.2	11	13.6	7.3-23.9	4	4.0	1.5-10.3	0	0.0	. - .	1	0.4	0.1- 2.8

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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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	Total 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
	Total Respond.^	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
-Rowan County	470	379	80.5	75.8-84.5	59	12.8	9.5-17.0	18	3.7	2.2- 6.2	6	1.5	0.6- 3.5	8	1.5	0.7- 3.2
GENDER
Male	166	129	81.2	73.4-87.1	22	12.3	7.5-19.7	6	3.1	1.3- 7.0	3	1.3	0.4- 4.5	6	2.1	0.9- 5.0
Female	304	250	80.0	74.0-84.8	37	13.2	9.4-18.4	12	4.4	2.3- 8.1	3	1.6	0.5- 5.4	2	0.8	0.2- 4.3
RACE
White	391	319	82.2	77.5-86.1	46	11.4	8.3-15.5	14	3.6	2.0- 6.3	4	1.0	0.3- 3.0	8	1.8	0.8- 4.0
Other	77	58	73.6	58.9-84.5	13	18.5	9.5-33.0	4	4.4	1.4-12.8	2	3.4	0.8-12.9	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-44	153	114	78.4	70.1-84.9	25	14.3	9.0-21.9	9	4.7	2.3- 9.3	3	1.7	0.5- 6.0	2	0.9	0.2- 3.8
45+	317	265	82.6	77.2-86.9	34	11.4	8.0-16.1	9	2.9	1.4- 5.8	3	1.2	0.3- 4.0	6	1.9	0.8- 4.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	262	208	78.3	71.7-83.7	34	13.5	9.4-19.1	10	3.6	1.7- 7.2	5	2.5	1.0- 6.3	5	2.1	0.8- 5.3
Some College +	208	171	83.3	76.0-88.6	25	11.9	7.3-18.9	8	4.0	1.9- 8.0	1	0.2	0.0- 1.4	3	0.6	0.2- 2.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	305	240	79.0	72.8-84.1	44	14.4	10.2-20.1	9	2.4	1.1- 5.1	6	2.3	0.9- 5.5	6	1.9	0.8- 4.6
$50,000+	99	83	82.0	71.7-89.2	11	13.6	7.3-23.9	4	4.0	1.5-10.3	0	0.0	. - .	1	0.4	0.1- 2.8

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan County

Hypertension

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