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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Hypertension Awareness

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,684 4,981 82.3 80.5-84.0 703 17.7 16.0-19.5
-Buncombe County 130 116 88.4 80.6-93.3 14 11.6 6.7-19.4
GENDER
Male 47 43 91.8 79.9-96.9 4 8.2 3.1-20.1
Female 83 73 85.6 74.0-92.5 10 14.4 7.5-26.0
RACE
White 113 100 87.9 79.4-93.1 13 12.1 6.9-20.6
Other 17 16 92.4 61.4-98.9 1 7.6 1.1-38.6
AGE
18-44 11 8 83.7 55.9-95.4 3 16.3 4.6-44.1
45+ 117 106 89.1 80.6-94.1 11 10.9 5.9-19.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 50 45 91.1 78.7-96.6 5 8.9 3.4-21.3
Some College + 79 70 86.2 74.9-92.9 9 13.8 7.1-25.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 75 67 89.4 78.9-95.0 8 10.6 5.0-21.1
$50,000+ 32 30 93.9 78.4-98.5 2 6.1 1.5-21.6

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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.

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