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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

Hypertension Awareness

Have you EVER been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that you have high blood pressure?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes Yes, during pregnancy No Borderline high or pre-hypertensive
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,749 5,692 28.8 27.8-29.8 89 0.7 0.5- 0.9 8,596 68.1 67.0-69.1 372 2.4 2.1- 2.8
-Durham County 332 126 26.1 20.9-32.1 0 0.0 . - . 198 71.5 65.3-77.1 8 2.4 1.0- 5.3
GENDER
Male 114 36 17.0 11.2-24.8 0 0.0 . - . 76 81.1 72.6-87.3 2 2.0 0.5- 8.1
Female 218 90 36.4 29.1-44.5 0 0.0 . - . 122 60.8 52.7-68.3 6 2.8 1.1- 6.8
RACE
White 206 69 22.5 17.2-28.9 0 0.0 . - . 133 74.2 67.1-80.2 4 3.3 1.1- 9.3
Other 123 57 30.2 21.3-41.0 0 0.0 . - . 62 68.3 57.3-77.5 4 1.5 0.5- 4.8
AGE
18-44 104 15 11.5 6.3-20.2 0 0.0 . - . 86 86.1 77.0-92.0 3 2.3 0.7- 8.0
45+ 223 109 42.7 35.3-50.6 0 0.0 . - . 109 54.8 46.9-62.5 5 2.4 0.9- 6.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 90 49 27.7 17.8-40.4 0 0.0 . - . 40 71.2 58.1-81.4 1 1.1 0.2- 7.8
Some College + 241 77 25.3 19.5-32.1 0 0.0 . - . 157 71.7 64.6-77.8 7 3.0 1.2- 7.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 141 66 36.5 27.4-46.7 0 0.0 . - . 70 59.6 49.2-69.2 5 3.9 1.4-10.9
$50,000+ 145 41 20.2 14.3-27.8 0 0.0 . - . 103 78.9 71.2-85.0 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1

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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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