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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth 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
-Forsyth County 376 140 28.2 22.9-34.1 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9 216 67.5 61.3-73.2 19 4.1 2.4- 6.7
GENDER
Male 142 48 27.1 19.1-37.0 0 0.0 . - . 86 69.5 59.5-78.0 8 3.4 1.6- 6.9
Female 234 92 29.3 23.2-36.2 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0 130 65.3 57.8-72.1 11 4.8 2.4- 9.5
RACE
White 276 97 25.5 20.0-31.9 0 0.0 . - . 162 69.0 62.0-75.2 17 5.5 3.2- 9.3
Other 100 43 33.5 22.8-46.2 1 0.8 0.1- 5.7 54 64.6 51.9-75.6 2 1.1 0.2- 5.0
AGE
18-44 113 13 10.5 5.1-20.4 0 0.0 . - . 96 87.2 77.4-93.1 4 2.3 0.7- 6.7
45+ 261 127 48.3 41.5-55.1 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0 118 45.0 38.3-51.9 15 6.1 3.6-10.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 152 77 36.7 27.3-47.2 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7 68 59.4 48.7-69.3 6 3.2 1.4- 7.2
Some College + 224 63 22.4 16.5-29.6 0 0.0 . - . 148 73.0 65.3-79.4 13 4.6 2.4- 8.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 170 74 31.9 23.4-41.9 0 0.0 . - . 86 63.9 53.7-72.9 10 4.2 2.1- 8.2
$50,000+ 153 43 24.6 17.6-33.2 0 0.0 . - . 102 70.4 61.4-78.0 8 5.1 2.3-10.8

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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.

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