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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*-FEMALES

Were you told on TWO or MORE different visits to a doctor or other health professional
that you had high blood pressure?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes Yes, female told during pregnancy No Told borderline or pre-hypertensive
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,459 2,800 80.0 78.1-81.7 11 0.5 0.2- 1.0 627 19.0 17.3-20.9 21 0.6 0.3- 0.9
RACE
White 2,568 2,095 81.0 79.0-82.9 6 0.3 0.1- 0.7 448 18.0 16.2-20.0 19 0.7 0.4- 1.2
African American 744 591 77.5 73.0-81.4 3 0.6 0.1- 3.0 149 21.7 17.9-26.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1
Asian 12 9 82.6 51.6-95.5 0 0.0 . - . 3 17.4 4.5-48.4 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 81 68 85.9 72.5-93.3 0 0.0 . - . 13 14.1 6.7-27.5 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 47 31 75.1 56.8-87.3 2 3.8 0.8-16.5 13 19.5 8.9-37.6 1 1.7 0.2-11.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 64 55 84.8 68.6-93.4 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4 7 13.0 5.0-29.8 1 1.4 0.2- 9.4
-English Speaking 45 40 89.9 75.3-96.3 0 0.0 . - . 4 7.2 2.3-20.4 1 2.9 0.4-18.2
-Spanish Speaking 19 15 80.0 51.7-93.8 1 1.5 0.2-10.4 3 18.5 5.3-47.8 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 3,387 2,739 79.8 77.9-81.6 10 0.5 0.2- 1.0 618 19.2 17.5-21.1 20 0.5 0.3- 0.9
AGE
18-24 11 6 57.3 25.8-83.8 1 3.9 0.5-24.6 4 38.8 13.6-71.7 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 98 70 73.9 62.7-82.6 1 1.4 0.2- 9.1 27 24.7 16.3-35.7 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 230 175 73.0 64.7-79.9 2 1.5 0.3- 7.9 50 24.8 18.1-33.0 3 0.6 0.2- 2.3
45-54 563 455 82.2 78.1-85.7 2 0.5 0.1- 1.8 102 16.8 13.4-20.9 4 0.5 0.2- 1.4
55-64 873 732 82.3 78.8-85.3 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 136 16.9 13.9-20.4 4 0.7 0.3- 1.9
65-74 879 727 82.8 79.5-85.6 2 0.2 0.0- 0.8 145 16.5 13.7-19.8 5 0.5 0.2- 1.2
75+ 779 617 79.3 75.3-82.8 2 0.1 0.0- 0.5 155 19.9 16.4-23.9 5 0.7 0.2- 2.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 685 576 83.4 79.3-86.9 3 0.3 0.1- 0.8 104 16.0 12.6-20.2 2 0.3 0.1- 1.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,203 965 77.5 74.0-80.6 4 0.5 0.2- 1.5 226 21.5 18.4-24.9 8 0.6 0.3- 1.3
Some Post-H.S. 881 713 81.2 77.5-84.4 2 0.7 0.1- 3.1 157 17.2 14.2-20.7 9 0.9 0.4- 2.1
College Graduate 686 543 79.5 75.4-83.2 2 0.3 0.1- 1.5 139 19.9 16.3-24.1 2 0.2 0.1- 0.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 603 510 83.3 78.5-87.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 86 15.2 11.4-19.9 6 1.4 0.6- 3.3
$15,000- 24,999 706 566 80.0 75.9-83.6 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9 136 19.5 15.9-23.6 3 0.2 0.1- 0.8
$25,000- 34,999 379 298 77.3 71.3-82.4 3 1.5 0.3- 7.1 74 20.5 15.8-26.2 4 0.6 0.2- 1.7
$35,000- 49,999 441 363 80.8 75.4-85.2 2 0.9 0.2- 3.5 76 18.3 14.0-23.6 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000-74,999 335 269 80.9 74.8-85.8 3 0.7 0.2- 2.5 62 18.2 13.4-24.3 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1
$75,000+ 363 290 81.8 76.7-86.1 0 0.0 . - . 69 16.7 12.7-21.7 4 1.4 0.5- 4.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,768 1,494 85.1 82.8-87.1 3 0.1 0.0- 0.3 259 14.2 12.2-16.4 12 0.6 0.3- 1.2
No 1,640 1,265 75.0 72.0-77.7 8 0.8 0.3- 1.9 358 23.7 21.0-26.7 9 0.5 0.2- 1.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 65 50 72.9 56.4-84.8 1 2.7 0.4-16.7 12 17.3 8.3-32.5 2 7.2 1.8-25.0
Non-Veteran 3,394 2,750 80.1 78.2-81.8 10 0.4 0.2- 1.0 615 19.1 17.3-20.9 19 0.4 0.3- 0.7

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*Asked only of those who report having high blood pressure

^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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