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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Hypertension

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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
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,331 10,276 79.2 77.8-80.6 1,214 11.2 10.3-12.3 446 5.0 4.3- 5.9 208 2.1 1.7- 2.6 187 2.4 1.8- 3.2
-Eastern NC 3,364 2,861 82.3 79.6-84.8 284 9.0 7.4-10.9 111 4.0 2.9- 5.5 68 2.4 1.5- 3.8 40 2.2 1.2- 4.3
GENDER
Male 1,207 1,003 79.3 74.4-83.5 99 8.9 6.6-12.1 52 4.6 2.9- 7.1 32 3.3 1.7- 6.4 21 3.9 1.8- 8.2
Female 2,157 1,858 85.2 82.3-87.7 185 9.1 7.2-11.5 59 3.5 2.2- 5.5 36 1.5 0.9- 2.4 19 0.7 0.4- 1.4
RACE
White 2,281 1,955 83.7 80.6-86.4 185 8.6 6.8-10.8 68 3.1 2.1- 4.6 50 2.9 1.6- 5.1 23 1.7 0.9- 3.4
African American 753 655 86.1 81.1-89.9 65 7.8 5.3-11.4 21 5.2 2.7- 9.6 6 0.6 0.2- 2.4 6 0.3 0.1- 0.7
Other Minorities 311 234 65.9 51.9-77.5 32 14.3 7.8-24.6 22 7.0 2.9-16.1 12 3.4 1.7- 6.7 11 9.5 2.8-27.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 131 95 57.5 37.5-75.3 12 14.8 6.0-32.0 12 10.5 3.8-25.9 4 2.5 0.8- 7.5 8 14.8 4.2-40.4
Non-Hispanic 3,226 2,759 84.1 81.7-86.3 272 8.6 7.2-10.4 99 3.5 2.5- 4.9 64 2.4 1.4- 3.9 32 1.3 0.7- 2.5
AGE
18-24 110 79 79.3 68.2-87.3 16 11.4 5.8-21.1 7 5.7 2.3-13.3 6 2.9 1.2- 6.9 2 0.8 0.2- 3.5
25-34 350 271 74.9 65.5-82.4 39 9.6 5.6-15.9 23 7.4 3.9-13.7 10 4.1 1.1-13.5 7 4.0 1.5-10.6
35-44 500 372 73.1 64.7-80.1 77 12.1 8.5-17.1 26 5.8 3.0-11.1 17 3.9 1.8- 8.3 8 5.0 1.3-17.8
45-54 659 539 82.9 78.1-86.8 69 10.9 7.7-15.1 26 2.9 1.7- 5.0 14 1.6 0.7- 3.6 11 1.7 0.7- 4.2
55-64 704 623 90.4 86.8-93.1 43 5.3 3.3- 8.3 19 2.2 1.2- 3.9 13 1.3 0.5- 3.6 6 0.8 0.2- 2.8
65+ 1,020 960 93.9 90.9-95.9 38 4.7 2.9- 7.5 9 0.4 0.2- 0.8 7 0.5 0.1- 2.0 6 0.6 0.2- 2.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 447 387 80.5 71.7-87.0 24 9.5 4.6-18.5 13 3.8 1.5- 9.1 10 1.8 0.8- 4.1 13 4.4 2.0- 9.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,063 906 84.2 79.4-88.0 76 6.1 4.3- 8.8 37 4.9 2.7- 8.6 30 2.8 1.5- 5.2 14 2.0 0.7- 5.4
Some Post-H.S. 944 798 80.8 74.4-85.9 89 10.4 7.4-14.4 28 2.5 1.4- 4.7 19 3.1 1.1- 8.0 10 3.2 0.8-11.3
College Graduate 905 765 82.8 78.4-86.5 95 11.0 8.2-14.4 33 4.7 2.7- 8.2 9 1.3 0.5- 3.6 3 0.2 0.1- 0.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 431 361 83.9 75.9-89.6 27 4.6 2.6- 8.0 18 5.7 2.3-13.8 15 2.3 1.1- 5.0 10 3.5 1.3- 8.8
$15,000- 24,999 578 488 74.5 63.9-82.8 41 10.8 6.2-18.0 26 4.8 2.0-11.0 18 5.8 2.2-14.3 5 4.2 0.7-21.5
$25,000- 34,999 340 283 79.2 69.3-86.5 28 9.9 4.7-19.7 11 5.5 2.5-11.7 9 1.9 0.6- 5.5 9 3.5 1.4- 8.7
$35,000- 49,999 459 397 85.4 80.1-89.4 45 10.4 7.1-15.0 11 2.7 1.2- 5.8 3 0.4 0.1- 1.3 3 1.2 0.2- 5.5
$50,000-74,999 458 392 82.0 74.7-87.6 43 10.5 6.6-16.3 17 5.6 2.6-11.5 5 1.8 0.4- 8.9 1 0.0 0.0- 0.1
$75,000+ 641 544 85.3 80.2-89.3 66 8.4 6.0-11.8 18 2.2 1.1- 4.4 9 2.0 0.8- 4.8 4 2.0 0.5- 8.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,289 1,179 88.1 83.7-91.5 62 7.1 4.4-11.2 22 1.9 1.0- 3.3 17 1.8 0.8- 4.1 9 1.1 0.4- 3.1
No 2,043 1,659 79.8 76.2-83.0 217 9.8 8.0-11.9 87 5.1 3.5- 7.3 50 2.7 1.5- 4.7 30 2.6 1.2- 5.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 533 472 82.2 72.7-88.9 39 10.2 6.4-16.0 12 2.3 1.0- 5.0 8 1.2 0.5- 2.9 2 4.0 0.6-22.4
Non-Veteran 2,542 2,141 81.7 78.5-84.5 221 9.1 7.3-11.3 91 4.6 3.2- 6.5 54 2.7 1.6- 4.6 35 2.0 1.1- 3.4

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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.

**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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