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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Johnston County

Hypertension Awareness

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,380 4,684 81.6 79.4-83.6 696 18.4 16.4-20.6
-Johnston County 136 115 72.1 51.9-86.0 21 27.9 14.0-48.1
GENDER
Male 51 42 60.0 32.2-82.6 9 40.0 17.4-67.8
Female 85 73 85.5 74.5-92.3 12 14.5 7.7-25.5
RACE
White 114 97 69.9 47.3-85.7 17 30.1 14.3-52.7
Other 21 17 83.4 58.2-94.8 4 16.6 5.2-41.8
AGE
18-44 13 5 21.4 5.8-54.5 8 78.6 45.5-94.2
45+ 122 110 90.3 81.9-95.0 12 9.7 5.0-18.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 74 65 82.8 65.5-92.4 9 17.2 7.6-34.5
Some College + 62 50 64.0 36.0-84.9 12 36.0 15.1-64.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 79 68 87.3 76.1-93.6 11 12.7 6.4-23.9
$50,000+ 44 34 53.8 27.6-78.1 10 46.2 21.9-72.4

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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.

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