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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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 13,252 5,387 31.5 30.2-32.9 107 1.2 0.9- 1.8 7,488 65.4 64.0-66.8 270 1.8 1.5- 2.2
-Mecklenburg County 617 237 29.1 25.0-33.6 3 0.4 0.1- 1.4 365 68.9 64.3-73.2 12 1.6 0.7- 3.4
GENDER
Male 232 94 31.7 25.3-38.8 0 0.0 . - . 131 65.8 58.5-72.5 7 2.5 0.9- 6.5
Female 385 143 26.8 21.6-32.7 3 0.8 0.3- 2.7 234 71.7 65.7-77.0 5 0.7 0.3- 1.8
RACE
White 428 154 29.1 24.2-34.5 3 0.7 0.2- 2.4 263 68.9 63.4-73.9 8 1.2 0.6- 2.7
Other 178 83 31.0 23.5-39.6 0 0.0 . - . 92 67.0 58.2-74.8 3 2.0 0.5- 7.6
AGE
18-44 191 26 12.3 7.7-18.9 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 163 86.4 79.4-91.2 1 1.0 0.1- 6.6
45+ 418 211 47.8 42.2-53.4 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9 194 49.5 43.9-55.1 11 2.2 1.1- 4.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 149 79 38.1 28.4-48.9 0 0.0 . - . 68 60.8 50.0-70.7 2 1.0 0.2- 4.8
Some College + 465 155 25.4 21.0-30.2 3 0.6 0.2- 1.9 297 72.3 67.2-76.8 10 1.8 0.7- 4.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 232 115 35.5 27.7-44.1 0 0.0 . - . 112 63.1 54.4-71.0 5 1.4 0.5- 3.9
$50,000+ 283 81 23.0 18.2-28.6 3 0.9 0.3- 3.0 193 73.9 67.9-79.1 6 2.2 0.7- 6.2

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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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