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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County 237 202 79.1 70.6-85.6 35 20.9 14.4-29.4
GENDER
Male 94 74 75.3 63.8-84.0 20 24.7 16.0-36.2
Female 143 128 83.1 68.5-91.8 15 16.9 8.2-31.5
RACE
White 154 130 78.8 69.5-85.9 24 21.2 14.1-30.5
Other 83 72 79.4 62.0-90.1 11 20.6 9.9-38.0
AGE
18-44 26 13 49.5 27.3-71.8 13 50.5 28.2-72.7
45+ 211 189 87.2 80.7-91.7 22 12.8 8.3-19.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 79 69 83.6 70.8-91.4 10 16.4 8.6-29.2
Some College + 155 130 76.1 64.5-84.8 25 23.9 15.2-35.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 115 99 81.7 70.6-89.3 16 18.3 10.7-29.4
$50,000+ 81 67 79.5 67.4-87.8 14 20.5 12.2-32.6

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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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