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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Hypertension

About how long has it been since you last had your blood pressure taken by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional?

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Respond.^
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
-Mecklenburg County 577 461 73.6 67.6-78.8 74 17.0 12.4-22.7 30 6.7 4.3-10.3 9 2.3 1.0- 5.3 3 0.5 0.1- 1.9
GENDER
Male 210 166 72.9 64.3-80.1 22 12.0 7.4-18.9 14 9.9 5.5-17.2 7 4.5 1.8-10.9 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7
Female 367 295 74.1 65.5-81.2 52 21.1 14.3-30.1 16 3.9 2.2- 7.0 2 0.5 0.1- 2.3 2 0.3 0.1- 1.0
RACE
White 407 324 75.0 68.7-80.5 56 17.1 12.4-23.1 20 6.0 3.4-10.2 4 1.1 0.4- 3.1 3 0.7 0.2- 3.0
Other 161 129 70.4 58.0-80.4 18 17.9 9.5-31.1 9 7.2 3.3-15.3 5 4.5 1.5-12.9 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 175 125 65.3 55.1-74.3 30 22.2 14.3-32.8 15 8.7 4.8-15.4 3 3.0 0.9- 9.7 2 0.8 0.1- 3.9
45+ 397 331 81.7 76.7-85.8 44 11.8 8.7-16.0 15 4.6 2.5- 8.5 6 1.7 0.7- 4.0 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 136 111 73.0 59.5-83.4 12 14.1 6.4-28.1 9 8.5 3.7-18.4 3 4.1 1.0-15.8 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0
Some College + 439 348 73.7 66.9-79.4 62 18.0 12.9-24.6 21 6.1 3.6-10.1 6 1.7 0.6- 4.5 2 0.5 0.1- 2.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 214 167 66.8 54.9-76.9 27 22.2 13.0-35.2 12 5.0 2.5- 9.8 6 5.6 2.1-14.0 2 0.4 0.1- 1.6
$50,000+ 271 221 78.5 72.0-83.8 33 13.5 9.4-18.9 15 7.4 4.1-12.8 2 0.7 0.2- 2.6 0 0.0 . - .

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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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