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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 412 194 36.6 30.3-43.4 2 0.4 0.1- 1.9 211 61.9 55.0-68.4 5 1.1 0.4- 2.7
GENDER
Male 161 74 34.5 25.1-45.3 0 0.0 . - . 84 64.0 53.2-73.6 3 1.5 0.4- 4.8
Female 251 120 38.5 30.4-47.3 2 0.8 0.2- 3.7 127 60.0 51.1-68.3 2 0.7 0.1- 3.2
RACE
White 350 158 33.2 26.7-40.4 2 0.5 0.1- 2.3 186 65.3 58.0-72.0 4 1.0 0.3- 2.9
Other 60 35 52.2 34.5-69.5 0 0.0 . - . 24 46.2 29.0-64.4 1 1.5 0.2-10.2
AGE
18-44 87 22 18.8 11.0-30.2 2 0.9 0.2- 4.1 61 79.0 67.5-87.2 2 1.3 0.3- 5.3
45+ 318 170 52.9 46.2-59.4 0 0.0 . - . 145 46.3 39.8-53.0 3 0.8 0.3- 2.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 129 63 36.8 25.5-49.7 0 0.0 . - . 63 60.9 47.6-72.7 3 2.4 0.7- 7.6
Some College + 283 131 36.5 29.1-44.6 2 0.6 0.1- 2.9 148 62.5 54.3-69.9 2 0.4 0.1- 1.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 172 98 44.2 33.3-55.8 0 0.0 . - . 71 53.6 41.9-64.9 3 2.1 0.6- 6.8
$50,000+ 177 72 35.0 26.9-44.0 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1 103 63.8 54.7-72.1 1 0.5 0.1- 3.2

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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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