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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 193 166 74.8 63.7-83.4 27 25.2 16.6-36.3
GENDER
Male 73 61 68.0 48.4-82.7 12 32.0 17.3-51.6
Female 120 105 80.5 69.8-88.1 15 19.5 11.9-30.2
RACE
White 157 137 75.9 62.5-85.6 20 24.1 14.4-37.5
Other 35 28 71.0 48.4-86.5 7 29.0 13.5-51.6
AGE
18-44 22 9 29.3 13.4-52.6 13 70.7 47.4-86.6
45+ 169 155 89.1 82.1-93.6 14 10.9 6.4-17.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 63 56 80.4 61.6-91.3 7 19.6 8.7-38.4
Some College + 130 110 72.0 57.8-82.8 20 28.0 17.2-42.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 97 87 81.1 66.6-90.3 10 18.9 9.7-33.4
$50,000+ 72 58 73.0 59.3-83.4 14 27.0 16.6-40.7

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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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