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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 369 113 25.8 21.0-31.3 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 248 72.3 66.7-77.3 7 1.5 0.7- 3.3
GENDER
Male 139 44 26.0 19.0-34.4 0 0.0 . - . 92 72.1 63.5-79.4 3 1.9 0.6- 6.0
Female 230 69 25.7 19.4-33.2 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 156 72.5 64.9-79.0 4 1.2 0.4- 3.5
RACE
White 292 81 22.5 17.8-28.1 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7 206 75.6 69.9-80.6 4 1.3 0.4- 3.8
Other 71 28 31.7 20.7-45.2 0 0.0 . - . 40 66.2 52.6-77.6 3 2.1 0.6- 6.7
AGE
18-44 98 7 8.3 3.8-17.2 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6 90 90.9 82.0-95.6 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 265 101 39.1 32.7-46.0 0 0.0 . - . 157 58.1 51.2-64.6 7 2.8 1.3- 6.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 85 44 42.7 29.6-57.0 0 0.0 . - . 39 55.7 41.4-69.1 2 1.6 0.4- 6.7
Some College + 282 68 20.4 15.6-26.1 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4 208 77.7 71.8-82.6 5 1.5 0.6- 3.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 106 37 25.4 17.3-35.6 0 0.0 . - . 67 73.4 63.0-81.7 2 1.3 0.3- 5.4
$50,000+ 205 47 21.2 15.6-28.2 1 0.7 0.1- 4.8 152 76.0 68.8-81.9 5 2.1 0.8- 5.4

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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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