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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 113 95 80.0 68.0-88.3 18 20.0 11.7-32.0
GENDER
Male 44 35 81.1 65.1-90.8 9 18.9 9.2-34.9
Female 69 60 79.2 60.6-90.4 9 20.8 9.6-39.4
RACE
White 81 71 88.3 77.3-94.3 10 11.7 5.7-22.7
Other 28 22 70.4 45.6-87.0 6 29.6 13.0-54.4
AGE
18-44 7 2 25.1 5.8-64.6 5 74.9 35.4-94.2
45+ 101 89 89.4 80.6-94.5 12 10.6 5.5-19.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 44 38 77.4 53.5-91.1 6 22.6 8.9-46.5
Some College + 68 56 81.4 67.5-90.2 12 18.6 9.8-32.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 37 32 86.8 66.3-95.7 5 13.2 4.3-33.7
$50,000+ 47 38 77.6 60.1-88.9 9 22.4 11.1-39.9

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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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