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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt 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
-Pitt County 147 132 86.5 77.0-92.4 15 13.5 7.6-23.0
GENDER
Male 56 49 88.9 76.8-95.1 7 11.1 4.9-23.2
Female 91 83 84.4 69.3-92.9 8 15.6 7.1-30.7
RACE
White 93 84 90.4 81.8-95.2 9 9.6 4.8-18.2
Other 54 48 80.6 60.9-91.7 6 19.4 8.3-39.1
AGE
18-44 13 8 57.0 26.5-83.0 5 43.0 17.0-73.5
45+ 133 123 91.9 85.1-95.7 10 8.1 4.3-14.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 65 58 83.3 64.6-93.2 7 16.7 6.8-35.4
Some College + 82 74 88.7 78.0-94.6 8 11.3 5.4-22.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 78 71 86.1 70.1-94.3 7 13.9 5.7-29.9
$50,000+ 43 37 85.4 69.7-93.7 6 14.6 6.3-30.3

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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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