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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan 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
-Rowan County 186 155 75.4 64.7-83.7 31 24.6 16.3-35.3
GENDER
Male 60 49 76.4 61.0-87.1 11 23.6 12.9-39.0
Female 126 106 74.7 59.5-85.6 20 25.3 14.4-40.5
RACE
White 159 134 81.2 72.5-87.6 25 18.8 12.4-27.5
Other 27 21 55.3 29.2-78.8 6 44.7 21.2-70.8
AGE
18-44 20 11 44.8 23.0-68.8 9 55.2 31.2-77.0
45+ 165 144 86.5 79.1-91.5 21 13.5 8.5-20.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 111 91 72.2 57.0-83.6 20 27.8 16.4-43.0
Some College + 75 64 80.4 66.4-89.4 11 19.6 10.6-33.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 108 89 73.3 57.6-84.8 19 26.7 15.2-42.4
$50,000+ 38 32 78.5 58.4-90.5 6 21.5 9.5-41.6

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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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