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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan County

Hypertension

About how long has it been since you last had your blood pressure taken by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional?

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Respond.^
Within the past 6 months 6 to 12 months ago 1 to 2 years ago 3 to 5 years ago 5 or more years ago or never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,331 10,276 79.2 77.8-80.6 1,214 11.2 10.3-12.3 446 5.0 4.3- 5.9 208 2.1 1.7- 2.6 187 2.4 1.8- 3.2
-Rowan County 412 343 79.7 73.5-84.8 41 12.2 8.5-17.3 16 5.3 2.6-10.7 8 1.8 0.8- 4.0 4 0.9 0.3- 2.6
GENDER
Male 147 120 78.5 67.3-86.7 16 11.7 6.7-19.7 6 6.7 2.0-20.0 4 2.8 0.9- 8.0 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8
Female 265 223 80.6 73.2-86.4 25 12.6 7.8-19.8 10 4.3 2.2- 8.1 4 1.1 0.4- 2.9 3 1.4 0.4- 4.6
RACE
White 362 300 78.6 72.5-83.7 37 14.2 9.8-20.1 14 3.9 2.2- 6.9 7 2.2 0.9- 4.9 4 1.1 0.4- 3.3
Other 48 41 83.8 60.0-94.7 4 4.7 1.4-14.9 2 11.0 2.3-39.5 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 97 74 77.4 65.1-86.3 15 13.9 7.6-24.0 5 6.4 1.9-19.6 2 1.5 0.3- 7.3 1 0.7 0.1- 5.0
45+ 312 269 82.8 76.9-87.5 23 9.5 6.0-14.7 11 4.5 2.3- 8.5 6 2.1 0.9- 4.8 3 1.1 0.3- 3.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 201 165 76.4 66.2-84.3 21 13.4 8.0-21.4 9 7.3 2.7-18.1 5 2.3 0.8- 6.4 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6
Some College + 211 178 83.0 75.6-88.5 20 11.1 6.6-18.2 7 3.3 1.5- 7.3 3 1.4 0.4- 4.3 3 1.2 0.3- 4.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 213 175 77.8 69.2-84.6 19 12.0 6.8-20.3 10 5.7 2.9-10.9 6 2.7 1.0- 7.0 3 1.7 0.5- 5.4
$50,000+ 125 101 82.3 73.8-88.4 16 13.0 7.7-21.1 5 2.7 1.0- 6.9 2 1.6 0.4- 6.5 1 0.3 0.0- 2.5

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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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