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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 369 135 28.1 22.7-34.1 4 1.0 0.4- 2.8 226 69.8 63.6-75.3 4 1.1 0.4- 3.2
GENDER
Male 118 52 37.0 27.2-48.1 0 0.0 . - . 66 63.0 51.9-72.8 0 0.0 . - .
Female 251 83 22.2 16.9-28.6 4 1.7 0.6- 4.6 160 74.3 67.3-80.1 4 1.8 0.6- 5.3
RACE
White 319 117 28.0 22.5-34.2 4 1.3 0.5- 3.5 194 69.4 62.9-75.1 4 1.4 0.5- 4.0
Other 49 18 29.6 15.8-48.4 0 0.0 . - . 31 70.4 51.6-84.2 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 145 19 14.1 8.4-22.9 3 1.3 0.4- 4.3 122 84.0 75.2-90.1 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7
45+ 221 116 47.4 39.3-55.7 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 101 50.0 41.7-58.3 3 1.9 0.5- 6.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 133 60 31.9 23.6-41.6 0 0.0 . - . 70 65.3 55.3-74.1 3 2.8 0.8- 8.9
Some College + 235 74 25.9 19.3-33.8 4 1.6 0.6- 4.3 156 72.3 64.3-79.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 142 69 36.5 27.7-46.2 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 71 61.7 51.7-70.8 1 1.4 0.2- 9.3
$50,000+ 179 50 24.7 17.5-33.6 3 1.7 0.5- 5.1 125 73.4 64.3-80.8 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1

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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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