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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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
-Wake County 604 209 25.9 21.7-30.5 7 1.3 0.6- 2.8 382 72.0 67.2-76.3 6 0.9 0.2- 2.9
GENDER
Male 231 79 25.4 18.9-33.1 0 0.0 . - . 151 73.6 65.7-80.2 1 1.0 0.1- 7.0
Female 373 130 26.4 21.7-31.8 7 2.6 1.2- 5.5 231 70.3 64.7-75.4 5 0.7 0.3- 1.8
RACE
White 462 155 25.5 21.0-30.6 5 1.2 0.5- 2.9 297 72.8 67.7-77.4 5 0.5 0.2- 1.3
Other 137 54 27.6 19.1-38.0 2 1.6 0.4- 6.3 80 69.2 58.3-78.3 1 1.7 0.2-11.1
AGE
18-44 220 26 13.3 8.4-20.4 6 2.0 0.9- 4.6 186 83.6 76.3-88.9 2 1.1 0.2- 5.4
45+ 375 180 43.8 38.2-49.4 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9 190 55.5 49.8-61.0 4 0.5 0.2- 1.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 129 66 32.3 21.8-44.8 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 61 65.2 52.3-76.2 1 2.1 0.3-13.5
Some College + 475 143 23.8 19.6-28.6 6 1.6 0.7- 3.5 321 74.2 69.3-78.5 5 0.5 0.2- 1.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 175 76 30.7 22.9-39.7 1 0.8 0.1- 5.8 96 68.0 58.9-76.0 2 0.4 0.1- 1.8
$50,000+ 341 89 21.9 17.1-27.5 6 1.8 0.8- 4.2 243 75.1 69.3-80.2 3 1.2 0.3- 5.2

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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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