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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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
-Wake County 209 185 82.7 73.7-89.1 24 17.3 10.9-26.3
GENDER
Male 79 70 80.3 64.5-90.2 9 19.7 9.8-35.5
Female 130 115 85.0 74.1-91.8 15 15.0 8.2-25.9
RACE
White 155 139 85.7 76.9-91.5 16 14.3 8.5-23.1
Other 54 46 76.4 54.7-89.7 8 23.6 10.3-45.3
AGE
18-44 26 17 63.3 40.0-81.7 9 36.7 18.3-60.0
45+ 180 165 91.0 84.8-94.8 15 9.0 5.2-15.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 66 58 80.6 59.8-92.1 8 19.4 7.9-40.2
Some College + 143 127 83.7 73.4-90.5 16 16.3 9.5-26.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 76 65 72.1 53.8-85.1 11 27.9 14.9-46.2
$50,000+ 89 77 82.9 69.9-91.0 12 17.1 9.0-30.1

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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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