SCHS Home Search FAQs Guestbook

North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics Navigation Bar

2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wayne County

Hypertension Awareness

Are you currently taking medicine for your high blood pressure?

View results for a demographic group:
Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  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
-Wayne County 173 152 85.7 76.6-91.6 21 14.3 8.4-23.4
GENDER
Male 49 44 82.5 61.4-93.3 5 17.5 6.7-38.6
Female 124 108 87.8 80.2-92.7 16 12.2 7.3-19.8
RACE
White 103 91 87.9 78.5-93.5 12 12.1 6.5-21.5
Other 70 61 83.2 65.8-92.7 9 16.8 7.3-34.2
AGE
18-44 19 12 56.6 30.1-79.8 7 43.4 20.2-69.9
45+ 153 139 92.3 86.8-95.6 14 7.7 4.4-13.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 93 82 85.1 69.7-93.5 11 14.9 6.5-30.3
Some College + 80 70 86.2 74.8-92.9 10 13.8 7.1-25.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 102 87 81.8 67.7-90.6 15 18.2 9.4-32.3
$50,000+ 34 29 87.0 70.2-95.0 5 13.0 5.0-29.8

Back to Hypertension Awareness.

^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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 11JUN10.

SCHS Home | Search | FAQs | Guestbook