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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | Told borderline or pre-hypertensive | |||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 4,362 | 3,494 | 79.4 | 77.4-81.3 | 835 | 19.5 | 17.6-21.4 | 33 | 1.1 | 0.7- 1.8 |
| Have Health Insurance | ||||||||||
| Yes | 3,920 | 3,147 | 79.6 | 77.4-81.6 | 744 | 19.3 | 17.3-21.3 | 29 | 1.2 | 0.7- 1.9 |
| No | 430 | 335 | 78.2 | 71.8-83.6 | 91 | 21.1 | 15.8-27.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| Body Mass Index | ||||||||||
| Underweight | 51 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Recommended Range | 978 | 768 | 74.8 | 70.3-78.9 | 206 | 24.2 | 20.2-28.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| Overweight | 1,508 | 1,207 | 80.9 | 77.6-83.8 | 286 | 17.8 | 15.0-21.1 | 15 | 1.3 | 0.6- 2.7 |
| Obese | 1,562 | 1,286 | 80.5 | 76.9-83.6 | 263 | 18.5 | 15.4-22.0 | 13 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.2 |
| Current Smoker | ||||||||||
| No | 3,622 | 2,897 | 79.0 | 76.8-81.1 | 696 | 19.8 | 17.7-22.0 | 29 | 1.2 | 0.7- 2.0 |
| Yes | 719 | 581 | 82.0 | 77.6-85.7 | 134 | 17.3 | 13.7-21.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| History of CVD** | ||||||||||
| Yes | 968 | 827 | 86.7 | 82.9-89.7 | 138 | 13.1 | 10.1-16.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 3,322 | 2,610 | 77.4 | 75.0-79.7 | 682 | 21.2 | 19.0-23.6 | 30 | 1.3 | 0.8- 2.2 |
| Binge Drinker | ||||||||||
| No | 3,968 | 3,199 | 79.8 | 77.6-81.8 | 744 | 19.3 | 17.3-21.4 | 25 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.6 |
| Yes | 285 | 220 | 79.8 | 72.9-85.3 | 57 | 17.5 | 12.5-24.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| Heavy Drinker | ||||||||||
| No | 4,096 | 3,287 | 79.5 | 77.4-81.5 | 776 | 19.3 | 17.4-21.4 | 33 | 1.2 | 0.7- 1.9 |
| Yes | 155 | 128 | 83.0 | 73.1-89.7 | 27 | 17.0 | 10.3-26.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| COPD | ||||||||||
| Yes | 582 | 509 | 88.2 | 83.6-91.7 | 70 | 11.2 | 7.9-15.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 3,755 | 2,963 | 78.1 | 75.8-80.2 | 762 | 20.8 | 18.7-22.9 | 30 | 1.2 | 0.7- 1.9 |
| Current Asthma | ||||||||||
| Yes | 487 | 410 | 84.2 | 78.2-88.7 | 73 | 15.4 | 10.9-21.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 3,841 | 3,062 | 78.8 | 76.6-80.8 | 750 | 20.0 | 18.1-22.2 | 29 | 1.2 | 0.7- 2.0 |
| Diabetes | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,128 | 969 | 85.8 | 82.2-88.8 | 153 | 13.2 | 10.4-16.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 3,223 | 2,518 | 77.4 | 75.0-79.7 | 678 | 21.5 | 19.2-23.9 | 27 | 1.1 | 0.7- 1.9 |
| Disability | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,874 | 1,602 | 86.1 | 83.5-88.3 | 259 | 13.1 | 10.9-15.6 | 13 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.7 |
| No | 2,464 | 1,871 | 75.0 | 72.1-77.7 | 573 | 23.7 | 21.1-26.6 | 20 | 1.2 | 0.7- 2.3 |
Back to Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*.
*Asked only of those who report having high blood pressure.
Pregnant females (N=4) told two or more times excluded from analysis.
**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2011 are NOT comparable to previous years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2011 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.
^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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