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Hypertension Awareness
Are you currently taking medicine for high blood pressure?
Denominator excludes respondents who did not report having high blood pressure, respondents with do not know/refused/missing responses.
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.
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Total # of Respondents
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Yes
|
C.I.
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No
|
C.I.
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All Adults |
3169 |
76.5 |
74.6-78.3 |
23.5 |
21.7-25.4 |
High blood pressure medication by Age
|
Age Group
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Total # of Respondents
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
|
18-24 |
33 |
10.0 |
-2.0-22.1 |
90.0 |
77.9-0102 |
25-34 |
109 |
26.9 |
17.6-36.2 |
73.1 |
63.8-82.4 |
35-44 |
353 |
55.5 |
49.4-61.5 |
44.5 |
38.5-50.6 |
45-54 |
581 |
68.7 |
64.1-73.4 |
31.3 |
26.6-35.9 |
55-64 |
713 |
85.2 |
82.2-88.2 |
14.8 |
11.8-17.8 |
65+ |
1329 |
92.6 |
91.1-94.2 |
7.4 |
5.83-8.89 |
High blood pressure medication by Sex
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Gender Group
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Total # of Respondents
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Yes
|
C.I.
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No
|
C.I.
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Male |
1299 |
70.4 |
67.4-73.5 |
29.5 |
26.5-32.6 |
Female |
1870 |
81.9 |
79.8-84.1 |
18.1 |
15.9-20.2 |
High blood pressure medication by Income
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Income Group
|
Total # of Respondents
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Yes
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C.I.
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No
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C.I.
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< $15,000 |
290 |
79.6 |
73.9-85.4 |
20.4 |
14.6-26.1 |
$15,000-24,999 |
547 |
76.1 |
71.6-80.6 |
23.9 |
19.4-28.4 |
$25,000-34,999 |
337 |
81.2 |
75.9-86.6 |
18.8 |
13.4-24.1 |
$35,000-49,999 |
402 |
74.6 |
69.3-80.0 |
25.4 |
20.0-30.7 |
$50,000-74,999 |
410 |
72.4 |
67.2-77.5 |
27.6 |
22.5-32.8 |
$75,000+ |
672 |
71.0 |
66.8-75.1 |
29.0 |
24.9-33.2 |
High blood pressure medication by Education
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Education Group
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Total # of Respondents
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Yes
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C.I.
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No
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C.I.
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Less than H.S. |
359 |
80.0 |
74.6-85.4 |
20.0 |
14.6-25.4 |
H.S. or G.E.D. |
1041 |
79.0 |
75.8-82.2 |
21.0 |
17.8-24.2 |
Some Post-H.S. |
720 |
77.3 |
73.5-81.1 |
22.7 |
18.9-26.5 |
College Graduate |
1035 |
71.6 |
68.3-74.9 |
28.4 |
25.1-31.7 |
High blood pressure medication by Race/Ethnicity
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Racial/Ethnic Group
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Total # of Respondents
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Yes
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C.I.
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No
|
C.I.
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White/ Non-Hispanic
|
2441 |
79.1 |
77.2-81.1 |
20.8 |
18.9-22.8 |
Black or African American/ Non-Hispanic
|
377 |
82.6 |
78.0-87.1 |
17.4 |
12.9-22.0 |
Other Race/ Non-Hispanic
|
90 |
64.8 |
53.4-76.3 |
35.2 |
23.7-46.6 |
Multiracial/ Non-Hispanic
|
19 |
41.1 |
14.5-67.7 |
58.9 |
32.3-85.5 |
Hispanic |
201 |
58.5 |
50.5-66.5 |
41.5 |
33.5-49.5 |
C.I = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level)
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