Told More Than Once By Health Professional That You Have High Blood Pressure

State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1995

Demographic Characteristics	More than once   N          %        95% C.I.	Only once        N          %        95% C.I.	Total
TOTAL	325     72.4     (67.1-77.2)	130     27.6     (22.8-32.9)	455
AGE GROUP
18-24 Years	5     46.2     (14.2-81.7)	-	--
25-34 Years	14     41.6     (25.7-59.6)	26     58.4     (40.4-74.3)	--
35-44 Years	51     63.6     (51.4-74.4)	32     36.4     (25.6-48.6)	83
45-54 Years	62     72.6     (60.1-82.4)	24     27.4     (17.6-39.9)	86
55-64 Years	53     85.7     (72.5-93.2)	11     14.3     ( 6.8-27.5)	64
65+ Years	138     81.5     (73.3-87.7)	34     18.5     (12.3-26.7)	172
Unknown/Refused	-	-	--
GENDER
Male	147     73.1     (65.5-79.5)	65     26.9     (20.5-34.5)	212
Female	178     71.8     (64.0-78.4)	65     28.2     (21.6-36.0)	243
ETHNICITY
White	93     67.9     (58.1-76.4)	47     32.1     (23.6-41.9)	140
Hawaiian	51     66.0     (50.7-78.5)	18     34.0     (21.5-49.3)	69
Filipino	42     69.5     (54.7-81.1)	23     30.5     (18.9-45.3)	65
Japanese	98     78.3     (68.1-85.9)	26     21.7     (14.1-31.9)	124
Others	21     76.4     (58.6-88.1)	11     23.6     (11.9-41.4)	--
MARITAL STATUS
Married	179     74.3     (67.6-80.0)	70     25.7     (20.0-32.4)	249
Unmarried	145     69.0     (60.0-76.7)	60     31.0     (23.3-40.0)	205
Unknown/Refused	-	-	--
EDUCATION
<High School	57     75.4     (60.6-85.9)	20     24.6     (14.1-39.4)	77
High School	82     72.7     (62.3-81.1)	36     27.3     (18.9-37.7)	118
Some College	99     68.5     (58.8-76.9)	46     31.5     (23.1-41.2)	145
College	86     75.4     (64.4-83.8)	28     24.6     (16.2-35.6)	114
Unknown/Refused	-	-	--
EMPLOYMENT
Employed	146     68.4     (60.7-75.2)	78     31.6     (24.8-39.3)	224
Unemployed	7     46.5     (20.6-74.5)	8     53.5     (25.5-79.4)	--
Student/homemaker	21     68.0     (46.3-84.0)	10     32.0     (16.0-53.7)	--
Retired/Can't Work	151     81.2     (72.8-87.4)	34     18.8     (12.6-27.2)	185
Unknown/Refused	-	-	--
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
<$15,000	41     75.3     (57.7-87.2)	13     24.7     (12.8-42.3)	54
$15,000-24,999	46     68.2     (53.0-80.3)	24     31.8     (19.7-47.0)	70
$25,000-49,999	102     71.6     (62.2-79.4)	41     28.4     (20.6-37.8)	143
$50,000-74,999	43     73.3     (59.3-83.8)	19     26.7     (16.2-40.7)	62
>=$75,000	21     58.0     (37.1-76.3)	12     42.0     (23.7-62.9)	--
Unknown/Refused	72     78.6     (66.7-87.0)	21     21.4     (13.0-33.3)	93
COUNTY
Honolulu	184     74.6     (68.0-80.3)	64     25.4     (19.7-32.0)	248
Hawaii	42     67.9     (53.3-79.6)	20     32.1     (20.4-46.7)	62
Kauai	42     64.5     (48.9-77.5)	19     35.5     (22.5-51.1)	61
Maui	57     66.2     (53.1-77.2)	27     33.8     (22.8-46.9)	84

The symbol -- means cell size less than 50. The symbol - means cell size less than 5.

N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, 95% C.I. = Confidence Interval at 95 percent probability level.

Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.