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Table 24b: Adults who have had their blood pressure measured within the preceding 2 years and can state whether their blood pressure was normal or higha, by ethnicity, United States, 1998
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Non-Hispanic |
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Total |
Hispanic* |
Total** |
Black or African American |
White |
| Population group |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
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| Total |
90.1 |
0.2 |
83.6 |
0.7 |
91.0 |
0.2 |
92.3 |
0.5 |
91.0 |
0.3 |
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| Age (not age adjusted) |
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| 18-44 |
88.8 |
0.3 |
79.8 |
1.0 |
90.1 |
0.3 |
91.6 |
0.7 |
90.2 |
0.4 |
| 45-64 |
91.5 |
0.3 |
85.3 |
1.3 |
92.0 |
0.4 |
93.5 |
0.8 |
91.8 |
0.4 |
| 65 and over |
92.1 |
0.4 |
90.6 |
1.5 |
92.2 |
0.4 |
92.5 |
1.1 |
92.1 |
0.5 |
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| Gender |
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| Female |
92.7 |
0.3 |
89.3 |
0.7 |
93.1 |
0.3 |
94.4 |
0.5 |
93.0 |
0.3 |
| Male |
87.5 |
0.3 |
78.0 |
1.1 |
88.8 |
0.4 |
89.8 |
0.9 |
88.9 |
0.4 |
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| Health insurance |
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| Persons under age 65 |
92.2 |
0.2 |
89.1 |
0.7 |
92.5 |
0.3 |
94.2 |
0.6 |
92.4 |
0.3 |
| Private |
92.2 |
0.3 |
89.3 |
0.8 |
92.4 |
0.3 |
93.7 |
0.7 |
92.5 |
0.3 |
| Public |
91.7 |
0.7 |
87.8 |
1.7 |
92.4 |
0.7 |
95.7 |
0.9 |
91.5 |
0.9 |
| Uninsured |
77.3 |
0.8 |
69.4 |
1.7 |
79.7 |
0.9 |
84.9 |
1.5 |
78.5 |
1.1 |
| Persons age 65 and over |
92.1 |
0.4 |
90.6 |
1.5 |
92.2 |
0.4 |
92.5 |
1.1 |
92.1 |
0.5 |
| Medicare and any private |
93.4 |
0.5 |
91.7 |
2.7 |
93.4 |
0.5 |
92.9 |
1.6 |
93.4 |
0.5 |
| Medicare and any public |
90.1 |
1.2 |
92.5 |
2.1 |
89.6 |
1.4 |
91.9 |
2.2 |
88.6 |
1.7 |
| Medicare only |
89.0 |
1.0 |
88.7 |
2.9 |
89.0 |
1.0 |
92.2 |
1.8 |
88.2 |
1.2 |
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| Family income |
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| < 100% of poverty level |
86.0 |
0.7 |
77.8 |
1.7 |
88.2 |
0.8 |
90.7 |
1.1 |
87.4 |
1.0 |
| 100-199% of poverty level |
87.0 |
0.6 |
80.8 |
1.4 |
88.5 |
0.7 |
92.7 |
1.1 |
87.8 |
0.8 |
| 200-399% of poverty level |
90.4 |
0.4 |
87.7 |
1.4 |
90.7 |
0.4 |
93.1 |
1.0 |
90.7 |
0.5 |
| ≥400% of poverty level |
93.9 |
0.3 |
92.8 |
1.4 |
93.9 |
0.4 |
96.5 |
0.9 |
93.8 |
0.4 |
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| Education (age 25 and over) |
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| Less than high school graduate |
83.7 |
0.7 |
78.3 |
1.2 |
86.2 |
0.8 |
90.4 |
1.3 |
85.6 |
1.0 |
| High school graduate |
89.6 |
0.4 |
88.0 |
1.3 |
89.8 |
0.4 |
91.3 |
0.9 |
89.6 |
0.5 |
| At least some college |
92.9 |
0.3 |
91.1 |
1.0 |
93.0 |
0.3 |
93.6 |
0.8 |
93.1 |
0.3 |
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| Residence location |
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| Urban (MSA) |
90.1 |
0.2 |
83.9 |
0.7 |
91.1 |
0.3 |
92.2 |
0.5 |
91.2 |
0.3 |
| Rural (Non-MSA) |
90.2 |
0.5 |
81.1 |
2.2 |
90.6 |
0.5 |
92.4 |
1.3 |
90.4 |
0.5 |
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a Measure is age adjusted.
* Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.
** Includes persons of other races not shown.
Key: SE: Standard error; MSA: Metropolitan Statistical Area
Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below). Race categories represent "primary" race (persons reported only one race or more than one and identified one race as best representing their race). Therefore, these categories differ from those used in the NHIS for 1999 and 2000.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.
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