National Healthcare Quality Report 2004

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Table 1.33: Percent of adults age 18 and over who have had their blood pressure measured within the preceding 2 years and can state whether their blood pressure was normal or high, United States, 1998

Population group	Percent^a	Standard error

Total	90.1	0.2

Age (not age adjusted)
18-44	88.8	0.3
45-64	91.5	0.3
65 and over	92.1	0.4

Race
American Indian or Alaska Native only	88.5	2.2
Asian or Pacific Islander only	86.4	1.5
Asian only	86.4	1.7
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only	DSU	DSU
Black or African American only	92.2	0.5
White only	90.1	0.3

Ethnicity
Hispanic	83.6	0.7
Total, non-Hispanic	91.0	0.2
Black or African American	92.3	0.5
White	91.0	0.3

Gender
Male	87.5	0.3
Female	92.7	0.3

Health insurance
Persons under age 65	92.2	0.2
Private	92.2	0.3
Public	91.7	0.7
Uninsured	77.3	0.8
Persons age 65 and over	92.1	0.4
Medicare + any private	93.4	0.5
Medicare + any public	90.1	1.2
Medicare only	89.0	1.0

Family income
< 100% of poverty level	86.0	0.7
100-199% of poverty level	87.0	0.6
200-399% of poverty level	90.4	0.4
≥ 400% of poverty level	93.9	0.3
Unknown	87.9	0.6

Education (persons age 25 and over)
Less than high school	83.7	0.7
High school graduate	89.6	0.4
At least some college	92.9	0.3

Residence location
MSA	90.1	0.2
Non-MSA	90.2	0.5

^a Percents are age adjusted.

Race categories represent "primary" race (persons reported only one race or more than one race and identified one race as best representing their race).

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.

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