National Healthcare Quality Report, 2006: Table 1.35

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Table 1.35
Percent of adults age 18 and over who had their blood pressure measured within the preceding 2 years and could state whether their blood pressure was normal or high,^a United States, 1998 and 2003
		2003		1998
Population group		Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error
Total		90.4	0.2	90.1	0.2
Age, not age adjusted	18-44	88.0	0.3	88.8	0.3
	45-64	92.4	0.3	91.5	0.3
	65 and over	94.3	0.4	92.1	0.4
Race^b	AI/AN only	89.1	3.0	88.5	2.2
	Asian only	87.1	1.4	86.4	1.7
	NHOPI only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Black only	92.0	0.5	92.2	0.5
	White only	90.3	0.3	90.1	0.2
	Multiple races	89.4	1.9	NA	NA
Ethnicity^b	Hispanic, all races	83.2	0.7	83.6	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, all races	91.7	0.2	91.0	0.2
	Non-Hispanic, Black	92.1	0.5	92.3	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, White	91.9	0.3	91.0	0.3
Gender	Female	93.0	0.2	92.7	0.3
Gender	Male	87.7	0.3	87.5	0.3
Health insurance,^c age 18-64	Private	92.6	0.3	92.2	0.3
	Public	93.1	0.5	91.7	0.7
	Uninsured	77.6	0.7	77.3	0.8
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare and private	95.1	0.4	93.4	0.5
	Medicare and public	94.8	0.9	90.1	1.2
	Medicare only	91.7	0.9	89.0	0.9
Family income^d	Negative/poor	85.9	0.7	85.1	0.7
	Near poor/low	87.1	0.6	86.6	0.6
	Middle	90.2	0.5	90.0	0.4
	High	93.2	0.4	93.4	0.3
Education, age 25 and over	Less than high school	82.9	0.7	83.7	0.7
	High school graduate	90.8	0.4	89.6	0.4
	At least some college	93.7	0.2	92.9	0.3
Residence location	Urban	90.2	0.3	90.1	0.2
Residence location	Rural	91.1	0.5	90.2	0.5

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated.

^b Estimates for race and ethnicity categories were tabulated using the 1997 standards for data year 1999 and beyond, and are not strictly comparable with estimates for earlier years.

^c A small number of persons who were covered by both public and private health insurance plans were included in the "private health insurance" category only.

^d Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over. Missing values for family income were imputed using multiple imputation methodology. A small number of persons were excluded because their family income could not be imputed.

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

NA - Not applicable.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.

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

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