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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 4_1_1.1
Adults who received a blood pressure measurement in the last 2 years and can state whether their blood pressure was normal or high,a United States, 1998 and 2003
    2003 1998
Population group Percent SE Percent SE
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 AI/AN only 89.1 3.0 DNC DNC
Asian only 87.1 1.4 DNC DNC
NHOPI only DSU DSU DNC DNC
Black only 92.0 0.5 DNC DNC
White only 90.3 0.3 DNC DNC
Multiple races 89.4 1.9 DNC DNC
Ethnicity 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 DNC DNC
Non-Hispanic, White 91.9 0.3 DNC DNC
Gender Male 87.7 0.3 87.5 0.3
Female 93.0 0.2 92.7 0.3
Health insurance,b ages 50–64, not age adjusted Private 92.6 0.3 92.2 0.3
Public only 93.1 0.5 91.7 0.7
Uninsured 77.6 0.7 77.3 0.8
Health insurance, age 65 and over, not age adjusted 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 incomec 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 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 locationd Urban 90.2 0.3 90.1 0.2
Rural 91.1 0.5 90.2 0.5

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

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

c Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, 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 people were excluded because their family income could not be imputed.

d For more information, see National Health Interview Survey entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

DNC - Data were not collected.

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

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

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

 

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