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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2011
 
C04.02 Are you currently taking medicine for your high blood pressure? (BPMEDS)
Denominator is all respondents who were told they have high blood pressure. Weighting based on _llcpwt.

Categories Yes
No
Total
% % N
Age Group: ** ** 33
      18-24
      25-34 37.6 62.4 98
      35-44 58.8 41.2 209
      45-54 76.7 23.3 537
      55-64 88.4 11.6 971
      65-74 94.2 5.8 911
      75 + 96.7 3.3 882
      Unk/Ref ** ** 35
Sex: 73.8 26.2 1,427
      Male
      Female 85.3 14.7 2,249
Race/Ethnicity: 80.4 19.6 2,904
      White, Non-Hispanic
      Black, Non-Hispanic 82.7 17.3 542
      Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic 67.9 32.1 87
      Hispanic 47.9 52.1 84
      Unk/Ref 79.9 20.1 59
Income Group: 72.1 27.9 523
      < $15,000
      $15-$24,999 81.2 18.8 801
      $25-$49,999 81.8 18.2 922
      $50-$74,999 75.9 24.1 392
      >=$75,000 78.6 21.4 439
      Unk/Ref 83.0 17.0 599
Education Level: 79.4 20.6 431
      < H S Graduate
      H S Graduate/GED 81.8 18.2 1,521
      Some college/Tech school 76.6 23.4 907
      College graduate 79.1 20.9 800
      Unk/Ref ** ** 17
Marital Status: 84.9 15.1 1,658
      Married
      Unmarried 73.6 26.4 1,999
      Unk/Ref ** ** 19
Employment Status: 72.4 27.6 1,176
      Employed
      Not employed 61.3 38.7 214
      Student/Homemaker 72.5 27.5 275
      Retired/Unable to work 91.3 8.7 1,990
      Unk/Ref ** ** 21
Grand Totals 79.4 20.6 3,676

SOURCE: 2011 Indiana BRFSS Statewide Survey Data
 
NOTE:      Percents are based on weighted data; unless otherwise specified, totals are unweighted numbers.
                **Asterisks indicate too few cases to calculate a reliable percent.
                Excluding the 'Unknown/Refused' responses
Table produced January 29, 2014

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