| Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System |
| Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2011 |
| M10.09 (Ever advised you to) take medication (to help lower or control your high blood pressure)? (BPMEDADV) |
| Denominator is all respondents who were ever told they have high blood pressure. Weighting based on _landwt. |
| Categories | Yes |
No |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | N | |
| Age Group: | ** | ** | 15 |
| 18-24 | |||
| 25-34 | 62.5 | 37.5 | 62 |
| 35-44 | 76.9 | 23.1 | 146 |
| 45-54 | 89.5 | 10.5 | 410 |
| 55-64 | 94.8 | 5.2 | 817 |
| 65-74 | 95.4 | 4.6 | 801 |
| 75 + | 96.3 | 3.7 | 790 |
| Unk/Ref | ** | ** | 23 |
| Sex: | 84.3 | 15.7 | 1,147 |
| Male | |||
| Female | 92.0 | 8.0 | 1,917 |
| Race/Ethnicity: | 89.0 | 11.0 | 2,436 |
| White, Non-Hispanic | |||
| Black, Non-Hispanic | 90.6 | 9.4 | 445 |
| Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic | 72.0 | 28.0 | 64 |
| Hispanic | 65.4 | 34.6 | 65 |
| Unk/Ref | 86.9 | 13.1 | 54 |
| Income Group: | 88.5 | 11.5 | 417 |
| < $15,000 | |||
| $15-$24,999 | 88.0 | 12.0 | 680 |
| $25-$49,999 | 88.2 | 11.8 | 781 |
| $50-$74,999 | 87.0 | 13.0 | 335 |
| >=$75,000 | 90.7 | 9.3 | 370 |
| Unk/Ref | 86.4 | 13.6 | 481 |
| Education Level: | 82.6 | 17.4 | 344 |
| < H S Graduate | |||
| H S Graduate/GED | 88.9 | 11.1 | 1,250 |
| Some college/Tech school | 91.0 | 9.0 | 752 |
| College graduate | 85.9 | 14.1 | 703 |
| Unk/Ref | ** | ** | 15 |
| Marital Status: | 91.4 | 8.6 | 1,394 |
| Married | |||
| Unmarried | 85.2 | 14.8 | 1,658 |
| Unk/Ref | ** | ** | 12 |
| Employment Status: | 85.8 | 14.2 | 936 |
| Employed | |||
| Not employed | 78.1 | 21.9 | 160 |
| Student/Homemaker | 82.5 | 17.5 | 232 |
| Retired/Unable to work | 93.9 | 6.1 | 1,721 |
| Unk/Ref | ** | ** | 15 |
| Grand Totals | 88.1 | 11.9 | 3,064 |
| 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 February 6, 2014 |