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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2015

 

C04.01 Have you ever been told by a doctor, nurse or other health professional that you have high blood pressure? (BPHIGH4)

Denominator is all respondents to the question. Weighting based on _llcpwt.

 

Categories

 

Yes

Yes, but female
told only
during pregnancy

 

No

Told borderline
high or pre-hypertensive

Total

%

%

%

%

N

Age Group:

8.8

0.9

90.3

0.0

278

      18-24

      25-34

10.7

1.7

86.9

0.7

454

      35-44

17.9

2.3

79.5

0.3

620

      45-54

33.6

0.3

65.1

1.0

902

      55-64

51.7

0.4

47.4

0.5

1,384

      65-74

60.3

0.1

39.0

0.6

1,281

      75 +

64.0

0.3

35.3

0.4

1,065

      Unk/Ref

27.7

0.0

72.3

0.0

61

Sex:

34.4

0.0

64.9

0.7

2,572

      Male

      Female

30.4

1.8

67.5

0.3

3,473

Race/Ethnicity:

33.2

0.8

65.4

0.5

5,245

      White, Non-Hispanic

      Black, Non-Hispanic

33.7

1.5

64.5

0.3

318

      Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic

24.0

1.0

74.2

0.8

196

      Hispanic

22.6

1.3

75.4

0.7

183

      Unk/Ref

33.0

2.1

64.6

0.3

103

Income Group:

36.3

0.9

62.3

0.5

520

      < $15,000

      $15-$24,999

37.8

1.5

60.5

0.2

897

      $25-$49,999

34.7

1.1

63.1

1.1

1,413

      $50-$74,999

31.4

0.9

66.9

0.7

848

      >=$75,000

24.9

0.8

74.1

0.2

1,423

      Unk/Ref

33.0

0.3

66.4

0.3

944

Education Level:

38.1

0.9

60.8

0.2

479

      < H S Graduate

      H S Graduate/GED

35.7

0.9

62.9

0.5

2,025

      Some college/Tech school

30.0

0.9

68.5

0.6

1,520

      College graduate

26.5

1.0

71.9

0.6

1,981

      Unk/Ref

**

**

**

**

40

Marital Status:

33.0

1.0

65.5

0.5

3,272

      Married

      Unmarried

31.6

0.9

67.0

0.5

2,735

      Unk/Ref

**

**

**

**

38

Employment Status:

24.9

0.9

73.6

0.7

2,779

      Employed

      Not employed

24.6

1.1

73.8

0.5

204

      Student/Homemaker

16.0

1.7

81.9

0.3

548

      Retired/Unable to work

59.5

0.7

39.5

0.3

2,449

      Unk/Ref

24.7

0.0

75.3

0.0

65

Grand Totals

32.4

0.9

66.2

0.5

6,045

 

SOURCE: 2015 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 September 8, 2016

 

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