| Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System |
| Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2009 |
| C07Q02 Are you currently taking medicine for your high blood pressure? (BPMEDS) |
| Denominator is respondents with high blood pressure. |
| Categories | Yes |
No |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | N | |
| Age Group: | *** | *** | 18 |
| 18-24 | |||
| 25-34 | 39.9 | 60.1 | 107 |
| 35-44 | 60.2 | 39.8 | 236 |
| 45-54 | 73.7 | 26.3 | 661 |
| 55-64 | 89.8 | 10.2 | 1,060 |
| 65-74 | 94.3 | 5.7 | 981 |
| 75 + | 95.8 | 4.2 | 829 |
| Unk/Ref | *** | *** | 33 |
| Sex: | 74.3 | 25.7 | 1,497 |
| Male | |||
| Female | 85.8 | 14.2 | 2,428 |
| Race/Ethnicity: | 80.5 | 19.5 | 3,103 |
| White, Non-Hispanic | |||
| Black, Non-Hispanic | 81.8 | 18.2 | 599 |
| Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic | 79.3 | 20.7 | 77 |
| Hispanic | 61.3 | 38.7 | 92 |
| Unk/Ref | 90.8 | 9.2 | 54 |
| Income Group: | 76.8 | 23.2 | 548 |
| < $15,000 | |||
| $15-$24,999 | 79.0 | 21.0 | 830 |
| $25-$49,999 | 83.0 | 17.0 | 1,002 |
| $50-$74,999 | 79.1 | 20.9 | 459 |
| >=$75,000 | 78.9 | 21.1 | 497 |
| Unk/Ref | 79.5 | 20.5 | 589 |
| Education Level: | 75.6 | 24.4 | 471 |
| < H S Graduate | |||
| H S Graduate/GED | 81.1 | 18.9 | 1,703 |
| Some college/Tech school | 82.1 | 17.9 | 916 |
| College graduate | 77.7 | 22.3 | 827 |
| Unk/Ref | *** | *** | 8 |
| Marital Status: | 80.1 | 19.9 | 1,888 |
| Married | |||
| Unmarried | 79.5 | 20.5 | 2,023 |
| Unk/Ref | *** | *** | 14 |
| Employment Status: | 74.1 | 25.9 | 1,374 |
| Employed | |||
| Not employed | 55.5 | 44.5 | 240 |
| Student/Homemaker | 81.1 | 18.9 | 324 |
| Retired/Unable to work | 90.8 | 9.2 | 1,973 |
| Unk/Ref | *** | *** | 14 |
| Grand Totals | 79.9 | 20.1 | 3,925 |
| SOURCE: 2009 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 |