| Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System |
| Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2017 |
| C04.02 Are you currently taking medicine for your high blood pressure? (BPMEDS) |
| Denominator is all respondents who were ever told they have high blood pressure. Weighting based on _llcpwt. |
| Categories | Yes |
No |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | N | |
| Age Group: | 11.1 | 88.9 | 63 |
| 18-24 | |||
| 25-34 | 30.0 | 70.0 | 173 |
| 35-44 | 54.1 | 45.9 | 306 |
| 45-54 | 77.9 | 22.1 | 747 |
| 55-64 | 85.3 | 14.7 | 1,519 |
| 65-74 | 92.4 | 7.6 | 1,810 |
| 75 + | 93.1 | 6.9 | 1,526 |
| Unk/Ref | 66.5 | 33.5 | 73 |
| Sex: | 71.7 | 28.3 | 2,668 |
| Male | |||
| Female | 81.7 | 18.3 | 3,549 |
| Race/Ethnicity: | 78.3 | 21.7 | 5,244 |
| White, Non-Hispanic | |||
| Black, Non-Hispanic | 72.4 | 27.6 | 525 |
| Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic | 64.5 | 35.5 | 195 |
| Hispanic | 55.0 | 45.0 | 147 |
| Unk/Ref | 82.5 | 17.5 | 106 |
| Income Group: | 76.7 | 23.3 | 657 |
| < $15,000 | |||
| $15-$24,999 | 75.2 | 24.8 | 1,179 |
| $25-$49,999 | 77.6 | 22.4 | 1,556 |
| $50-$74,999 | 75.7 | 24.3 | 835 |
| >=$75,000 | 76.7 | 23.3 | 1,178 |
| Unk/Ref | 76.6 | 23.4 | 812 |
| Education Level: | 71.0 | 29.0 | 515 |
| < H S Graduate | |||
| H S Graduate/GED | 77.9 | 22.1 | 2,296 |
| Some college/Tech school | 75.6 | 24.4 | 1,604 |
| College graduate | 79.4 | 20.6 | 1,786 |
| Unk/Ref | ** | ** | 16 |
| Marital Status: | 81.3 | 18.7 | 3,042 |
| Married | |||
| Unmarried | 71.0 | 29.0 | 3,146 |
| Unk/Ref | ** | ** | 29 |
| Employment Status: | 67.0 | 33.0 | 2,063 |
| Employed | |||
| Not employed | 61.0 | 39.0 | 209 |
| Student/Homemaker | 66.9 | 33.1 | 367 |
| Retired/Unable to work | 88.8 | 11.2 | 3,543 |
| Unk/Ref | ** | ** | 35 |
| Grand Totals | 76.5 | 23.5 | 6,217 |
| SOURCE: 2017 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 10, 2018 |