Table 25a: Race - Adults who have had their blood pressure measured within the preceding 2 years and can state whether their blood pressure was normal or high, by race, United States, 1998^a

	Total		AI/AN		Asian		NHOPI		Black		White
Population group	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	90.1	0.2	88.5	2.2	86.4	1.7	*	*	92.2	0.5	90.1	0.3
Age (not age adjusted)
18-44	88.8	0.3	87.5	3	80.3	2.6	*	*	91.5	0.7	88.9	0.4
45-64	91.5	0.3	96.5	2.3	91.8	2.6	*	*	93.4	0.8	91.2	0.4
65 and over	92.1	0.4	*	*	96.3	1.9	*	*	92.1	1.2	92	0.4
Gender
Female	92.7	0.3	89.1	3.5	89.4	2.1	*	*	94.4	0.5	92.5	0.3
Male	87.5	0.3	88	2.7	83.1	2.6	*	*	89.4	1	87.6	0.4
Health insurance
Persons under age 65	92.2	0.2	94	2.1	86.7	1.9	*	*	94.2	0.5	92.1	0.3
Private	92.2	0.3	94	2.4	87.2	1.9	*	*	93.7	0.7	92.2	0.3
Public	91.7	0.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	95.8	0.8	90.6	0.9
Uninsured	77.3	0.8	84.2	4.4	75.1	5.1	*	*	84.8	1.6	76	1
Persons age 65 and over	92.1	0.4	*	*	96.3	1.9	*	*	92.1	1.2	92	0.4
Medicare and any private	93.4	0.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	92.8	1.6	93.4	0.5
Medicare and any public	90.1	1.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	91.6	2.3	89	1.5
Medicare only	89	1	*	*	*	*	*	*	91.4	2	88.4	1.1
Family income
< 100% of poverty level	86	0.7	91.1	3.7	79.5	5.2	*	*	90.7	1.1	84.4	0.9
100-199% of poverty level	87	0.6	88.7	3.5	81.4	5.1	*	*	92.5	1.1	86.3	0.7
200-399% of poverty level	90.4	0.4	*	*	87.1	3.1	*	*	93.1	1	90.3	0.5
≥ 400% of poverty level	93.9	0.3	*	*	91.4	1.9	*	*	96.1	0.9	93.7	0.4
Education (age 25 and over)
Less than high school graduate	83.7	0.7	82.9	4.3	78	7.1	*	*	90.2	1.3	82.9	0.8
High school graduate	89.6	0.4	*	*	83.7	4.8	*	*	91.2	0.9	89.4	0.5
At least some college	92.9	0.3	94.4	2.8	88.9	1.9	*	*	93.5	0.8	93	0.3
Residence location
Urban (MSA)	90.1	0.2	87	2.8	86.1	1.7	*	*	92.1	0.5	90.1	0.3
Rural (Non-MSA)	90.2	0.5	90.9	3.7	*	*	*	*	92.4	1.3	90.1	0.5

^aMeasure is age adjusted.

*Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: Standard error; MSA: Metropolitan Statistical Area

Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey. Race categories represent "primary" race (persons reported only one race or more than one race and identified one race as best representing their race). Therefore, these categories differ from those used in the NHIS for 1999 and 2000.

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