Adults Who Have Hypertension

2007 - 2005 - 2003 - 2001 - 1999 - 1997 - 1995

State	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007
Alabama	24.8%	28.9%	31.2%	31.6%	33.1%	31.2%	33.1%
Alaska	19.3%	22.6%	21.3%	21.8%	20.8%	21.5%	24.9%
Arizona	20.4%	16.3%	14.2%	23.6%	22.7%	22.3%	24.8%
Arkansas	26.7%	26.3%	28.4%	29.7%	30.5%	29.0%	31.3%
California	22.1%	21.2%	23.0%	23.3%	23.4%	25.7%	25.2%
Colorado	21.5%	20.4%	22.2%	21.6%	19.8%	20.1%	21.2%
Connecticut	19.2%	20.6%	20.4%	24.0%	24.2%	23.8%	26.2%
Delaware	21.3%	25.5%	25.5%	27.2%	27.7%	28.0%	29.3%
Florida	23.3%	26.0%	27.8%	26.9%	29.3%	27.7%	28.2%
Georgia	19.7%	21.4%	26.3%	26.9%	28.0%	26.5%	30.4%
Hawaii	21.1%	23.9%	22.7%	24.1%	23.2%	24.2%	28.8%
Idaho	21.6%	24.1%	23.0%	24.6%	23.1%	23.6%	25.9%
Illinois	22.2%	24.3%	26.7%	24.8%	24.1%	25.5%	28.0%
Indiana	26.1%	25.2%	25.7%	25.8%	27.0%	26.2%	27.9%
Iowa	23.6%	23.4%	24.2%	25.5%	25.1%	24.5%	26.8%
Kansas	23.3%	20.9%	21.4%	23.9%	23.3%	24.2%	26.8%
Kentucky	21.7%	27.1%	27.5%	30.1%	29.8%	28.2%	30.0%
Louisiana	24.2%	25.1%	26.0%	27.6%	29.0%	29.4%	32.1%
Maine	20.9%	22.8%	26.6%	25.2%	26.0%	25.6%	28.7%
Maryland	20.8%	23.8%	24.5%	26.3%	25.0%	26.0%	29.1%
Massachusetts	23.6%	19.8%	21.8%	23.6%	23.1%	24.8%	26.4%
Michigan	24.4%	23.3%	25.2%	27.3%	26.8%	27.8%	28.6%
Minnesota	18.6%	21.2%	22.0%	22.3%	22.2%	21.9%	21.4%
Mississippi	29.9%	34.4%	33.5%	31.3%	33.4%	33.3%	33.7%
Missouri	23.0%	27.3%	24.6%	26.5%	27.5%	27.3%	29.4%
Montana	19.5%	22.9%	23.2%	26.8%	21.3%	24.0%	25.2%
Nebraska	21.8%	22.4%	22.0%	22.6%	23.5%	24.5%	26.5%
Nevada	21.8%	24.1%	29.1%	25.6%	23.6%	24.1%	27.0%
New Hampshire	20.3%	22.6%	23.4%	22.8%	22.5%	23.3%	26.3%
New Jersey	25.9%	23.6%	23.5%	26.1%	25.6%	25.4%	28.2%
New Mexico	19.8%	21.3%	20.9%	20.0%	21.1%	22.8%	25.6%
New York	22.2%	22.7%	22.9%	26.0%	25.3%	25.5%	27.2%
North Carolina	20.7%	23.3%	24.0%	27.2%	28.6%	29.2%	28.8%
North Dakota	22.2%	25.5%	26.1%	24.1%	24.0%	23.3%	26.0%
Ohio	23.6%	22.0%	27.4%	26.6%	26.3%	27.0%	28.4%
Oklahoma	21.6%	21.7%	20.9%	28.5%	28.0%	29.8%	31.5%
Oregon	24.0%	22.8%	22.3%	24.9%	24.0%	23.6%	26.5%
Pennsylvania	24.5%	21.7%	23.9%	28.1%	26.5%	27.2%	28.1%
Rhode Island	23.3%	22.5%	22.9%	25.4%	28.9%	26.3%	28.4%
South Carolina	23.5%	26.8%	25.2%	28.8%	28.8%	31.4%	30.4%
South Dakota	20.7%	20.6%	23.8%	24.1%	24.8%	25.1%	25.5%
Tennessee	26.8%	27.8%	28.6%	29.3%	30.3%	30.2%	33.8%
Texas	24.0%	23.1%	24.2%	25.6%	24.6%	24.3%	27.8%
Utah	N/A	22.5%	21.3%	22.3%	18.8%	18.4%	19.7%
Vermont	22.8%	20.9%	21.0%	21.4%	23.1%	23.7%	24.8%
Virginia	23.1%	24.5%	23.5%	25.8%	24.4%	26.8%	27.1%
Washington	20.9%	23.2%	22.1%	24.4%	23.8%	24.1%	25.4%
West Virginia	25.5%	28.3%	31.0%	32.5%	33.6%	31.4%	33.3%
Wisconsin	22.7%	23.1%	25.0%	24.1%	24.3%	25.0%	26.3%
Wyoming	21.2%	22.1%	22.0%	22.4%	23.8%	23.3%	25.1%

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Demographic Group:	Respondents aged >= 18 years.
Data Source:	Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)/KDHE http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/
Numerator:	Respondents aged >=18 years who report having been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional of having high blood pressure.
Denominator:	Respondents aged >=18 years (excluding unknowns and refusals).
Unit:	percentage
Notes:	Colors for the chloropleth thematic map were obtained from the ColorBrewer website: http://www.personal.psu.edu/cab38/ColorBrewer/ColorBrewer.html
Change Log:	3/26/2009 Source citing was removed from the chart image and placed in the footnotes. Iowa state benchmark data was added to the data table and chart (represented in green). 5/28/2009 A footer table was created consisting of demographic group, source citing, numerator, denominator, notes, and change log information. 11/10/2009 Data for all 50 states was added to the data table. A choloropleth thematic map representing data for all 50 states was added. A hyperlink to instructions on how to print the background colors for the data tables was added.