Oregon Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS); 1997

Oregon Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 1997

**About how long has it been since you last had your blood pressure taken by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional?**
(Weighted Column Percents)
		Total	Age Groups
		Total	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
W/in 6 months		70.1	65.5	63.3	63.0	70.1	77.9	83.4
W/in year		14.6	15.5	17.5	16.5	14.9	13.3	9.3
W/in 2 years		6.8	7.7	7.7	11.2	6.0	2.7	3.1
W/in 5 years		4.8	6.5	6.7	4.7	5.8	3.0	2.4
5+ years		2.8	2.5	4.1	3.5	2.5	2.6	1.4
Don't know/Not sure		.8	2.3	.5	1.0	.7	.4	.2
Refused		.1	.1	.2	.1			.3
9		.0					.2
Male	W/in 6 months	64.0	50.2	51.3	59.6	63.8	77.9	86.1
	W/in year	14.8	21.2	19.3	15.7	14.5	10.3	7.2
	W/in 2 years	8.2	11.3	10.4	11.9	8.6	2.5	1.8
	W/in 5 years	7.6	10.3	10.6	7.4	8.8	4.7	3.3
	5+ years	4.2	4.4	7.6	4.6	2.9	3.6	1.7
	Don't know/Not sure	.9	2.5	.6	.7	1.4	.7
	Refused	.1	.1	.2	.1
	9	.0					.3
Female	W/in 6 months	75.9	81.7	75.6	66.3	76.5	77.9	81.4
	W/in year	14.3	9.5	15.6	17.3	15.4	16.1	10.8
	W/in 2 years	5.4	3.9	5.0	10.6	3.3	2.9	4.0
	W/in 5 years	2.2	2.5	2.7	2.1	2.7	1.3	1.8
	5+ years	1.5	.4	.5	2.5	2.0	1.7	1.1
	Don't know/Not sure	.6	2.0	.4	1.3		.2	.3
	Refused	.1		.2				.5
Denominator is: All survey respondents

**About how long has it been since you last had your blood pressure taken by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional?**
(Unweighted Frequencies)
		Total	Age Groups
		Total	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Total		3308	292	607	750	592	391	676
W/in 6 months		2329	187	394	471	419	297	561
W/in year		487	41	107	130	94	52	63
W/in 2 years		224	28	50	76	33	13	24
W/in 5 years		148	18	31	37	31	16	15
5+ years		85	9	19	27	12	9	9
Don't know/Not sure		28	8	4	8	3	3	2
Refused		6	1	2	1			2
9		1					1
Male	Total	1399	153	273	327	241	170	235
	W/in 6 months	888	75	142	188	153	130	200
	W/in year	206	29	54	55	34	17	17
	W/in 2 years	123	21	33	37	22	4	6
	W/in 5 years	101	14	23	25	21	11	7
	5+ years	61	8	17	18	8	5	5
	Don't know/Not sure	16	5	3	3	3	2
	Refused	3	1	1	1
	9	1					1
Female	Total	1909	139	334	423	351	221	441
	W/in 6 months	1441	112	252	283	266	167	361
	W/in year	281	12	53	75	60	35	46
	W/in 2 years	101	7	17	39	11	9	18
	W/in 5 years	47	4	8	12	10	5	8
	5+ years	24	1	2	9	4	4	4
	Don't know/Not sure	12	3	1	5		1	2
	Refused	3		1				2
Denominator is: All survey respondents

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