
Disparities Details by Educational Attainment for 2013-16
HDS-12 : Adults with hypertension whose blood pressure is under control (age adjusted, percent, 18+ years)
This chart compares rates by population.
Error Bar (I) represents the 95% confidence interval.
Additional footnotes may apply to these data. Please refer to footnotes below the data table for further information.
See also Disparities Overview by Educational Attainment for HDS-12
HDS-12 Increase the proportion of adults with hypertension whose blood pressure is under control
Adults with hypertension whose blood pressure is under control (age adjusted, percent, 18+ years)

Educational Attainment | 2013-16 | Disparity |
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Some college or AA degree | 50.4 CI 45.0/55.9 SE 2.679 |
x 1.000 Best rate |
College graduate or above | 49.6 CI 43.3/55.9 SE 3.105 |
x 1.017 CI 1.000/ 1.164 |
High school (including GED or equivalent) | 47.9 CI 41.6/54.2 SE 3.088 |
x 1.053 CI 1.000/ 1.209 |
< High school | 46.4 CI 39.5/53.4 SE 3.410 |
x 1.087 CI 1.000/ 1.262 |
Average group rate excluding best group rate |
47.9 ... SE 3.925 |
x 1.052 CI 1.000/ 1.235 |
Data are subject to revision and may have changed since a previous release. Unless noted otherwise, any age-adjusted data are adjusted using the year 2000 standard population. Data are not available or not collected for populations not shown. CI: 95% confidence interval. |
- The best group rate for this objective, 50.4% (age adjusted), was attained by persons aged 25 years and over with some college or AA degree.
- The worst group rate for this objective, 46.4% (age adjusted), was attained by persons aged 25 years and over with a less than high school education.
- The absolute difference (or range) between the best and worst group rates was 4.0 percentage points.
- The best group rate was <1.100 times the worst group rate.
- The best group rate was <1.100 times the average rate for all other educational attainment groups (excluding the best), 47.9% (age adjusted).
Persons aged 25 years and over with some college or AA degree achieved the best group rate for this objective, 50.4% (age adjusted).
The best group rate was:
- <1.1 times the rate among persons aged 25 years and over with a college graduate or above education.
- <1.1 times the rate among persons aged 25 years and over with high school (including GED or equivalent) education.
- <1.1 times the rate among persons aged 25 years and over with a less than high school education.