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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*

Has a doctor or health professional ever advised you to do any of the following to help lower or control your high blood pressure -
reduce alcohol use?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No Do not drink
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,491 987 21.2 19.6-22.8 1,607 31.1 29.3-32.9 2,897 47.7 45.9-49.6
-Buncombe County 124 19 17.1 10.8-26.2 43 34.4 25.4-44.6 62 48.5 38.4-58.7
GENDER
Male 46 11 26.7 15.0-42.9 19 41.9 27.4-57.9 16 31.5 18.9-47.5
Female 78 8 9.2 4.4-18.2 24 28.2 18.1-41.0 46 62.6 49.6-74.0
RACE
White 108 16 15.9 9.6-25.2 40 35.9 26.2-46.8 52 48.2 37.5-59.1
Other 16 3 27.4 8.4-60.7 3 22.0 6.6-53.1 10 50.6 25.0-75.9
AGE
18-44 11 3 25.0 7.2-58.9 2 22.0 4.8-61.1 6 52.9 22.8-81.1
45+ 111 16 15.8 9.6-24.9 41 37.2 27.7-47.7 54 47.0 36.8-57.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 46 3 8.4 2.5-24.4 9 20.2 9.4-38.1 34 71.4 53.3-84.5
Some College + 77 16 23.5 14.4-35.9 33 44.0 32.2-56.5 28 32.5 22.3-44.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 73 11 15.5 8.2-27.5 23 31.3 20.0-45.4 39 53.2 39.6-66.3
$50,000+ 31 6 23.1 10.5-43.4 14 41.1 24.2-60.4 11 35.8 19.5-56.4

Back to Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*.

*Asked only of those who report having high blood pressure

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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