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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*

Are YOU now doing any of the following to help lower or control your high blood pressure -
reducing 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 5,510 1,203 25.8 24.1-27.5 934 18.1 16.7-19.6 3,373 56.1 54.2-58.0
-Buncombe County 125 27 27.6 19.0-38.2 29 19.4 13.2-27.6 69 53.0 42.9-63.0
GENDER
Male 46 14 36.6 22.5-53.6 13 25.6 14.9-40.5 19 37.7 24.0-53.7
Female 79 13 20.1 11.2-33.4 16 14.3 8.4-23.2 50 65.6 52.6-76.6
RACE
White 109 23 27.3 18.2-38.7 27 19.4 13.0-28.0 59 53.3 42.4-63.9
Other 16 4 30.0 10.2-61.8 2 19.3 5.0-52.1 10 50.6 25.0-75.9
AGE
18-44 11 5 48.7 19.9-78.4 1 5.5 0.7-31.9 5 45.8 18.0-76.5
45+ 112 22 23.8 15.7-34.4 28 22.3 15.2-31.5 62 53.9 43.4-64.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 46 4 15.6 5.6-36.2 4 6.3 2.2-17.0 38 78.1 59.1-89.8
Some College + 78 23 36.2 24.9-49.4 24 28.2 18.8-39.9 31 35.6 25.1-47.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 73 16 28.1 16.9-42.8 14 14.5 8.1-24.6 43 57.4 43.6-70.2
$50,000+ 32 9 35.2 19.0-55.7 12 30.7 17.0-48.9 11 34.2 18.3-54.5

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*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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