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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham 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
-Durham County 121 23 16.4 10.4-25.0 39 31.1 21.9-42.0 59 52.5 41.9-62.9
GENDER
Male 33 7 18.7 8.4-36.8 11 29.9 16.2-48.6 15 51.3 33.6-68.7
Female 88 16 15.4 8.8-25.6 28 31.6 20.4-45.4 44 53.0 40.1-65.6
RACE
White 69 11 15.1 7.9-26.9 29 40.8 28.8-54.0 29 44.1 31.9-57.1
Other 52 12 17.5 9.2-30.8 10 23.3 11.5-41.5 30 59.2 42.8-73.8
AGE
18-44 14 2 9.4 1.7-38.8 7 49.6 22.3-77.2 5 41.0 16.6-70.8
45+ 106 21 18.6 11.8-28.1 32 26.3 18.4-36.0 53 55.1 44.6-65.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 46 8 16.4 7.5-32.1 7 9.7 4.3-20.4 31 73.9 58.1-85.3
Some College + 75 15 16.4 9.2-27.5 32 43.2 30.4-56.9 28 40.4 28.3-53.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 62 10 14.1 7.0-26.3 17 30.7 17.6-47.9 35 55.3 39.7-69.8
$50,000+ 41 10 21.8 10.9-38.9 20 41.9 26.9-58.7 11 36.2 21.4-54.3

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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