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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham 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
-Durham County 120 29 24.5 16.1-35.5 27 18.4 11.9-27.5 64 57.0 46.2-67.2
GENDER
Male 33 7 18.3 8.4-35.5 10 26.1 13.3-44.9 16 55.5 37.5-72.3
Female 87 22 27.4 16.7-41.5 17 14.9 8.3-25.3 48 57.7 44.4-70.0
RACE
White 68 14 20.6 12.1-33.0 20 24.8 15.3-37.6 34 54.5 41.5-66.9
Other 52 15 27.5 15.1-44.8 7 13.5 6.0-27.6 30 59.0 42.6-73.6
AGE
18-44 14 6 37.7 14.0-69.2 3 21.3 6.3-52.0 5 41.0 16.6-70.8
45+ 105 23 21.1 13.9-30.7 24 17.9 11.5-26.7 58 61.1 50.6-70.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 46 8 16.4 7.6-31.9 3 2.9 0.9- 9.1 35 80.7 65.4-90.3
Some College + 74 21 29.2 17.8-44.0 24 27.4 17.4-40.2 29 43.4 30.8-56.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 62 16 25.9 13.9-43.1 9 14.6 6.7-28.8 37 59.5 43.5-73.7
$50,000+ 40 13 32.8 19.0-50.5 14 25.0 13.6-41.4 13 42.2 26.3-59.9

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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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