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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*

Were you told on TWO or MORE different visits to a doctor or other health professional
that you had high blood pressure?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes Yes, female told during pregnancy No Told borderline or pre-hypertensive
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,409 4,340 78.6 76.9-80.2 12 0.3 0.1- 0.5 1,018 20.1 18.6-21.8 39 1.0 0.6- 1.7
-Gaston County 149 122 77.6 65.6-86.3 0 0.0 . - . 26 22.0 13.4-34.0 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7
GENDER
Male 51 40 75.5 55.2-88.6 0 0.0 . - . 11 24.5 11.4-44.8 0 0.0 . - .
Female 98 82 79.4 64.0-89.3 0 0.0 . - . 15 19.9 10.1-35.5 1 0.7 0.1- 5.0
RACE
White 131 107 76.6 64.2-85.7 0 0.0 . - . 23 22.9 13.9-35.4 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4
Other 18 15 81.1 43.5-96.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 18.9 4.0-56.5 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 17 12 69.7 35.4-90.6 0 0.0 . - . 4 28.7 8.5-63.5 1 1.6 0.2-11.9
45+ 131 109 80.0 67.9-88.3 0 0.0 . - . 22 20.0 11.7-32.1 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 87 72 74.3 56.7-86.4 0 0.0 . - . 14 25.2 13.1-42.8 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2
Some College + 62 50 83.6 71.9-91.1 0 0.0 . - . 12 16.4 8.9-28.1 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 86 71 82.6 67.0-91.8 0 0.0 . - . 14 16.7 7.7-32.4 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9
$50,000+ 39 32 75.5 53.8-89.0 0 0.0 . - . 7 24.5 11.0-46.2 0 0.0 . - .

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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