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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*

Are YOU now doing any of the following to help lower or control your high blood pressure -
changing your eating habits?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 5,486 3,902 71.5 69.7-73.2 1,584 28.5 26.8-30.3
GENDER
Male 1,987 1,364 69.1 66.1-72.0 623 30.9 28.0-33.9
Female 3,499 2,538 73.6 71.6-75.4 961 26.4 24.6-28.4
RACE
White 4,186 2,830 68.5 66.6-70.4 1,356 31.5 29.6-33.4
African American 1,065 890 80.5 76.5-84.0 175 19.5 16.0-23.5
Asian 21 18 82.6 54.8-94.9 3 17.4 5.1-45.2
Native American 113 94 83.3 72.2-90.6 19 16.7 9.4-27.8
Other Minorities 86 59 56.2 39.5-71.7 27 43.8 28.3-60.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 101 73 61.0 44.8-75.1 28 39.0 24.9-55.2
-English Speaking 68 52 79.4 66.2-88.4 16 20.6 11.6-33.8
-Spanish Speaking 33 21 42.4 22.6-65.0 12 57.6 35.0-77.4
Non-Hispanic 5,369 3,819 71.9 70.2-73.6 1,550 28.1 26.4-29.8
AGE
18-24 28 16 57.0 34.5-76.9 12 43.0 23.1-65.5
25-34 143 96 59.6 47.3-70.8 47 40.4 29.2-52.7
35-44 394 299 75.5 69.3-80.9 95 24.5 19.1-30.7
45-54 932 722 78.2 74.7-81.3 210 21.8 18.7-25.3
55-64 1,436 1,080 75.4 72.5-78.2 356 24.6 21.8-27.5
65-74 1,417 1,028 72.3 69.3-75.2 389 27.7 24.8-30.7
75+ 1,104 638 58.6 54.8-62.3 466 41.4 37.7-45.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,038 718 67.7 63.3-71.9 320 32.3 28.1-36.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,837 1,318 72.6 69.6-75.4 519 27.4 24.6-30.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,363 989 72.9 69.4-76.3 374 27.1 23.7-30.6
College Graduate 1,241 873 71.3 67.6-74.7 368 28.7 25.3-32.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 813 592 73.4 69.0-77.4 221 26.6 22.6-31.0
$15,000- 24,999 1,053 743 69.9 66.0-73.5 310 30.1 26.5-34.0
$25,000- 34,999 626 443 66.3 59.7-72.4 183 33.7 27.6-40.3
$35,000- 49,999 757 552 74.5 70.0-78.5 205 25.5 21.5-30.0
$50,000-74,999 652 461 74.5 69.6-78.7 191 25.5 21.3-30.4
$75,000+ 759 545 73.5 69.4-77.2 214 26.5 22.8-30.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,728 1,941 71.0 68.6-73.3 787 29.0 26.7-31.4
No 2,665 1,896 71.9 69.3-74.4 769 28.1 25.6-30.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 991 656 66.9 62.7-70.7 335 33.1 29.3-37.3
Non-Veteran 4,495 3,246 72.6 70.6-74.5 1,249 27.4 25.5-29.4

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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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