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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*-FEMALES

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%)
TOTAL 3,520 619 19.6 17.9-21.4 495 15.0 13.5-16.6 2,406 65.4 63.3-67.4
RACE
White 2,613 462 20.2 18.2-22.3 427 18.0 16.2-20.0 1,724 61.8 59.3-64.2
African American 758 139 19.5 16.1-23.4 52 8.5 6.1-11.8 567 72.0 67.6-76.1
Asian 12 3 19.3 5.4-49.8 2 7.2 1.3-31.3 7 73.5 43.4-91.0
Native American 81 7 7.5 3.1-17.0 7 7.4 3.0-17.0 67 85.0 73.8-92.0
Other Minorities 49 7 14.7 5.5-33.8 4 6.9 2.2-19.6 38 78.4 59.8-89.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 65 10 15.3 6.8-31.0 5 6.4 2.2-17.1 50 78.3 62.5-88.6
-English Speaking 45 7 14.7 6.4-30.3 4 9.0 2.6-26.8 34 76.2 57.7-88.3
-Spanish Speaking 20 3 15.8 4.0-45.9 1 4.0 0.5-23.9 16 80.2 51.9-93.8
Non-Hispanic 3,447 609 19.8 18.0-21.6 488 15.3 13.8-16.9 2,350 65.0 62.8-67.0
AGE
18-24 11 6 45.5 18.2-75.8 2 23.8 5.6-62.3 3 30.8 9.0-66.5
25-34 98 32 33.1 23.0-45.0 21 18.2 11.3-28.2 45 48.6 36.7-60.7
35-44 230 81 32.1 25.2-39.9 40 18.5 13.1-25.4 109 49.4 41.4-57.5
45-54 567 147 25.2 21.0-29.8 70 12.8 9.6-16.9 350 62.0 56.8-67.0
55-64 880 168 20.2 17.1-23.8 127 15.3 12.7-18.4 585 64.5 60.5-68.3
65-74 889 111 13.0 10.5-15.9 130 15.7 13.0-18.9 648 71.4 67.5-74.9
75+ 817 67 7.8 5.8-10.4 101 12.9 10.3-16.0 649 79.4 75.7-82.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 712 62 11.3 8.1-15.5 46 6.9 4.8- 9.8 604 81.8 77.3-85.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,218 205 19.0 16.3-22.1 129 11.4 9.2-14.0 884 69.6 66.0-72.9
Some Post-H.S. 900 178 20.9 17.6-24.6 135 15.3 12.6-18.4 587 63.9 59.7-67.9
College Graduate 686 174 26.8 22.8-31.2 183 28.0 23.8-32.5 329 45.2 40.6-50.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 623 61 9.7 7.3-12.7 40 8.0 5.4-11.7 522 82.4 78.1-86.0
$15,000- 24,999 711 123 18.3 14.9-22.3 59 9.3 6.9-12.6 529 72.4 67.8-76.5
$25,000- 34,999 380 66 17.4 12.8-23.4 48 12.1 8.7-16.7 266 70.4 64.0-76.2
$35,000- 49,999 446 105 24.8 20.1-30.2 82 17.7 13.9-22.4 259 57.5 51.7-63.1
$50,000-74,999 339 88 28.3 22.4-34.9 75 18.2 13.9-23.5 176 53.5 46.7-60.2
$75,000+ 363 97 26.9 21.7-32.8 117 32.7 26.9-39.0 149 40.4 34.2-47.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,801 239 15.3 13.1-17.8 210 12.9 11.0-15.1 1,352 71.8 68.9-74.5
No 1,657 370 23.7 21.2-26.5 280 17.0 14.8-19.5 1,007 59.2 56.1-62.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 66 17 33.8 21.1-49.4 14 21.9 11.8-37.0 35 44.3 30.6-58.9
Non-Veteran 3,454 602 19.3 17.6-21.2 481 14.9 13.4-16.5 2,371 65.8 63.6-67.8

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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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