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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,493 3,756 69.9 68.2-71.5 1,737 30.1 28.5-31.8
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 117 79 68.8 57.9-77.9 38 31.2 22.1-42.1
Buncombe 123 78 65.1 55.0-74.0 45 34.9 26.0-45.0
Cabarrus 121 85 72.0 61.3-80.7 36 28.0 19.3-38.7
Catawba 156 118 76.2 66.5-83.7 38 23.8 16.3-33.5
Cumberland 151 95 65.1 55.8-73.5 56 34.9 26.5-44.2
Davidson 137 85 68.0 58.5-76.2 52 32.0 23.8-41.5
Durham 120 88 67.3 55.9-77.0 32 32.7 23.0-44.1
Forsyth 136 92 68.1 58.2-76.6 44 31.9 23.4-41.8
Gaston 151 91 65.7 54.9-75.1 60 34.3 24.9-45.1
Guilford 149 106 71.4 60.4-80.3 43 28.6 19.7-39.6
Iredell 138 92 71.2 61.6-79.3 46 28.8 20.7-38.4
Johnston 158 103 66.5 56.2-75.4 55 33.5 24.6-43.8
Mecklenburg 215 159 72.5 63.9-79.7 56 27.5 20.3-36.1
New Hanover 149 112 74.4 64.2-82.5 37 25.6 17.5-35.8
Onslow 134 85 66.1 55.8-75.2 49 33.9 24.8-44.2
Orange 106 72 69.4 56.7-79.8 34 30.6 20.2-43.3
Pitt 156 99 62.7 52.9-71.5 57 37.3 28.5-47.1
Randolph 142 106 76.4 67.7-83.3 36 23.6 16.7-32.3
Robeson 185 119 65.4 56.3-73.4 66 34.6 26.6-43.7
Rowan 153 98 61.6 51.3-71.0 55 38.4 29.0-48.7
Union 119 80 68.2 55.8-78.4 39 31.8 21.6-44.2
Wake 179 131 70.2 61.2-77.8 48 29.8 22.2-38.8
Wayne 157 107 73.1 64.7-80.2 50 26.9 19.8-35.3
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,927 1,313 69.8 67.2-72.3 614 30.2 27.7-32.8
Piedmont 2,479 1,706 70.0 67.4-72.5 773 30.0 27.5-32.6
Western NC 1,087 737 69.5 66.1-72.7 350 30.5 27.3-33.9
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 706 475 68.3 64.1-72.2 231 31.7 27.8-35.9
Northwest 1,150 787 71.4 67.9-74.6 363 28.6 25.4-32.1
Charlotte 706 473 69.9 65.0-74.4 233 30.1 25.6-35.0
Greensboro 582 410 70.5 64.4-75.9 172 29.5 24.1-35.6
Southern Regional 549 363 67.9 62.7-72.7 186 32.1 27.3-37.3
Coastal 317 229 71.5 65.0-77.2 88 28.5 22.8-35.0
Wake 538 371 68.1 62.6-73.2 167 31.9 26.8-37.4
Area L 177 134 78.7 71.0-84.9 43 21.3 15.1-29.0
Eastern 768 514 67.8 63.6-71.7 254 32.2 28.3-36.4

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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.

Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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