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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*

Has a doctor or health professional ever advised you to do any of the following to help lower or control your high blood pressure -
reduce 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 5,491 987 21.2 19.6-22.8 1,607 31.1 29.3-32.9 2,897 47.7 45.9-49.6
-New Hanover County 149 26 28.7 19.1-40.9 59 32.2 23.8-41.9 64 39.1 29.5-49.5
GENDER
Male 56 17 41.2 25.3-59.3 22 27.5 15.9-43.2 17 31.3 17.9-48.8
Female 93 9 14.6 7.5-26.6 37 37.5 27.5-48.8 47 47.8 36.8-59.1
RACE
White 124 20 22.2 14.2-32.8 56 41.2 31.1-52.1 48 36.7 26.5-48.1
Other 25 6 49.4 24.6-74.5 3 4.0 1.0-14.1 16 46.6 23.3-71.4
AGE
18-44 10 3 43.2 14.2-77.7 4 29.8 9.0-64.6 3 27.1 6.8-65.3
45+ 139 23 25.0 17.0-35.1 55 32.8 25.1-41.6 61 42.2 33.2-51.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 61 9 32.5 16.1-54.7 20 29.6 16.7-46.8 32 37.9 23.9-54.1
Some College + 88 17 26.0 16.2-38.9 39 34.1 24.1-45.8 32 39.9 27.8-53.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 73 11 30.5 15.7-50.8 26 27.5 16.2-42.8 36 42.0 27.1-58.5
$50,000+ 58 13 29.0 17.3-44.3 25 36.6 24.4-50.7 20 34.5 22.3-49.2

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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