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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*

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%)
North Carolina 5,510 1,203 25.8 24.1-27.5 934 18.1 16.7-19.6 3,373 56.1 54.2-58.0
-New Hanover County 149 39 27.5 19.4-37.5 35 21.8 14.6-31.3 75 50.7 40.2-61.1
GENDER
Male 56 17 27.2 15.4-43.5 17 25.0 13.7-41.2 22 47.8 31.2-64.8
Female 93 22 27.9 18.5-39.7 18 18.2 11.2-28.2 53 54.0 42.5-65.0
RACE
White 124 34 28.2 19.9-38.4 35 28.8 19.7-39.9 55 43.0 32.4-54.3
Other 25 5 25.3 8.8-54.3 0 0.0 . - . 20 74.7 45.7-91.2
AGE
18-44 10 3 23.6 6.1-59.8 3 26.6 7.3-62.5 4 49.7 18.5-81.1
45+ 139 36 28.5 20.6-37.9 32 20.6 14.3-28.7 71 50.9 41.5-60.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 61 17 30.6 17.3-48.2 8 14.5 5.4-33.4 36 54.9 37.2-71.4
Some College + 88 22 25.2 16.0-37.3 27 27.2 17.9-39.0 39 47.6 35.1-60.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 73 17 25.8 14.4-41.8 15 17.3 8.2-32.7 41 57.0 40.3-72.2
$50,000+ 58 16 28.7 17.5-43.4 18 30.4 19.0-44.9 24 40.8 27.7-55.4

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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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