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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 -
change your eating habits?

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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
-New Hanover County 149 112 74.4 64.2-82.5 37 25.6 17.5-35.8
GENDER
Male 56 43 74.6 57.4-86.5 13 25.4 13.5-42.6
Female 93 69 74.2 62.8-83.0 24 25.8 17.0-37.2
RACE
White 124 92 71.3 59.6-80.7 32 28.7 19.3-40.4
Other 25 20 84.2 63.1-94.3 5 15.8 5.7-36.9
AGE
18-44 10 8 82.8 43.2-96.8 2 17.2 3.2-56.8
45+ 139 104 72.2 62.3-80.4 35 27.8 19.6-37.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 61 43 69.7 51.5-83.3 18 30.3 16.7-48.5
Some College + 88 69 77.9 65.7-86.6 19 22.1 13.4-34.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 73 55 73.8 57.2-85.5 18 26.2 14.5-42.8
$50,000+ 58 46 77.6 62.5-87.8 12 22.4 12.2-37.5

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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