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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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
-Wake County 181 39 25.2 18.2-33.8 68 38.6 30.5-47.3 74 36.2 28.5-44.7
GENDER
Male 59 20 34.0 21.6-49.0 27 45.1 31.1-59.9 12 20.9 11.6-34.8
Female 122 19 18.7 11.5-28.9 41 33.7 25.0-43.7 62 47.6 37.4-57.9
RACE
White 122 23 20.6 13.4-30.4 59 53.9 43.5-64.0 40 25.5 18.1-34.6
Other 59 16 32.5 19.8-48.4 9 14.5 7.3-26.8 34 53.0 38.1-67.3
AGE
18-44 24 8 30.7 15.0-52.6 10 47.6 26.5-69.7 6 21.7 9.0-43.5
45+ 156 31 24.2 16.6-33.9 58 36.9 28.8-45.8 67 38.9 30.4-48.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 73 14 29.8 17.8-45.5 20 26.1 16.7-38.4 39 44.1 31.4-57.5
Some College + 108 25 22.6 14.8-32.8 48 45.8 35.0-57.0 35 31.6 22.3-42.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 84 16 24.4 13.9-39.1 25 32.5 20.8-46.9 43 43.2 30.8-56.5
$50,000+ 69 17 26.0 16.1-39.0 34 47.0 34.4-59.9 18 27.1 16.8-40.5

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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