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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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
-Wake County 182 44 26.3 19.4-34.7 51 30.3 22.8-39.0 87 43.4 35.2-52.0
GENDER
Male 59 20 35.3 22.6-50.3 24 40.1 26.6-55.3 15 24.6 14.5-38.6
Female 123 24 19.8 13.0-28.8 27 23.0 15.8-32.3 72 57.2 47.0-66.9
RACE
White 123 32 27.6 19.4-37.6 44 42.0 31.9-52.9 47 30.4 22.3-40.0
Other 59 12 24.4 13.3-40.2 7 11.6 5.4-23.4 40 64.0 48.7-77.0
AGE
18-44 24 8 30.7 15.0-52.6 10 45.6 24.8-68.1 6 23.7 10.1-46.2
45+ 157 36 25.6 18.1-34.9 41 26.8 19.8-35.3 80 47.5 38.6-56.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 73 11 21.8 11.5-37.4 15 19.7 11.8-31.0 47 58.5 44.5-71.3
Some College + 109 33 28.9 20.3-39.4 36 36.3 26.1-47.9 40 34.7 25.1-45.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 84 17 24.7 14.5-38.8 19 25.9 15.2-40.7 48 49.4 36.1-62.7
$50,000+ 70 22 30.8 20.3-43.6 26 36.8 25.4-49.9 22 32.5 21.5-45.8

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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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