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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 -
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
-Wake County 179 131 70.2 61.2-77.8 48 29.8 22.2-38.8
GENDER
Male 58 43 69.9 53.8-82.2 15 30.1 17.8-46.2
Female 121 88 70.4 59.9-79.2 33 29.6 20.8-40.1
RACE
White 121 93 72.2 60.5-81.5 28 27.8 18.5-39.5
Other 58 38 67.1 52.3-79.1 20 32.9 20.9-47.7
AGE
18-44 24 14 56.6 33.6-77.0 10 43.4 23.0-66.4
45+ 154 117 74.8 65.8-82.0 37 25.2 18.0-34.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 71 45 60.8 46.6-73.3 26 39.2 26.7-53.4
Some College + 108 86 75.5 63.7-84.5 22 24.5 15.5-36.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 83 55 58.2 43.9-71.2 28 41.8 28.8-56.1
$50,000+ 69 56 80.8 68.6-89.0 13 19.2 11.0-31.4

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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