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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 -
exercise?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,464 4,152 78.3 76.8-79.8 1,312 21.7 20.2-23.2
-Wake County 180 140 82.9 76.7-87.8 40 17.1 12.2-23.3
GENDER
Male 59 46 83.8 72.7-91.0 13 16.2 9.0-27.3
Female 121 94 82.2 74.2-88.2 27 17.8 11.8-25.8
RACE
White 121 90 79.2 70.8-85.7 31 20.8 14.3-29.2
Other 59 50 88.7 78.1-94.6 9 11.3 5.4-21.9
AGE
18-44 24 19 86.0 68.3-94.6 5 14.0 5.4-31.7
45+ 155 120 81.9 74.8-87.3 35 18.1 12.7-25.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 71 50 75.9 63.8-84.9 21 24.1 15.1-36.2
Some College + 109 90 86.9 79.4-91.9 19 13.1 8.1-20.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 83 62 80.3 69.7-87.8 21 19.7 12.2-30.3
$50,000+ 70 57 86.7 77.5-92.6 13 13.3 7.4-22.5

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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