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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Cabarrus County

Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*

Were you told on TWO or MORE different visits to a doctor or other health professional
that you had high blood pressure?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes Yes, female told during pregnancy No Told borderline or pre-hypertensive
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,046 4,089 78.4 76.3-80.4 5 0.2 0.1- 0.8 924 20.8 18.9-22.9 28 0.5 0.3- 0.8
-Cabarrus County 126 101 78.9 68.2-86.7 0 0.0 . - . 23 19.9 12.2-30.6 2 1.2 0.3- 5.1
GENDER
Male 47 35 72.8 54.1-85.9 0 0.0 . - . 11 25.6 12.9-44.4 1 1.6 0.2-10.6
Female 79 66 84.8 73.3-91.9 0 0.0 . - . 12 14.2 7.4-25.8 1 0.9 0.1- 6.3
RACE
White 102 80 77.5 66.4-85.8 0 0.0 . - . 20 20.7 12.8-31.7 2 1.8 0.4- 7.2
Other 22 19 81.6 51.0-95.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 18.4 5.0-49.0 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 16 11 71.9 43.3-89.5 0 0.0 . - . 5 28.1 10.5-56.7 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 110 90 81.9 72.1-88.7 0 0.0 . - . 18 16.3 9.8-26.0 2 1.8 0.4- 7.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 64 51 81.5 68.5-90.0 0 0.0 . - . 13 18.5 10.0-31.5 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 62 50 76.3 58.3-88.1 0 0.0 . - . 10 21.2 10.0-39.6 2 2.5 0.6- 9.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 77 65 81.6 66.3-90.9 0 0.0 . - . 11 17.6 8.5-33.1 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4
$50,000+ 32 25 76.3 54.1-89.8 0 0.0 . - . 7 23.7 10.2-45.9 0 0.0 . - .

Back to Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*.

*Asked only of those who report having high blood pressure

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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