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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Catawba 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
-Catawba County 145 115 76.5 67.4-83.7 1 1.1 0.1- 7.1 29 22.4 15.4-31.4 0 0.0 . - .
GENDER
Male 55 39 70.1 55.0-81.8 0 0.0 . - . 16 29.9 18.2-45.0 0 0.0 . - .
Female 90 76 82.6 71.6-90.0 1 2.0 0.3-13.0 13 15.4 8.6-25.9 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 135 109 79.5 70.4-86.3 1 1.1 0.2- 7.7 25 19.4 12.7-28.3 0 0.0 . - .
Other 8 5 44.0 15.3-77.4 0 0.0 . - . 3 56.0 22.6-84.7 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 9 6 69.1 34.3-90.6 0 0.0 . - . 3 30.9 9.4-65.7 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 135 108 77.2 67.7-84.5 1 1.2 0.2- 8.0 26 21.6 14.5-31.0 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 86 63 69.4 56.7-79.7 0 0.0 . - . 23 30.6 20.3-43.3 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 59 52 85.9 71.9-93.6 1 2.4 0.3-15.4 6 11.6 4.9-25.3 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 91 72 76.4 64.9-85.0 0 0.0 . - . 19 23.6 15.0-35.1 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000+ 33 27 79.6 58.9-91.4 1 3.3 0.5-20.4 5 17.0 6.4-38.1 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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