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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Iredell 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 -
reduce 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 5,112 984 23.1 21.2-25.2 1,486 31.5 29.2-33.8 2,642 45.4 43.1-47.7
-Iredell County 183 35 19.5 13.2-27.9 60 44.2 32.0-57.2 88 36.3 27.1-46.6
GENDER
Male 78 21 20.2 11.5-33.1 32 58.4 41.0-74.0 25 21.4 12.4-34.3
Female 105 14 18.6 10.7-30.4 28 25.5 17.7-35.3 63 55.9 44.9-66.3
RACE
White 151 25 17.2 10.8-26.3 56 50.0 36.4-63.6 70 32.8 23.3-43.9
Other 32 10 28.8 13.8-50.5 4 20.9 5.2-55.9 18 50.3 28.6-71.8
AGE
18-44 15 2 8.1 1.7-31.2 9 75.9 46.2-92.0 4 16.1 4.7-42.9
45+ 167 33 23.7 16.9-32.3 51 33.3 25.7-41.9 83 43.0 35.0-51.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 92 18 21.7 13.1-33.7 17 24.1 12.9-40.5 57 54.3 40.8-67.1
Some College + 91 17 17.9 9.9-30.2 43 59.3 42.7-73.9 31 22.8 13.9-35.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 92 19 21.0 11.5-35.3 18 36.6 17.0-62.1 55 42.3 26.1-60.5
$50,000+ 58 9 15.2 7.7-27.7 31 59.6 45.4-72.4 18 25.2 15.5-38.3

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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