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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Iredell County

Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*

Are YOU now doing any of the following to help lower or control your high blood pressure -
reducing 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 5,124 1,233 27.8 25.7-30.0 834 18.8 16.9-21.0 3,057 53.3 51.0-55.7
-Iredell County 183 45 37.6 25.1-52.1 32 19.2 12.8-27.7 106 43.2 32.7-54.3
GENDER
Male 78 27 50.7 32.2-69.0 23 25.3 14.7-40.1 28 23.9 14.2-37.4
Female 105 18 20.4 12.7-31.1 9 11.1 5.6-20.9 78 68.5 57.2-78.0
RACE
White 151 38 38.7 24.4-55.2 29 22.2 14.4-32.6 84 39.1 28.2-51.2
Other 32 7 33.4 13.8-61.0 3 7.0 1.8-24.0 22 59.6 34.8-80.3
AGE
18-44 15 7 72.2 41.9-90.3 4 13.0 3.8-36.5 4 14.8 4.2-40.8
45+ 167 38 25.6 18.8-33.9 28 21.5 14.8-30.2 101 52.9 44.3-61.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 92 20 30.4 18.3-45.9 6 7.4 3.0-17.0 66 62.3 47.7-74.9
Some College + 91 25 43.0 24.7-63.5 26 28.0 16.9-42.7 40 28.9 18.2-42.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 92 22 43.2 23.5-65.4 7 7.7 3.2-17.6 63 49.0 30.2-68.2
$50,000+ 58 18 36.9 23.8-52.3 18 35.0 22.5-50.1 22 28.1 18.0-41.0

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*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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