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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 -
changing your eating habits?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,114 3,820 74.7 72.4-76.8 1,294 25.3 23.2-27.6
-Iredell County 184 138 79.4 71.3-85.6 46 20.6 14.4-28.7
GENDER
Male 78 59 83.4 71.6-90.9 19 16.6 9.1-28.4
Female 106 79 74.0 63.7-82.3 27 26.0 17.7-36.3
RACE
White 152 112 78.2 69.0-85.3 40 21.8 14.7-31.0
Other 32 26 83.9 62.0-94.3 6 16.1 5.7-38.0
AGE
18-44 15 11 86.9 62.3-96.4 4 13.1 3.6-37.7
45+ 168 126 76.5 69.0-82.7 42 23.5 17.3-31.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 92 75 82.5 71.2-90.0 17 17.5 10.0-28.8
Some College + 92 63 77.0 64.5-86.1 29 23.0 13.9-35.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 92 74 84.8 72.9-92.0 18 15.2 8.0-27.1
$50,000+ 58 39 72.1 58.7-82.5 19 27.9 17.5-41.3

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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