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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 -
exercising?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,113 3,626 71.6 69.4-73.7 1,487 28.4 26.3-30.6
-Iredell County 182 120 74.0 65.1-81.3 62 26.0 18.7-34.9
GENDER
Male 78 62 85.4 74.0-92.3 16 14.6 7.7-26.0
Female 104 58 58.8 48.0-68.9 46 41.2 31.1-52.0
RACE
White 150 95 71.9 61.3-80.5 55 28.1 19.5-38.7
Other 32 25 82.5 63.0-92.9 7 17.5 7.1-37.0
AGE
18-44 15 13 94.5 76.7-98.9 2 5.5 1.1-23.3
45+ 166 106 66.5 58.1-74.0 60 33.5 26.0-41.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 91 57 69.0 57.2-78.7 34 31.0 21.3-42.8
Some College + 91 63 77.7 64.9-86.8 28 22.3 13.2-35.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 92 59 76.2 62.8-85.9 33 23.8 14.1-37.2
$50,000+ 58 40 72.3 58.0-83.1 18 27.7 16.9-42.0

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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