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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 -
exercise?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,078 3,907 78.5 76.4-80.3 1,171 21.5 19.7-23.6
-Iredell County 181 139 78.9 69.2-86.1 42 21.1 13.9-30.8
GENDER
Male 78 60 78.3 62.0-88.8 18 21.7 11.2-38.0
Female 103 79 79.7 70.1-86.7 24 20.3 13.3-29.9
RACE
White 149 113 81.9 73.6-88.0 36 18.1 12.0-26.4
Other 32 26 66.8 38.4-86.6 6 33.2 13.4-61.6
AGE
18-44 15 12 80.4 44.7-95.4 3 19.6 4.6-55.3
45+ 165 126 78.2 70.6-84.2 39 21.8 15.8-29.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 91 67 67.5 52.2-79.8 24 32.5 20.2-47.8
Some College + 90 72 87.3 78.2-93.0 18 12.7 7.0-21.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 91 71 78.0 60.8-89.0 20 22.0 11.0-39.2
$50,000+ 58 45 81.9 69.9-89.8 13 18.1 10.2-30.1

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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