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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Iredell County

Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*

Were you told on TWO or MORE different visits to a doctor or other health professional
that you had high blood pressure?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes Yes, female told during pregnancy No Told borderline or pre-hypertensive
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,046 4,089 78.4 76.3-80.4 5 0.2 0.1- 0.8 924 20.8 18.9-22.9 28 0.5 0.3- 0.8
-Iredell County 179 147 80.3 71.1-87.1 0 0.0 . - . 29 17.9 11.5-26.9 3 1.8 0.6- 5.8
GENDER
Male 77 62 82.2 68.1-90.9 0 0.0 . - . 13 15.4 7.5-29.1 2 2.4 0.6- 9.6
Female 102 85 77.6 65.8-86.3 0 0.0 . - . 16 21.3 12.8-33.2 1 1.1 0.1- 7.2
RACE
White 149 125 84.4 75.0-90.7 0 0.0 . - . 21 13.3 7.6-22.4 3 2.3 0.7- 7.2
Other 30 22 63.1 39.5-81.8 0 0.0 . - . 8 36.9 18.2-60.5 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 15 9 73.1 41.4-91.2 0 0.0 . - . 6 26.9 8.8-58.6 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 163 137 82.7 75.0-88.4 0 0.0 . - . 23 14.8 9.6-22.1 3 2.5 0.8- 7.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 91 73 73.5 59.9-83.8 0 0.0 . - . 17 25.2 15.2-38.8 1 1.3 0.2- 8.5
Some College + 88 74 85.4 72.9-92.7 0 0.0 . - . 12 12.4 5.8-24.4 2 2.2 0.5- 9.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 91 71 76.2 61.0-86.8 0 0.0 . - . 18 21.2 11.5-35.9 2 2.6 0.6-10.3
$50,000+ 56 49 84.6 67.9-93.4 0 0.0 . - . 6 14.1 5.6-31.2 1 1.3 0.2- 8.8

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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