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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 -
cutting down on salt?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No Do not use salt
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,120 3,786 74.0 71.9-76.0 764 16.8 15.0-18.8 570 9.2 8.1-10.3
-Iredell County 183 136 76.5 67.7-83.4 26 13.4 8.6-20.3 21 10.2 6.1-16.5
GENDER
Male 78 54 75.4 61.1-85.7 11 10.8 5.3-20.9 13 13.8 7.0-25.3
Female 105 82 77.9 68.0-85.4 15 16.7 10.1-26.6 8 5.4 2.6-10.8
RACE
White 151 110 75.4 65.3-83.2 24 15.7 9.8-24.1 17 9.0 5.1-15.2
Other 32 26 80.9 58.7-92.6 2 4.2 0.8-18.1 4 15.0 4.8-38.1
AGE
18-44 15 10 83.2 56.9-94.9 4 11.4 3.2-33.0 1 5.5 0.7-32.7
45+ 167 126 74.6 66.6-81.3 22 14.2 9.2-21.2 19 11.2 6.9-17.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 92 69 75.9 64.0-84.8 9 7.9 3.8-15.5 14 16.2 8.9-27.8
Some College + 91 67 76.9 63.8-86.2 17 17.5 9.8-29.2 7 5.6 2.4-12.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 92 69 80.9 68.2-89.3 12 10.2 5.1-19.2 11 9.0 4.0-18.9
$50,000+ 58 41 69.0 54.5-80.5 11 19.5 10.6-33.2 6 11.4 5.0-23.9

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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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