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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Johnston County

Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*

Are YOU now doing any of the following to help lower or control your high blood pressure -
reducing alcohol use?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No Do not drink
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,124 1,233 27.8 25.7-30.0 834 18.8 16.9-21.0 3,057 53.3 51.0-55.7
-Johnston County 129 32 25.5 16.3-37.5 17 26.6 12.2-48.6 80 47.9 33.9-62.3
GENDER
Male 48 15 28.4 13.7-49.8 12 44.7 20.9-71.1 21 26.9 13.7-46.2
Female 81 17 22.2 13.6-34.2 5 6.5 2.5-16.3 59 71.3 58.7-81.3
RACE
White 109 26 25.3 15.3-38.8 17 30.5 14.4-53.6 66 44.1 29.6-59.8
Other 19 6 27.4 11.6-52.0 0 0.0 . - . 13 72.6 48.0-88.4
AGE
18-44 12 4 23.3 5.5-61.6 3 53.2 15.4-87.7 5 23.5 6.1-59.0
45+ 116 28 26.3 18.0-36.8 14 17.2 9.7-28.8 74 56.4 45.2-67.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 69 17 31.1 18.3-47.6 4 4.7 1.5-13.2 48 64.3 48.2-77.6
Some College + 60 15 21.5 10.8-38.1 13 42.3 20.4-67.7 32 36.3 20.3-55.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 76 14 18.4 10.4-30.6 6 11.1 4.0-27.3 56 70.5 55.8-81.9
$50,000+ 43 16 32.1 15.6-54.8 9 40.4 16.2-70.4 18 27.5 13.5-47.9

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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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