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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 -
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
-Johnston County 128 87 60.4 43.1-75.4 41 39.6 24.6-56.9
GENDER
Male 48 31 49.5 26.1-73.2 17 50.5 26.8-73.9
Female 80 56 72.7 60.6-82.2 24 27.3 17.8-39.4
RACE
White 108 74 60.7 41.2-77.3 34 39.3 22.7-58.8
Other 19 12 56.8 32.2-78.5 7 43.2 21.5-67.8
AGE
18-44 12 7 36.8 10.0-75.4 5 63.2 24.6-90.0
45+ 115 79 68.8 57.7-78.1 36 31.2 21.9-42.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 69 48 75.0 62.2-84.6 21 25.0 15.4-37.8
Some College + 59 39 49.9 28.1-71.8 20 50.1 28.2-71.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 76 51 67.0 52.4-78.8 25 33.0 21.2-47.6
$50,000+ 42 30 55.0 27.5-79.7 12 45.0 20.3-72.5

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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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